Dia Tres

A panorama of the top of our training lane

Day 3 here in Chile proved to be no different then day 2. Mother Nature is making up for her short comings on day one. Blue bird and beautiful it was. Crispy in the shade right off the bat this morning but it warmed up nicely throughout the day. I had an interesting adventure transporting stubbies and brushes to the top of the mountain. This is where I say "Marty you are greatly missed for many reasons but the main one being - setting alone really sucks. Even if it's SL." The only saving grace I had today were the fabulous group of athletes I work with - well, And the mountains, the sunshine.. nice snow - The athletes really were amazing.

Nora Fripp in one of her personal "shredding" shots

They were the first up the mountain after having warmed up on the lower section, coming out on their own because I started my trek at 7:15am. We skied on a moderate hill today sharing lane space with the U16 Estrie group. The athletes skied in drill courses from 8am-12pm with a 15 minute break at the top of our lane at 10. We lunched for about 40 minutes and then set out again in the afternoon until 3:45pm. Our afternoon session continued in stubby/brush courses and finished with a free-ski session to really ingrain the good feelings everyone was getting.

The group worked very hard today, and fingers crossed, will hit the hay hard tonight. The plan tomorrow is very similar. Our day will likely be shortened as it is a Chilean holiday tomorrow. We will extend our morning and end after a late lunch. Looking ahead we have 2 more days of SL. We will take a day off and travel with the FIS group into Santiago and then phase into some GS.