After the long season and the long drive home I had five days to recover and get organised before I headed off on my first summer holiday in four years. After such a tough season I decided to take a proper break and was due to fly to Mexico and then on to Maui for a wedding, having just over a week in each!
However, the ash cloud issues began and our flight was cancelled delaying our travels by a week meaning we missed out on Mexico and headed straight to Maui, arriving just in time for the start of the wedding activities. What a wedding week! We had a boat trip, swam with turtles, climbed up waterfalls, jumped off cliffs, certainly the most active wedding I’ve ever heard of!
After the wedding we seemed to end up gate crashing the newly weds honeymoon! And what a honeymoon! The activities kept up their intensity with surfing, swimming with dolphins and camping, biking and hiking trips. An awesome, awesome holiday for those less chilling inclined!
I got home feeling very refreshed after some good time away from the skiing world and all the issues surrounding the team and feeling motivated for training. I got back into the routine of gym sessions (satisfyingly sore muscles!) and biking.
Quickly after we got home it was announced that my coach from last year, Mike Pilarski would be the new head coach of the British Team and we had our first camp arranged for the last week of May. This meant we are on track to get moving for the new season! Great news!
Tags: Dougie Crawford, Maui
