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Sunday, January 9, 2011

Bad Hindelang!

ahhhh, Deutchland!  After a long day of following the sings to that led to "D" yesterday, we had settled into our place in Bad Hindelang today.  We got in around ten am, it was only a half our drive from the place we stayed last night to our hotel in Hindelang, so we had all day today to wander around.  We  drove to Oberjoch, which is where we will be racing, its only about twenty minutes, 300meters of vertical elevation, 7.5 kilometers, and 105 curves away.  For those of you that don't feel like doing the math, thats 14 curves per kilometer.  Personally I think they underestimate that number, the road is rediculous.  It puts the kanc to shame.  There is legitimatly not a single section of road that is straight for more than three or four meters.  Its silly, and we have to drive it twice a day.  The race piste is hard as a rock. Apparently it has been quite warm here, and just recentlz thez had one or two nights of intense cold.  Its boilerplate hard.  We watched a little bit of the German teams training and it looked rough.  Hopefully we can do some freeskiing on the race hill tomorrow to get a feel for it.  We went for a little run throught Oberjoch, it felt great to do something physical.  Its amazing what a half an hour of running, pushups, high knees, and other assorted exercises  can do for a body that has been sitting for three days.  Cole and Maggie got here around four from Munich and we just went out to a "Shneitzel Haus" for dinner.  SOO tasty.  I am loving the food here.  I am looking forward to doing some skiing finally tomorrow!  Lets get shreddy!!

3 comments:

  1. I hope the snow softens up (just a little) before the races Wednesday! Just don't get injured...

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  2. Boilerplate...sounds a bit Cannon like. Ski smart,ski fast and good luck to everyone. Go US!

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