We finally got off the couch this morning and did some training up on top of the Furcalpass near San Vigilio. After a couple of days off, which were on the heels of two full days of traveling, it took a few runs to iron out the kinks in my muscles.


Erik, Dane, Jimmy, Tom and I trained some GS early, and then Jimmy, Tom and I switched over to slalom in the second session. The snow was unfortunately quite soft and the coaches set two tight courses in preparation for Madonna di Campiglio and Alta Badia, all of which made the sessions very challenging.


Madonna stands to be a very interesting race this year because the course-setters will be forced to set 9-10m distances as a result of how the new, increased minimum-gate rule affects shorter hills. It's really a shame because it is such a classic slalom hill, but also because it will probably have a retrogressive effect on everyone's skiing: less arcing and a little more sliding.