Downhiller Miranda Miller put her fitness level to the test at Mont Tremblant, Quebec's Canada Cup #2, placing second overall on a lengthy course studded with inertia-killing rock gardens.The 18-year-old easily took the Junior Women category and fell just five seconds behind Elite leader Danice Uyesugi with a time of 5:35.537. The rest of the Elite pack trailed by eleven seconds and beyond from the top two racers.Miller said she pushed harder than in the first Canada Cup in Bromont, where she placed third overall, because she was able to grasp a clear focus from the very start. Her west coast training also prepared her for the grueling downhill tear. "Out there it's sort of like what we've been riding here - really rocky and wet," she said."Tremblant was super long and it was actually quite tiring for us because a lot of the rock gardens weren't flat but kind of flat so you really had to work your upper body to get over them. You're always pulling on the bike so it was pretty physically tiring for us."Mad March Racing coach Dave Hord said Miller's high fitness level really stuck out in Quebec. Not only could she bomb through rocky sections with control, she did it without draining the tank. "She's been training really hard this year for both strength and fitness and I think that showed when she passed me at the bottom. A lot of riders were looking tired at the bottom but she was still pushing."Miller wants to continue pushing the limits while training in 蜜桃视频appin preparation for an expected World Championship appearance in Italy. In downhill racing, there is a fine line between speed and maintaining control, said Hord."I wouldn't even say it's as thick as a tightrope - you're walking a very fine thread," he said. "There's so many elements you have to put together perfectly to push at 100, 110 per cent. There's not just the fact that you have to be physically able to do it, you also have to be picking the perfect and exact line in order to do it."Miller's next race is this weekend at the Sunshine Coast Rat Race after celebrating graduation from Howe Sound Secondary School.Meanwhile, Team B.C. and Mad March Racing teammates Craig Campbell, Clinton Gould and Scott Halvorson placed 12th, 14th and 25th respectively in the Junior Men category.The male contingent faced many obstacles as Campbell was still dealing with a wrist injury acquired at Bromont and Halvorson was hit with a flat in the first corner and had to ride it out.Hord said he and fellow coach Shaums March are confidant that with more training, the boys will gain higher ground on the downhill scene this season. "All three are potential podium without a doubt."
