After Lawrence received 3 days of coaching from Warren this season, he wanted to return the favour!

Warren Smith took Lawrence Dallaglio skiing this season to see what the big man was made of on the slopes. It was an amazing 3 days of development and Warren confirmed that Lawrence was one of the fastest learners in skiing he had ever coached. On day 1 Lawrence was making basic parallel turns and on day 3 short radius turns and the steep slope of Mont Fort were conquered. Quite an achievement!
On a chairlift in Verbier on the 3rd day Lawrence asked Warren if he fancied joining in with a cycle challenge in France. Warren agreed to doing it without realizing too much of the details. He was a bit shocked when he found out it was 933km’s over the French Pyrenees but as it was the big man asking and for the Bliss Charity he felt honoured to be a part of it.

Warren starts training in July for the challenge and has just set up his charity fundraising page with Justgiving (www.justgiving.com/warrensmith1). Please take the time to look through the cycle challenge in detail by clicking here and please give generously on Warren’s Just Giving page. Warren will keep you updated with his training regime over the summer in person in Saas-Fee and on our Academy news pages.