After yesterday’s disappointment, I was trying to move up the podium steps at today’s British Indoor Champs.  Run 1 on a technically difficult top section of the course had caught a few out but I was determined to get a flying start.  Posted a fast time and finished in 2nd place after run 1.

Hoping to post a faster time, I entered the difficult offset gate wrong and had to correct and finished with a slower time.  Unfortunately for me, my fellow SMK Racer Kayne’s 2nd run was faster than my 1st run and I was pushed into 3rd place for the second time this weekend.

 Big thanks to the volunteers who help run the races, and Dad for helping Gate Judge both days.

Sunday of the double header of races at Chill Factore in Manchester brought the British Indoor Championships, again a very strong U12 field.

Run 1 felt fast, and after the rest of the field finishing strongly, I was joint second with Harry and only 0.47 seconds behind Elliott.  So high hopes for Run 2.

Run 2 was disappointing with a slight slip on one of the gates and I couldn’t improve my Run 1 time, whilst everyone else had better Run 2’s, so ended up 5th.

Disappointed as wanted to finish off my indoor season 2014 with another podium, but given me looks to work on for 2015.

The results can be found here.

All geared up for a weekend of racing at Chill Factore in Manchester, unfortunately Mum wasn’t very well on the Friday so she didn’t travel with us.

Both days had a strong field in the U12 category, so it was going to be a hard weekend and a chance to see nearing the end of the 2014 Indoor season to see how much time I have eaten into the second year U12.

Run 1 was my fastest time of the day with a 17.29 seconds leaving me in 2nd place, and a slightly slower Run 2 time 17.37 seconds cemented a podium 3rd place.

Well done to Elliott and Jack (looks like Jack, Lucas and Kayne will be the ones to beat next year in the U12s).   The results can be found here.

The Scottish Championships on the Sunday complete the Braehead double header race, and I love racing here.  Usually a strong field as it attracts lots from the Scottish ski resorts and dry slopes, so any podium here is a really great result.  U12 field was the largest indoor U12 field raced against, with 17 starters of which 9 are second year U12.

Again I pushed second year U12 Elliott on both runs, but couldn’t beat his second run time.

Still, I managed to get within 0.60 seconds from his winning time and finished 2nd.  Last year I walked away with 1st place in the U10s, 2nd in my first year U12s, so watch out 2015 as I am after my Scottish Indoor Champs crown back!

Good weekend of podium places!

The full results can be found here.

Disastrous today! (update: and I suppose I will have lots of them… in this sport)

Fell in the same spot on both my runs so no recorded time and disappointingly no podium position. All the other competitors completed the course.

Click to access 13mkawres.pdf

Need to focus back on training this week. (update: Monday night school ski club, going to ask Wilf at Snozone, if I  can have lots of free ski runs over the area that Sunday’s course was set, and whilst the snow / ice wont be the same, lots of runs over the ridge at MK in the same racing line will help for the future).

Also must focus more on the free run time they give us so I can get used to the snow, my skis and edges.