Race and Training Schedule, Winter 2009/2010


Olympic and Paralympic Winter Game Schedules

Firstly, please find the official winter Olympic site at www.vancouver2010.com. The Palaralymic winter games site is http://www.vancouver2010.com/paralympic-games/. My race schedule can be found below and at this URL: http://www.vancouver2010.com/paralympic-games/paralympic-alpine-skiing/ 

Below is our schedule through the Paralympics

Mon, Feb 15 -    Sun Valley
Tues, Feb 16 -   Sun Valley and drive to Park City. .
Wed, Feb 17 -    Park City
Thurs, Feb 18 -  Park City and drive to Aspen
Fri, Feb 19 -       Aspen downhill training or Super-G
Sat, Feb 20 -      DH training in Aspen
Sun, Feb 21 -     DH race in Aspen (Masters race)
Mon, Feb 22 -     Rest and transit to Vail for US Adaptive Team Camp
Tues, Feb 23 -    Adaptive team camp in Vail, Slalom
Wed, Feb 24 -     Adaptive team camp in Vail, GS
Thu, Feb 25 -      Adaptive team camp in Vail, SG
Fri, Feb 26 -        Adaptive team camp in Vail, SG
Sat, Feb 27 -       Drive to Aspen
Sun, Feb 28 -      DH Training - Aspen
Mon, Mar 1 -        DH Training - Aspen
Tues, Mar 2 -       DH Race – Aspen World Cup
Wed, Mar 3 -       DH Race – Aspen World Cup
Thur, Mar 4 -       SC/SG Race – Aspen World Cup
Fri, Mar 5 -          SG Race – Aspen World Cup
Sat, Mar 6 -         Paralympic processing in Denver.
Sun, Mar 7 -        Fly from Denver to Vancouver
Mar 8 - 21 -         Paralympics in Whistler


Mon, Mar 8         Rest day
Tues, Mar 9        Training
Wed, Mar 10       Downhill training
Thu, Mar 11        Downhill training
Fri, Mar 12          Downhill training and Opening Ceremonies
Sat, Mar 13:        Downhill race
Sun, Mar 14:       No race for the sitting and visually impaired racers. SG for standing racers.
Mon, Mar 15:      Super-G
Tue, Mar 16:       Super Combined
Wed, Mar 17:      Rest day.
Thu, Mar 18:       No race for the sitting and visually impaired racers. GS for standing racers.
Fri, Mar 19:         Giant Slalom
Sat, Mar 20:        No race for the sitting and visually impaired racers. SL for standing racers.
Sun, Mar 21:       Slalom and Closing ceremonies


Mon, Mar 22 -     Fly from Vancouver to Sun Valley (Slater) and Seattle (Mark)



December Schedule

December 10-13: Training in Colorado 
December 14-18: NORAM races at Copper Mountain & Winter Park, Colorado


January Schedule:

I will skip the European World Cup races shown immediately below because I did no on-snow training in October and November and because I will do little gate training in December.  My colleagues and competitors have been on-snow almost daily since late October and I just won’t be ready to compete in January. Racing in Europe would be a dream come true and would make me ‘race ready’ for the Paralympics but it would do little to improve my skiing, conditioning and guide following skills, all of which must be improved for the Paralympics. I will, therefore, train with my guide in Sun Valley and Colorado during January.

Training: All of January in Sun Valley and Colorado

World Cup Races (not attending): 
Jan 08 Fri       GS - Race     Austria, Roll Rinn 
Jan 09 Sat      SL – Race    Austria, Roll Rinn 
Jan 10 Sun    Travel Day 
Jan 11 Mon    SL – Race     Austria, Abtenau 
Jan 12 Tue     SL – Race     Austria, Abtenau 
Jan 13 Wed   GS - Race      Austria, Abtenau 
Jan 14 Thu    GS – Race     Austria, Abtenau 
Jan 15 Fri      SC / SG           Austria, Abtenau 
Jan 16 Sat     Travel Day 
Jan 17 Sun    Training         Italy, Sestriere 
Jan 18 Mon   2 x DH Train  Italy, Sestriere 
Jan 19 Tue    DH Training  Italy, Sestriere 
Jan 20 Wed   DH - Race     Italy, Sestriere 
Jan 21 Thu    DH – Race    Italy, Sestriere 
Jan 22 Fri      SC / SG          Italy, Sestriere 
Jan 23 Sat    SG – Race     Italy, Sestriere 
Jan 24 Sun   Departure      Munich

Optional US Races:
Jan 26 Tue GS – Race    Waterville Valley,    New Hampshire
Jan 27 Wed SL – Race   Waterville Valley,    New Hampshire
Jan 29 Tue SG – Race Sunday River,            Maine
Jan 30 Wed GS – Race Sunday River,           Maine
Jan 31 Wed SL – Race Sunday River,            Maine


February Schedule

Training: Except for the optional races below, will train in Sun Valley and Colorado

Races: 
Feb 09 Sun DH - Training     Kimberley, British Columbia 
Feb 10 Mon DH - Training     Kimberley, British Columbia 
Feb 11 Tue 2xDH - Race       Kimberley, British Columbia 
Feb 12 Tue 2xSG – Race      Kimberley, British Columbia