So yesterday my friend told me, as we were wrenching the GS gates into the hill, that the boys got in 21 runs of slalom training. Of course the idea of beating them, for bragging rights and just having more runs, was stuck in my mind for the next two slipping runs. Slowly, while training, i realized that my padding was on wrong and that it was shifting under my GS suit, causing a lot of pain while hitting the plastic gates. We get to run 6 get we realized that we lost 2 out of the 7 people training and as the runs went on, we lost more and more. At this point I was just training to train, first day back in gates since June and I was pumped.
At run 15 we lost the last person and all who were left was my coach, my friend, and myself. That is when the idea of going for 20 runs really came out and that was when we really started "racing" and not caring how much it hurt. We got to 20 runs just to do one more because we wanted bragging rights and each run we were getting better and better, also we were really amped that we still had so much energy. So we got the 21 runs of GS training in, we pulled, and our coach was HAPPY to call it a day. He then said, "You girls are going to work me this year!" and man is he right. Afterwords, we felt awesome, besides a few bumps and bruises, just because we did so well.
Well that all went down the drain today, I woke up barely able the move my upper body, bruised and swollen from arm to arm and kind of not looking forward to the early morning. But i ended up on the hill, somehow, and started training. After a few runs I realized that maybe, while yesterday was one of the best days of training, i pushed myself too hard a little too early. But i don't regret it, runs 16-21 were the best runs of my life in GS gates and that wouldn't have happened if i wasn't as competitive as i am.
So I have learned to move my pads when they shift, drink TONS of water, eat in between every other run, and to just keep going if you can!!!!
