A week before the 2013 English Alpine Championships I have been chosen, with Honor Clissold, to represent Britain as an ambassador for skiing at the Alpine World Championships. The week consists of training from top Austrian coaches alongside athletes nominated from around the world, mixing with the other athletes in the village of Schladming, attending ceremonies, watching the races and most importantly having lots of fun whilst learning the tricks of the trade with the best guys in the sport.
Of course I wouldn't have been able to get this without a serious amount of help from Chris Blagden with my application. The fact that he gave up his time and put so much in the effort to develop and boost my application is very much appreciated. Without his input I seriously doubt that my application would have been successful.
Thanks also to CESA Snowsports Association for publicising my achievement before anyone else - http://www.cesnowsports.org.uk/cesa/racing-participation/congratulations-jordan-fellows
Elsewhere it's been very much back to basics over the past couple of weeks, getting a bit of plastic mileage in preparation for the 2012 All England Champs. My time spent on dendix is getting more and more rare these days, as I do a lot of fitness work instead, but I still try to get up to Telford once or twice a month working on balance and foundation work. Alan's Tuesday session is still tops for this kind of training.
I squeezed two sessions in last week, preparing for Norfolk and whilst the weekend didn't go anywhere near to plan I went in feeling ready to battle it out. The video below is where I was last Wednesday
Skiing strong, I was feeling confident of chasing the big boys in advance of the race, however a mid course run 1 straddle essentially ended the weekend before it had started.
Thoughts now turn to the winter and the first part of this is being united with the hardware that's hopefully going to help me generate speed in 2012/13 - namely my new Head skis. The guys at Bartlett's have done a bit of shuffling and with a bit of luck I should be getting some wax in them by this Sunday morning.