Serena in Patsch Austria

Hintertux Glacier, Austria

Hey SRD!:) This summer has been great so far. I have been doing dryland almost everyday in the week and hopefully getting stronger.

For the whole month of October I have been up in Patsch Austria with the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club. We have been training in Stubai and the snow there has been great! While I was there we got 50 cm. of snow and got snowed in at our little town in Patsch!

We also saw the mens run in Soelden which was pretty intense unfortunately there second run got canceled do to snow and fog. Toward the end of our training we got to go down to Pitztal which was a great experience becaues it was by far the steepest and iciest SG I had ever trained!

I'm so excited to go down and train in Loveland on the 6th of November with NDS!

.)) Serina Kidd

Last days in Stubai Austria...

Well in my last blog I said there was snow coming to the Austrian Glaciers and it came, and came. My three days off snow turned into five. Oh well, it was alright. We switched gears really quickly and went back into full dry land mode.

Anyway the sun finally came out and even after all the snow, the piste was still pretty good. It also doesn't hurt when you get to train with the SWE WC Men on injected. Tomorrow will be our last day in Stubai. I would love to go watch the ladies in Soelden, but if I hope to race there someday I would rather take the opportunity to train again. It also helps that I get to train SG with the SWE EC girls tomorrow.

I have some very good friends on that team and we are all staying at the same hotel and doing our dryland together. I guess I'll just have to check Soelden results in between runs, despite the heavy data roaming charges. I am hoping Maria PH gets her first podium and Jules can put one down.

Looking forward to getting home. Heard it through the grapevine that Colorado has some snow? I hope. I am going to be there in November.

.)) Lena Andrews