Lindsey Vonn recently returned to World Cup competition after a three month recovery period. Lindsey reports regularly from the tour in collaboration with Denver Post ski writer John Meyer. This excerpt was from her most recent dispatch.
It was really hard for me to take three weeks off from the World Cup to come home and train to get my strength back after the intestinal illness that hit me so hard before the season. I had never missed a series of races like that, never taken a big break from the World Cup. To be away from the tour, missing the adrenaline and competition, seeing other people on the podium and doing well was really hard. I felt like my body let me down. Martin Hager, my trainer from Red Bull, was with me. We worked out every day, three times a day. It was perfect, not only to get me strong, but also to regroup and be ready mentally when I came back. I had to rebuild all the fitness I worked so hard to attain in training last summer. I had lost all my strength and endurance. It came back slowly, but I'm at a good place now. I still have to do weight training and things like that, which I've never had to do in-season before, because I'm playing catch-up.
It was really hard for me to take three weeks off from the World Cup to come home and train to get my strength back after the intestinal illness that hit me so hard before the season.
I had never missed a series of races like that, never taken a big break from the World Cup. To be away from the tour, missing the adrenaline and competition, seeing other people on the podium and doing well was really hard. I felt like my body let me down.
Martin Hager, my trainer from Red Bull, was with me. We worked out every day, three times a day. It was perfect, not only to get me strong, but also to regroup and be ready mentally when I came back.
I had to rebuild all the fitness I worked so hard to attain in training last summer. I had lost all my strength and endurance. It came back slowly, but I'm at a good place now. I still have to do weight training and things like that, which I've never had to do in-season before, because I'm playing catch-up.
To read Lindsey's full dispatch visit the Denver Post's article.