Adelboden: WC GS points!

Today's race was a watershed for my career: after years of trying to make a breakthrough on the World Cup GS circuit, I finally scored my first points with an 18th place result here in Adelboden!
It's hard to relate how satisfying it felt after working hard for many years, and yet coming up short so many times. The difference today was that I was able to ski much closer to the way I have in training, and in lower level GS races, but haven't been able to match on the World Cup up to now.
It was also cool to have such a result happen on the most legendary of all the GS hills, one they've been racing on for 50 years, with the two ridiculously steep pitches and all the whacked-out terrain. I love having the chance to compete on such hills because they force you as an athlete to rise to the occasion technically and tactically.
Anyway, enough gloating for one day! Tomorrow there's another race here in Adelboden, a slalom on the bottom of the GS hill, and I need to get a some rest.