Forsyth will work with Canadian Para-alpine team

By Published On: June 25th, 2009Comments Off on Forsyth will work with Canadian Para-alpine team

Canada’s para-alpine ski team will have a five-time World Cup medalist providing some increased motivation when they resume dryland training in Whistler, BC next week.Canada’s para-alpine ski team will have a five-time World Cup medalist providing some increased motivation when they resume dryland training in Whistler, BC next week.

Allison Forsyth, a Canadian alpine ski team alumnus who retired in 2008, will be joining the CPAST team during a dryland camp from June 2 to June 7 in Whistler, BC, providing tips and motivation techniques for dryland training.

Forsyth will be with the team in the gym for the morning to work out June 3 and will speak to the staff and athletes later in the day.

“We asked her to come to speak with the team as we feel that all of us can benefit from hearing about the challenges and experiences that she faced as an athlete and how she dealt with them,” said CPAST World Cup coach Brianne Law. “Being a national team skier, she can relate to us, and us to her. We will be able to use some of the information, stories and experiences to help us prepare for the coming year.”

This is not the first time that Forsyth has worked with members of Canada’s Para-Alpine Ski Team. She spent some time with the team during the 2007 TELUS IPC World Cup in Kimberley, BC while rehabilitating a knee injury sustained in a crash during training at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games.

Forsyth, whose five World Cup podiums rank her in a tie for tenth all-time among Canadian women, has stayed active in ski racing since leaving the national team while also working for athletic apparel company lululemon.

The coaches of the CPAST team also arranged for Veronica Brenner, silver medalist in freestyle skiing during the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, and nutritionist Jen Gibson to speak to the team next week.

“Jen has been working with some of the athletes on the team for a few years. We are bringing her in to speak of the topic of eating during the Paralympic Games and how to be best prepared to choose the best options. She will be working with some athletes one-on-one as well as speaking to the groups all together,” said Law.

During this camp, the CPAST members will be in the gym every morning alternating days with strength workouts and movement/agility workouts. The afternoons will be alternating anaerobic and aerobic work. The program will include long bike rides (hand bikes and standing bikes) in Pemberton and a climb up the Callaghan hill. The athletes will also be doing some recovery workouts in the pool and a yoga session.

The members of the CPAST scheduled to attend the camp include Josh Dueck (Vernon, BC), Nick Brush Panorama, BC), Morgan Perrin (Whistler, BC), Matt Hallat (Whistler, BC), Chris Williamson (Markham, ON), Luke Donovan ( NB), Lindsay Debou (Whistler, BC), Kimberly Joines (Rossland, BC), Lauren Woolstencroft (North Vancouver, BC), Arly Fogarty (Montreal, QC), Viviane Forest (Edmonton, AB), Andrea Dziewior (Nanaimo, BC) and Karolina Wisniewska (Vancouver, BC).

After this dryland camp the athletes will be training at home until on-snow training begins in New Zealand at the end of August.

The IPC World Cup season will start in January with a race in Pastcher, AUT. The season will be highlighted by the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games from March 12 to 21 in Whistler, BC. -Alpine Canada Alpin’

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