Mid-Atlantic Masters GS. Out 8:30 to 2:00 with a couple of warm up breaks in the car; clear, clod and relatively calm again; +5° today in the parking lot; 11 runs; 12,326 vertical; skied the Atomic REdster D2 3.0 Race GS's and the Atomic Redster G9 RS's; groomers; holiday crowd, but not horrible; what was horrible was my skiing - again.
55 51 Burns, Martin M7 1:22.72 (57) 1:18.78 (56) 2:41.50 (55)
ASRA GS - 37.05 (18) 37.97 (23) 1:15:02 (19)
ASRA SL - 45.75 (10) 46.04 (12) 1:31.79 (10)
Ski Trip Day 1 - an ASRA 2-fer. Out 9:00 to 1:00 with a quick break between races; clear, cold, and windy - temps rising from some where around 10° to about 20°; 15 runs; 3,500 vertical; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's and the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; good snow on the hill; absolutely horrible skiing in the GS - not sure what's wrong; I felt much better in the SL despite a NASTAR handicap in the thirties; up early enough to miss all traffic this morning - made from my house to Roundtop in 3½ hours with a stop for coffee and a stop for gas; already off plan - today was supposed to be Tussey.
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Killington Race Camp Day 5. Out 9:00 to 3:00 with an hour for lunch; clear and cool this morning with temps climbing thru the teens into the low twenties and increasing clouds as the day wore on; 21 runs; 17,500 vertical; lots of gates on Bunny in the AM; free skiing as a group in the PM; great snow this morning on Bunny - groomed smooth, but firm and grippy; horrible snow this morning on Superlark - groomed death cookies; Cascade and Highline opened this afternoon; Cascade under the guns was supreme - I did 3; Highline under the guns not so good - only did 1; relearned some things about holding on the ice in a race course - don't be in a hurry to find that 'good position' when you start the turn, any quick or hard movements tend to break the edge loose - light and easy, just like driving on ice; took my first fall of the season today on Bunny in the gates - just got compressed or my tails slide out or both.
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