Race With Cory

 Cory braved some extremely cold temperatures last week at Sun Peaks, as he continues his preparations for Special Olympics' National Winter Games in Calgary on February 27 to March 2.

Cory's first run through a race course this season....

And later, an uncharacteristic crash.  He'd been working on something new and it didn't quite go as planned...

 

 It was BC Adaptive's All Mountain Camp, one of Cory's favourite training programs.  It's usually 4 days, with mornings dedicated to gate training, and afternoons to free skiing with coaches.  But under these conditions, day 2 is cancelled.  So it's an indoor training day, watching videos.

Day 3 is just as cold and another cancellation.  But Cory decides to go and try to at least get some skiing in - the snow is in excellent condition after all.  And it pays off, as we discover Sun Peaks Racers are setting up a Giant Slalom race course on the OSV run at the Nancy Greene International Race Centre.

We politely explain about the cancellation, and ask the Racers' coaches if Cory could do a few runs in their course, and they say "sure!".  And what a course it was, 42 gates, and Cory manages to put in 5 runs through it for a really good day of training, considering the extreme cold.

Cory with Frost Tape, to protect against frostbite.

Then on the last day, temperatures moderated slightly, so it's a go for BC Adaptive to set a series of race courses on OSV, a total of about 60 gates.  Again, Cory manages to get in 5 or 6 runs, around 300 or so gate turns, which is a great day in ideal conditions, a terrific day of training in such cold temperatures.

Cory will now continue with his weekly Special Olympics ski program at Cypress and look for more gate training opportunities elsewhere as well.  We'll update again soon.