Florence was amazing- we had a full day to tour the city and take in some of its endless history. Then we hit up a small mountain outside of Trento for two days of training on really soft snow (weird, it actually snowed). My leg was holding up pretty well, but it was clear I couldn’t do too much skiing on it. Then we went to San Candido for two days of slalom racing. The venue started with a long flat and a couple of rolls, a little side hill, and then it rolled over to an impressive pitch down to the finish.

The first day both course sets were ridiculously turny which took out over 80 percent of the field, including me. The second day the snow was still soft, but the course set looked good. I stared 12 skied the top flats well and rolled onto the pitch when I put my bad leg into another hole. I finished that run, but pulled out of the second run because I couldn't ski at 100 percent.

Now, I’m back at home in Gilford taking a planned 10 day break to give my leg a rest and get fired up for another European tour.

Hope all is well, w