Lauri Vuorinen opens a small can every morning of the competition day.
Lauri Vuorinen crack open the can. The ritual has been repeated this season every race day morning.
What exactly is it about?
– I always drink a beetroot shot in the morning before the race. I have used these for several years. I used to use a little less, but now it’s a routine, says Vuorinen.
Ginger shots are a familiar product to many, but beetroot shots are a rarer case. According to Vuorinen, the taste is not as strong as in its ginger cousin, but there is a lot of stuff in the two deciliter jar.
– The drink is 100% beetroot. One can contains a kilo of beetroot, which means a lot.
– You can argue about matters of taste. Many have said that it doesn’t taste good. I think it tastes good, the drink is like strong beetroot.
Shotin Vuorinen’s everyday life was brought by the world championship medalist of the triathlon, the current nutrition coach Kaisa Hall. The Finnish skier doesn’t have to give up tradition anymore, because he is skiing in the peak season.
– Of course not when it’s going well. Why give up good routines?
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Lauri Vuorinen gulps down a drink on the morning of race day. PASI LEISMA
Vuorinen skied the best ranking of his World Cup career a few weeks ago. He reached the final of the traditional sprint in Canmore, Canada, and was no less than fourth.
The free sprint took 13th place and in 20 kilometers the Finnish skier was 18th.
– Canmore was one of the best race weekends of my career. Everything went well.
There have been four rankings in the top ten this season. The normal distance has also been covered, as Vuorinen has been among the top 20 three times. Toblach’s 11th place was a no-brainer.
– Staying healthy is the final key to the fact that I have been able to have an intact season. The condition has been achieved through summer training, but during the winter I have been able to maintain and refine it further.
Vuorinen knows from his own experience how a health crisis can ruin everything. He got sick last season before the World Cup and missed the qualification in his main race of the season, the World Cup sprint.
– Illnesses can at worst completely take away the condition. It’s great that I’ve been able to pull through the whole season well.
Vuorinen has signed up for all the trips of the Lahti World Cup this weekend. He managed to avoid the flu that struck the Finnish team during the North American tour.
– I was a bit congested during Minneapolis. There was probably something, but luckily I didn’t get any worse. This week I’ve gotten to enjoy training again.
The pair relay will be contested in Lahti on Friday. On Saturday, it’s 20 kilometers with a traditional, and on Sunday, a free sprint.