{"id":7294,"date":"2020-01-10T12:59:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T12:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=7294"},"modified":"2020-01-10T13:31:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T13:31:30","slug":"final-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=7294","title":{"rendered":"First race"},"content":{"rendered":"

The weather forecast wasn’t great for today, but a glance out of the window this morning suggested that this was probably wrong, and up we went. The train was full of racers, coaches and officials.<\/p>\n

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The snow’s getting quite firm now, but it’s ideal for racing. The Lauberhorn was a hive of activity. It’s the first of 2 Europa Cup races this weekend.<\/p>\n

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The next race is tomorrow. Europa Cup is one rung down from the World Cup races which take place next weekend, but it’s still taken very seriously. The atmosphere amongst the competitors is quite subdued – there’s not much chatter. Having raced out of that start hut ourselves on many occasions, we know how they feel.<\/p>\n

We had a good ski before heading home for lunch.<\/p>\n

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Curry tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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