Yeah, I know… What is the point of having a blog if you aren’t going to update it? A good question, but it’s a new season with new goals and one of them is to keep my blog up to date.
The final races of last season saw quite an improvement in my skiing and my results. I really can say that not making World U23 Championships was truly a blessing in disguise. Not going to Europe made me realize that I could no longer let any of the little things in my training and technique slide. It was time to break everything down and work long and hard on my weak areas.
All that hard work began to pay off when I won the sprint at Western Canadian Championships and came 3rd in both distance races. That was the extra little boost in confidence that I needed going into Canadian National Championships in Duntroon, Ontario.
We saw every different kind of weather imaginable in Duntroon throughout the week, but that didn’t stop the Academy from performing at the highest standards. Everybody on the team came out strong and lucky I was one of them. I had some of my best distance races even in the skating events which is by far my weaker technique. Then, on sprint day, I qualified first. To be honest I have never qualified first in a NorAm sprint event before. That was a pretty big high for me. At the end of the sprint day I was 5th because of a fall in the A final (3rd Canadian). I got to bring home my first senior nationals medal and it is hanging here in my room as I write this. (To read more about nationals or check out some pictures follow this link http://www.albertaworldcup.com/main.php?p=44&s=4 to the Academy web page)
Now the new season is about to start and I am pumped! The new AWCA team will be chosen in the next week and I am excited to meet the new team. I have some big goals this year and I am ready to start tackling them.
I’ll let you know about the new team as soon as I have heard!
~Kate
