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CBCSportsca Blogs Time to start building up to the Games News Sports Radio TV My Region Watch Listen Member Centre Login Sign UpCharlottetown Change City2c CloudyHockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Highlights Fantasy Pool Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis Blogs and Columns Alpine SkiingSubscribe to Blogs and Columns Time to start building up to the Games November 4 2009 0215 PM Posted by Britt Janyk Wow 100 days to the Games The snow is starting to fall temperatures are cooling and winter is just around the corner People are getting excited for the ski season but there is something new to be excited for this winter the Olympic Games are coming to Canada to Vancouver and Whistler in only 100 daysSo what is it like for a World Cup Alpine racer leading into the Games and what are my next 100 days going to be like All of my preparation for this season is essentially done the hard work and the sweat the preseason technical training It is all in the bank and now its time to start racing and to start building up to the Games I have just returned from Austria where my teammates and I had two weeks of on snow training and we also had the first World Cup race of the season The World Cup season started with a men and womens giant slalom race I started and it was great to get the season going Now Im at home just briefly and then its back on the road I will be on the away from home from now until the Olympic Games Crazy I know However most of our seasons are exactly like this Last season I did make it home for Christmas but that hasnt happened very often in the pat 10 years I will leave for Calgary next week and we will do our final run of fitness testing at the University of Calgary and then its back on snow We will do the last of our preseason training in Nakiska (Alberta) and Panorama (BC) Both resorts are making snow day and night so that conditions are good enough for us to start training in early November Next on the World Cup schedule is a Slalom race in Finland Our slalom racers will be heading there this week and will be racing on the 14th and 15th of November My next race will be a giant slalom in Aspen Colorado on the 28th and from that point forward I will have a race almost every weekend leading to the Games I will have six downhill races before Feb 5 five super G events and one giant slalom competition From the race in Aspen to my last World Cup one before the Games I will have only two we...