Davos is the hometown of the Academy’s newest coach, Christian. I swear he must have been some kind celebrity when he was living here. You can’t go anywhere without waiting an extra ten minutes while he catches up with old friends that he runs into wherever he goes. He does make a pretty good tour guide though, and knows all the good places to eat and shop, ski and have fun.
The ski trails in Davos are quite spectacular. You can ski for kilometers up and down the valleys, through trees and along creeks. They are perfectly groomed, and with mostly sunny skies the skiing doesn’t get much better.
One afternoon we went tobogganing on a 3km track down an alpine run. (An excuse to help keep us awake for the afternoon) It was a lot of fun. The best way I can describe it is something between luge, Chuck-waggon racing and actual Mario Cart.
Yesterday we traveled to the site of our first races in Campra. We are staying in a small town about 10min away from the ski trails called Olivone. Campra is situated in a mountainous pass with very steep, and rugged terrain. Today it had been dumping snow all day long.
Training has been going well. I’ve had some trouble getting over jet leg and not sleeping as well as I would have liked, but today I finally feel like I am coming around. First race is tomorrow, which is a skate sprint, followed by a 10km skate race on Sunday. I am excited to finally start racing. The courses are very hilly which suits me just fine. ☺
Looks like there will be a lot a strong racers here, which should be a good opportunity to put my racing to the test.
More to come in a few days.
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