Roz Marshall's Blog, page 2
February 6, 2014
Fast is good
Well, it all kicks off officially tomorrow, although there were some qualifying events today. The blue riband event – the men’s downhill – is on Sunday, with the ladies’ downhill on Wednesday 12th. I’ve never been brave enough to race pure downhill – it takes a special kind of person to do that, but I’ve […]
February 5, 2014
Preparation is everything
I saw footage in the news today of some of the athletes arriving at Sochi for the Winter Olympics. They had alot of kit with them. Which is quite reassuring, in light of today’s quote – hopefully the weather and their equipment won’t cause any issues in their hunt for medals!
February 4, 2014
Life, fully lived
Life, fully lived – I think any sport can make you feel like this. I watched the final of the reality TV winter sports series, “The Jump” last night. I’ve caught about 3 episodes of this and enjoyed watching the participants try various winter sports. For once I’d actually heard of a few of the […]
February 3, 2014
Leap of faith
I think all skiers know about the inevitability of gravity… but it was the words ‘leap of faith’ that jumped out at me today. I read a post recently by an independently-published author (like me) who was talking about her journey into publishing, and it resonated with me. Like her, I decided to publish independently […]
February 2, 2014
Faster, higher, stronger
In yesterday’s post I talked about a run off the Glas Maol in Glenshee, and said “[I] was absolutely screaming along doing huge wide GS turns, so fast that I remember thinking, ‘If I fall over at this speed I’ll probably kill myself!’ (this was in the days before helmets)” As most skiers, I’ve had […]
February 1, 2014
To boldly go…
…and other split infinitives (so I was told by my English teacher at school). Today’s meme, for 6 days to go till the Winter Olympics, is: “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail“. I said yesterday that I’d had some sublime moments when […]
A new extract
There’s a new extract from Episode 1, “Winter Arrives” on Jill Edmondson’s blog today: Excerpt from Winter Arrives If you haven’t read the book yet and would like to read a different extract to the sample you get from eBook sales sites such as Amazon, then now’s your chance!
January 31, 2014
How does it feel to ski?
“To ski is to fly without actually leaving the ground” I’ve had some sublime moments when skiing. Perhaps you have too, depending on your sport. Moments when it all comes together, almost magically – weather, technique, terrain, mental awareness – and things just seem perfect. In particular I remember a couple of times at Cairngorm […]
January 30, 2014
More memorable memes
(D’you see what I did there? ) It’s only 8 days till the Winter Olympics at Sochi now. Here are the next two ‘memes’:
January 29, 2014
Winter Olympics coming soon!
I’m getting excited and inspired by all the adverts and stories about the 2014 Winter Olympics, which starts on 7th February in Sochi. So inspired, in fact, that I’ve designed some ‘memes’ to link my books and the Olympics. This is for 10 days to go: What d’you think?
