MS

I'm excited to have a personal logo and an own Halti MS hat! You might have seen it on the slopes already.. :) Let's see what it develops into!

Soon headed back to the Alps for the last two races of this season!
Mare

4th in GAP!!

I had some solid runs yesterday and ended up 4th in GAP! Was really heart racing to watch the last guys come down. I thought for a moment that it might be enough for my first podium but Alexis, Marcel and Ted skied really well. Congrats to them!

I'm at home this week training and relaxing. It's a beautiful day here in Helsinki, just headed out for a walk on the ice with my lady. :)

Ciao and thanks for all the nice words!!

Mare

The tour continues!

Zoom Agence.

Garmisch is coming up this Sunday! There's about a month left of this season, still a few races on some cool slopes left. I landed a 12th place at Schladming. I had my sights on a better position but that's the way an athlete's life goes...! Congrats to Ted, Marcel and Manny!

Zoom Agence.

Mare

The Flying Finns!

Photo.si / Primoz Jeroncic

The first week of the Champs here in Schladming are done. I did enjoy the SG race and made it down even though it was a tough ride. During these few intensive days of SG I got more confident and realized that this really would be a great second discipline for me. I like the format of the SG races, getting into the top 30 means that I'd might get to start with nr 1 and then suddenly everything is possible! Like Andy yesterday, he made an amazing run and ended 5th in the DH!! Rewrote Finnish speed history. With such a sparring partner in SG I can learn the right things and together with him form an unbeatable team! The Flying Finns. That does sound good!

Zoom Agence

I'm feeling good about the upcoming GS on Friday. Can't wait to race down that icy slope! Oh, and for my Finnish friends, tänään kannattaa katsoa YLE2:n Urheilukatu2 ohjelmaa klo.19.05 ! Näytän miten kaikki lähti käyntiin Granin Alpeilta!

Mare

Championships!

Time to get SERIOUS!! Haha, or actually not. Time to enjoy a great skiparty and race as good as I can and fight for those medals. I've really enjoyed the races and trainings this season and will do it for the rest of the season also! Ali just didn't get enough coffee in the morning.. Or maybe I scratched the SG skis. Normally he's an extremely happy guy!

I will race the SG on Wednesday here in Schladming. I haven't had too much of training this year, my saldo is less than 5 days. The last two days I got some good training runs, it's a nice change from GS especially when most of the time you don't even break a sweat! Super-G is relaxed... :) I'm hoping for good conditions for the race because my number will be high and it would be nice to actually have a realistic chance to compare with the earlier starting field. It's going to be a lot of fun and exciting to speed down that hill a little faster than usual!

For the WCH I brought some extra speed with me from my home slope in Kauniainen.. From that hill the speed might actually get too high.

Mare