The Last Supper

Until Next time....

Today was officially our last day on snow. The athletes have been busy packing after enjoying their last supper here in El Colorado. Christen cooked up another mean BBQ (beef ribs, chicken, wings, steak and pork loin). Joey toasted the group to a great camp and upcoming season.

We had a U16 Showdown with SkiBec and Estrie on one of the training lanes we had 5 different Slalom type courses setup. A dual on the top section, 2x 35 second SL courses (1 with timing and 1 with a lot of combinations) as well at the bottom of the run we had setup a stubby slalom corridor. There were a lot of environments for the athletes to play around in. We ended the day with a competition inspired by Hunter. "Hey Kat, can we have a hip touching the ground competition". At that point in time we were on a fairly long steep piece of real estate. So Hunter brought the idea to the gang and the girls accepted his challenge. I know I have said this a few times, I am very impressed at how the athletes managed their fatigue so that they were able to ski all the way through the camp making big improvements.

Tomorrow they will have a bit of a sleep in. I told them we could go out for breakfast at one of the local restaurants (The Montanes). We will go into Santiago with a bit of time so they can shop for some souvenirs and then we will hit the airport. It is a long day of travelling for the gang. We check in around 4pm, board at 6pm, land in Toronto around 5:30am and then take off again to MTL landing at 9:15am. After this athletes will travel back home to Ottawa. From our departure in Farallones the trip will take an entire day.

A big thanks to JP Roy for tagging along with us the last 5 days in our block of GS. He will join up with the FIS group again as they finish off their camp. They are around until August 31st and then they travel to Europe. Gab Bouffard has started a blog for the FIS gang to update their following: Check out his blog at: ncofis.blogspot.com

More updates to come on our dryland season as athletes prepare for fall camps and the racing season.

CIAO for now, next stop O-Town.