Clearly you need to work on your child beating skills.

Oddly enough, I was skiing this weekend and discussion came up of what we'd do if, while racing down the mountain, a slow moving child got in the way, and one person suggested the more extreme people on the team would "crossblock the child" (That is, while turning, bring your downhill pole in front of your body diagonally to shunt the object in the way (usually a gate on a race course) out of the way.)

CR