Comment Share Posted on Monday January 4th at 12:20 p.m.

The new year is here and the racing season is about to begin.

Time is counting down to my first northern hemisphere races and my departure to Europe.  I had some great training between Christmas and the New Year that has really solidified the improvements that I had made during the New Zealand winter.

The first training day of 2010 began with an unfortunate incident involving a sliding car door and my fingers.  It resulted in cuts on two fingers, blood blister on one finger and the three unlucky fingers being quite bruised.  I was a little worried that I had broken the two fingers that were cut but I can move them somewhat so I concluded that they are just bruised. 

After a few more days training I am racing in two giant slaloms at Lake Louise on Saturday and Sunday.  I am very excited to be racing at Lake Loiuse because I love the challenge of a race and I have been successful on that race run in the past.  

I will be having a hectic night when I return from Lake Louise on Sunday as I fly to Europe early on Monday morning.  I am flying LA, London, Geneva and finally driving over the border into France.  It is a bit of a roundabout route which is a little annoying and it will be interesting flying through the States given the recent terrorist scares.

Allie