Wiriehorn Swiss Cup

What a weekend! Travelled from Morzine, France to Wiriehorn, Switzerland
last Thursday for a Swiss cup race. It was quite a long drive because we got
a bit lost along the way... But eventually we got there! :) The weather was
crazy there it was so hot about 40 degrees!! It was pretty hard to ride and
race in that heat but luckily there was a river right next to the track so
when it got to hot I just jumped into the river.

Friday we walked the track, it was very different to tracks I've seen over
here it wasn't as steep and mostly single track with about a 200m slight
uphill sprint in the middle! On first glance I thought the track would be
pretty straight forward to ride and I would just be trying to keep up the
speed ad keep off the brakes. I was mistaken, after a run I realised this
track was going to be a challenge to race. Even though it wasn't so
technical the track didn't flow so well and felt a bit awkward in some
places. It was a good challenge for me to try get flow to put together a
smooth and fast race run.

I had a few hiccups over the weekend two flat tires and a broken seat after
I took a rag but luckily nothing major! I had a blowout in my seeding run so
didn't seed very well. Race day came sunny and so hot!! Unfortunately I
didn't get in as many practice runs before my race as I would have liked as
I got a flat tire.

I put together a pretty good run though and was pretty happy with it,
followed all my lines and kept it clean. Ended up in 7th place so yeah
stoked.

On another note so happy to say that I have made the 2012 NZ downhill team
to race at the world championships in Leogang, Austria. Next weekend I'll be
travelling from Morzine to Austria to meet up with the rest of the team.
Can't wait to race and represent NZ at the worlds!! :D