Eldora, Colorado

Saturday, March 11, 2023

Overcast becoming sunny, windy, temps around 30. PSL race day! First round course sets were very tight, about 13m, and tricky because they were pretty soft. Made a huge error at the bottom of Run 1, basically a hockey stop in the soft stuff; then, skied way too conservatively Run 2 to try and avoid doing the same thing.

Then, they reset, because complaining. Went from 21 gates to 17, still pretty tight up top, but then way open on the pitch with some more swing. Fun, but not my forte. Runs 3 and 4 were okay, and then the last two I skied pretty well. Still not as much arc as I'd like, but ... all in all, can't complain. I nearly snuck onto the podium by making up 0.8 over the person in 3rd during the last two runs, but the mistake in Round 1 and the tentative skiing in Round 2 really cost me.

Oh well, it was really fun. Plus, Joy came!