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Wednesday, February 27, 2013


It's an off year training-wise for Cory, but there's still some racing going on. For the first time ever, Cory got to be a forerunner, this was for an under-16 Super G race at the National Training Centre on Whistler Mountain. A forerunner is a test racer to ensure the race course is properly set for a safe race and most races have 3 or 4 forerunners. It is considered a bit of an honour to be a forerunner.

Sunrise on the Sea to Sky highway to Whistler foretells of a nice sunny day...

 


And that's just the way it turns out as the racers prepare...

 


It was Cory's first experience with a World Cup-like starting clock...beeping at 10 seconds to alert the racer, then every second down from 5 seconds when the racer can begin...as shown here:


 


 Cory moving into the start hut in his 'F' forerunner bib:

 







And further down the race course, Cory shows pretty good form and speed, considering it's only the second time he's done gates all year. The "woo-hoo-hoo" comes from Jeff Mclellan, a Whistler Mountain Ski Club coach who has worked with Cory and was impressed with his speed.










This coming weekend Cory will be racing at Crystal Mountain in Westbank BC in a Special Olympics event where he'll be facing his biggest rival Jesse in both a slalom and a giant slalom race. It's just a fun race, nothing at stake, but it will be interesting to see how Cory compares to Jesse in a year where Cory has done little training. We'll update next week.

2 comments:

Myimbarr said...

Greetings from Australia Cory and Michael. We remember with fondness our dinner with you on the Sapphire Princess. Congratulations Cory on your ski season. We trust you will enjoy the basketball and that next ski season will see you enjoying the competition.

God Bless
Anne and Peter Andrew
Narrabri
Australia

Michael Duhaime said...

Thanks Anne & Peter. Always nice to hear from you. We've sent you an email too.

Cory & Michael