6th September 2011 at 11:27PM

So yesterday went pretty well, the start was a little higher than training so we had some issues with the girls jump which has was changed in the end for the race runs.

The girls got used to the course yesterday, Ellie doing just 1 run to save her back for today, while Imi completed both runs looking confident on the snow and in the air alike.

For the boys, Oli got his first taste of Downhill, for-running both training runs, whilst Luke, Kieran and Roy all had good runs or sections of runs in the training. Roy especially set a good time on the 2nd run, only 3.8 seconds off what looks like a World Cup field.

So onto the races, well the WC guys definitely stepped up the pace but the boys managed to hold on first run and all 3 made their best results by a country mile. In the 2nd race it was a little tougher and bumpier by the time we got underway at around 2pm, the boys went for it but made a few too many mistakes, along with quite a few athletes it would seem by the results.

For the girls, it was a tiny field, and Imi and Ellie completed both runs but were slightly further off the pace than we would have liked. Neither of the girls made P.B's but it was good to get another 'tougher' downhill it and both are fit and ready for the SG race tomorrow.

So the bibs for tomorrow's SG race are:

Roy: 12

Luke: 18

Kieran: 52

Imi: 3

Ellie: 4

Thomasine: 15

Alex has picked up a small knee injury so will miss tomorrow and Oli will continue his role as pro for-runner for this speed series.

Fingers crossed!!!

(Ellie last week in training..... the jump was slightly larger for yesterday's training run.....)

(Early morning.... lovely)

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