div style=”text-align: left;”Over 1,000 young skiers slid to the line on thursday for the Barnebirkie. Pretty impressive considering the town of Hayward has a population of about 2,500. We had a good group from the Boys and Girls Club. Beautiful weather, good snow, cookies and hot chocolate…pretty hard to beat./divdiv style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/S4tBP1IOvrI/AAAAAAAAAp0/qAwqD_NgTAo/s1600-h/Barnebirkie+046.jpg”img style=”cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/S4tBP1IOvrI/AAAAAAAAAp0/qAwqD_NgTAo/s400/Barnebirkie+046.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443516314822819506″ //a/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”Shana and Raleighna await the starting gun/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/S4tBPOBkubI/AAAAAAAAAps/NW_zr56XNIw/s1600-h/Barnebirkie+045.jpg”img style=”cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/S4tBPOBkubI/AAAAAAAAAps/NW_zr56XNIw/s400/Barnebirkie+045.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443516304325917106″ //a/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”Shaylena/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/S4tBOnzZGQI/AAAAAAAAApk/y3ZbQFJZzmw/s1600-h/Barnebirkie+043.jpg”img style=”cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/S4tBOnzZGQI/AAAAAAAAApk/y3ZbQFJZzmw/s400/Barnebirkie+043.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443516294065887490″ //a/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”LCO Boys and Girls Club Barne Skiers/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”br //divdivdiv style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/S4tBQmAt_9I/AAAAAAAAAqE/uDI9MZXlaTU/s1600-h/Barnebirkie+051.jpg”img src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/S4tBQmAt_9I/AAAAAAAAAqE/uDI9MZXlaTU/s400/Barnebirkie+051.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443516327944650706″ style=”cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; ” //a/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”Enjoying the obstacle course as part of the games and celebration at the finish line on main street./divdiv style=”text-align: center;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/S4tBQQOlCKI/AAAAAAAAAp8/hmvrsbpqFNA/s1600-h/Barnebirkie+050.jpg”span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; “/span/aa onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/S4tBQQOlCKI/AAAAAAAAAp8/hmvrsbpqFNA/s1600-h/Barnebirkie+050.jpg”img src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/S4tBQQOlCKI/AAAAAAAAAp8/hmvrsbpqFNA/s400/Barnebirkie+050.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443516322097203362″ style=”cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; ” //a/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”The Wall of Fire/div/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”Check out this video of the Barnebirkie. Can you find anyone you know?/divbr /object width=”560″ height=”340″param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/uu9KtIyns3Eamp;hl=en_USamp;fs=1amp;”param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”param name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/uu9KtIyns3Eamp;hl=en_USamp;fs=1amp;” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”560″ height=”340″/embed/objectdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8083254037538554650-4886866217837879852?l=in-the-arena-brian.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div
Category: XCFeeds
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In Estonia!
After my travel nightmare getting home from Madison, I wasn’t very excited for the travel portion of my Estonian adventure. And sure enough, it was another series of fiascos! Luckily my luggage made it to Burlington the day before I had to leave. But my flight from Burlington also got cancelled the same day. I ended up driving with my mom to Newark to make my flight to Stockholm. I only barely made it onto the flight with the help of a very nice Continental guy who hot rushed my bags and put me through the employee security line. Then I missed my connection to Tallinn, and also discovered that my bags had only been checked to Stockholm. It took a solid 3 hours to convince Estonian Air to check my rifle, but I finally got put on standby for an afternoon flight to Tallinn. During my 6 hours in Stockholm, I got to watch the end of the Olympic Nordic combined race on TV, with Billy Demong and Johnny Spillane going 1-2. I was pumped! It was by far the high point of my 30+ hour traveling experience!
I finally made it to Tallinn though, and met up with most of the rest of the U.S. team to get a ride to Otepää, where we would be racing. We moved into our funny little hotel, which we would be sharing with the Russian team! No one seems to speak much English, and Estonian is pretty crazy—a lot like Finnish, and not a lot like anything else! Now the fun part of the adventure had begun!
Now that I’ve been here for two days, I’m finally feeling a bit less jet-lagged and a bit more settled in. Today was our first day skiing and shooting with all of the other teams there, and it was pretty crazy! It made me realize that I’ve never been to a real competitive biathlon race, because I’ve only ever raced in the U.S. It was exciting and scary to see all those other girls from other countries, and I felt a overly official in my Adidas U.S. biathlon stuff. I was a bit too excited and shaky whenever I came in to shoot, and missed lots of targets. I’m going to have to work on that! The first race is Tuesday, so I have tomorrow to try to calm myself down out there. I’ve never really been nervous for biathlon races before, so I’m going to have to try to get back to that laid-back place and just enjoy the experience!
I’ll try to post again in the next few days with some pictures, though the internet might be too slow for uploading them.
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In Estonia!
After my travel nightmare getting home from Madison, I wasn’t very excited for the travel portion of my Estonian adventure. And sure enough, it was another series of fiascos! Luckily my luggage made it to Burlington the day before I had to leave. But my flight from Burlington also got cancelled the same day. I ended up driving with my mom to Newark to make my flight to Stockholm. I only barely made it onto the flight with the help of a very nice Continental guy who hot rushed my bags and put me through the employee security line. Then I missed my connection to Tallinn, and also discovered that my bags had only been checked to Stockholm. It took a solid 3 hours to convince Estonian Air to check my rifle, but I finally got put on standby for an afternoon flight to Tallinn. During my 6 hours in Stockholm, I got to watch the end of the Olympic Nordic combined race on TV, with Billy Demong and Johnny Spillane going 1-2. I was pumped! It was by far the high point of my 30+ hour traveling experience!
I finally made it to Tallinn though, and met up with most of the rest of the U.S. team to get a ride to Otepää, where we would be racing. We moved into our funny little hotel, which we would be sharing with the Russian team! No one seems to speak much English, and Estonian is pretty crazy—a lot like Finnish, and not a lot like anything else! Now the fun part of the adventure had begun!
Now that I’ve been here for two days, I’m finally feeling a bit less jet-lagged and a bit more settled in. Today was our first day skiing and shooting with all of the other teams there, and it was pretty crazy! It made me realize that I’ve never been to a real competitive biathlon race, because I’ve only ever raced in the U.S. It was exciting and scary to see all those other girls from other countries, and I felt a overly official in my Adidas U.S. biathlon stuff. I was a bit too excited and shaky whenever I came in to shoot, and missed lots of targets. I’m going to have to work on that! The first race is Tuesday, so I have tomorrow to try to calm myself down out there. I’ve never really been nervous for biathlon races before, so I’m going to have to try to get back to that laid-back place and just enjoy the experience!
I’ll try to post again in the next few days with some pictures, though the internet might be too slow for uploading them.
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Looking ahead and Middlebury Carnival Pictures
Someone asked if we had any snow……a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S4rmtAMB1tI/AAAAAAAACe8/9IhIXC2pL30/s1600-h/IMG_3017.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S4rmtAMB1tI/AAAAAAAACe8/9IhIXC2pL30/s400/IMG_3017.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443416760449619666″ //abr /March is Championship month for us and we are excited for some great racing. The SMS Team has had an excellent winter and it is always fun to end with big races.br /br /Consider these fun facts:br /The five Nordic SMS Seniors were accepted at every college they applied to this year (UVM, Utah, DU, UNH, Middlebury, Dartmouth).br /13 of our 14 high school age skiers have qualified for the NE JO team and will compete in Presque Isle. (The only one who did not qualify for JO’s will be racing in The NE J2 Festival and the Eastern High School Championships.)br /We had 3 skiers qualify for the USST J1 trip to Finland.br /We had alumnae skiing at World Junior Championships, World Cups and the Olympics.br /br /Add to this the long list of alums skiing competitively in college and you can see why we’re smiling. br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S4rj9o4lF7I/AAAAAAAACe0/gusUm5WfWvQ/s1600-h/IMG_3051.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S4rj9o4lF7I/AAAAAAAACe0/gusUm5WfWvQ/s400/IMG_3051.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443413747716921266″ //aHere are some pictures from the Middlebury Carnival/EISA Championships. It was a beautiful day and fun to see a bunch of alums racing for their college teams. The girls raced 15 km and the boys 20km.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S4rh3oB3i9I/AAAAAAAACes/Og9ZafGvCr4/s1600-h/IMG_3058.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S4rh3oB3i9I/AAAAAAAACes/Og9ZafGvCr4/s400/IMG_3058.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443411445384973266″ //aSophie leading the Dartmouth break away. These 3 skied away from the pack and were over a minute and a half ahead of 4th place at the finish.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S4rft2xXbMI/AAAAAAAACek/S1Ctvo9bj64/s1600-h/IMG_3070.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S4rft2xXbMI/AAAAAAAACek/S1Ctvo9bj64/s400/IMG_3070.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443409078520343746″ //aStephanie hammers the last hill.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S4recC-hYaI/AAAAAAAACec/0ST84N8oBUM/s1600-h/IMG_3071.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S4recC-hYaI/AAAAAAAACec/0ST84N8oBUM/s400/IMG_3071.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443407673047474594″ //aAnya charging to the finish.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S4rc0ENZupI/AAAAAAAACeU/y1AH9skuo9U/s1600-h/IMG_3075.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S4rc0ENZupI/AAAAAAAACeU/y1AH9skuo9U/s400/IMG_3075.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443405886671927954″ //aCam and Hilary cheered loudly for their Middlebury teammates (Hilary lost her voice).br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S4rasm17SyI/AAAAAAAACeM/dsr7Vu-k1Wg/s1600-h/IMG_3082.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 392px; height: 400px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S4rasm17SyI/AAAAAAAACeM/dsr7Vu-k1Wg/s400/IMG_3082.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443403559506496290″ //aDanielle hangs with Izzy after her race. br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S4rZyjZi3vI/AAAAAAAACeE/mQHM_DnbfyU/s1600-h/IMG_3083.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S4rZyjZi3vI/AAAAAAAACeE/mQHM_DnbfyU/s400/IMG_3083.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443402562149736178″ //aPatrick hanging tough.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S4rYY61fPLI/AAAAAAAACd8/2sl032fXiXU/s1600-h/IMG_3086.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 378px; height: 400px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S4rYY61fPLI/AAAAAAAACd8/2sl032fXiXU/s400/IMG_3086.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443401022252727474″ //aFritz looking good in UVM green.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S4rXKbLAocI/AAAAAAAACd0/0JQSe63vuMs/s1600-h/IMG_3087.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S4rXKbLAocI/AAAAAAAACd0/0JQSe63vuMs/s400/IMG_3087.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443399673723265474″ //aHarrison Harb skiing for UNH.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S4rWI5wE-1I/AAAAAAAACds/JJkd6hIVsRQ/s1600-h/IMG_3088.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/S4rWI5wE-1I/AAAAAAAACds/JJkd6hIVsRQ/s400/IMG_3088.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443398548060437330″ //aChase did not have the gas today, but he had a solid top 10 yesterday.div class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4680416899705879324-327292050218780569?l=smsxc.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div
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TOUR OF CO
Ketchum, ID (for a moment) – I had a ticket for the Owl Creek Chase two weeks ago (Aspen). I went in for a check-up to get cleared to race just before getting on the plane with a no-go as the verdict. Being that I have family (basically) in Colorado, I decided to make the trip regardless.I coached, cheered and supported at xc and alpine events alike for the past two weeks with little improvement to the rumbling in my chest. I thought I was crawling out of the hole for the past few days – until this morning. Coming back to Ketchum, I have been notified of a virus that a large portion of the local population is housing. I talked to 4-weekers, 7, like myself and even heard wind of a 2-month tour of this thing. So I have something to look forward to, which is nice.
Crested Butte – Prader Cup athletes sporting new lids!I am trying to take this downtime, not only as my body frantically waving the white flag for me to give it a break, but to find my next path. I am unsure if graduate school, work or a combo is in my future. One thing I am certain of is the need for a new location.
I heart Ketchum. I mean L-O-V-E it, for real. For the last 3 years, however I have been either sick or injured. I am taking it at face value that possibly the altitude is one too many stressors for my body to deal with. I am in search of lower ground.
Keeping warm and waiting for awardsLast week I scoped out Colorado. I was in Aspen, Carbondale, Crested Butte and Vail (all of which don’t cure the altitude issue) as well as Boulder, which is currently front-running on movable places. Today I head to Montana.
Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine are eastern states that I am considering. I flirted with Oregon for a moment but was hard pressed to find adequate schooling in acceptable proximity to snow, as I want to continue to train but take a break from chasing the circuit for a few years.
Feeling mildly lost, but excited about the possibilities, I will throw it out to you guys – Any ideas?
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TOUR OF CO
Ketchum, ID (for a moment) – I had a ticket for the Owl Creek Chase two weeks ago (Aspen). I went in for a check-up to get cleared to race just before getting on the plane with a no-go as the verdict. Being that I have family (basically) in Colorado, I decided to make the trip regardless.I coached, cheered and supported at xc and alpine events alike for the past two weeks with little improvement to the rumbling in my chest. I thought I was crawling out of the hole for the past few days – until this morning. Coming back to Ketchum, I have been notified of a virus that a large portion of the local population is housing. I talked to 4-weekers, 7, like myself and even heard wind of a 2-month tour of this thing. So I have something to look forward to, which is nice.
Crested Butte – Prader Cup athletes sporting new lids!I am trying to take this downtime, not only as my body frantically waving the white flag for me to give it a break, but to find my next path. I am unsure if graduate school, work or a combo is in my future. One thing I am certain of is the need for a new location.
I heart Ketchum. I mean L-O-V-E it, for real. For the last 3 years, however I have been either sick or injured. I am taking it at face value that possibly the altitude is one too many stressors for my body to deal with. I am in search of lower ground.
Keeping warm and waiting for awardsLast week I scoped out Colorado. I was in Aspen, Carbondale, Crested Butte and Vail (all of which don’t cure the altitude issue) as well as Boulder, which is currently front-running on movable places. Today I head to Montana.
Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine are eastern states that I am considering. I flirted with Oregon for a moment but was hard pressed to find adequate schooling in acceptable proximity to snow, as I want to continue to train but take a break from chasing the circuit for a few years.
Feeling mildly lost, but excited about the possibilities, I will throw it out to you guys – Any ideas?
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TOUR OF CO
Ketchum, ID (for a moment) – I had a ticket for the Owl Creek Chase two weeks ago (Aspen). I went in for a check-up to get cleared to race just before getting on the plane with a no-go as the verdict. Being that I have family (basically) in Colorado, I decided to make the trip regardless.I coached, cheered and supported at xc and alpine events alike for the past two weeks with little improvement to the rumbling in my chest. I thought I was crawling out of the hole for the past few days – until this morning. Coming back to Ketchum, I have been notified of a virus that a large portion of the local population is housing. I talked to 4-weekers, 7, like myself and even heard wind of a 2-month tour of this thing. So I have something to look forward to, which is nice.
Crested Butte – Prader Cup athletes sporting new lids!I am trying to take this downtime, not only as my body frantically waving the white flag for me to give it a break, but to find my next path. I am unsure if graduate school, work or a combo is in my future. One thing I am certain of is the need for a new location.
I heart Ketchum. I mean L-O-V-E it, for real. For the last 3 years, however I have been either sick or injured. I am taking it at face value that possibly the altitude is one too many stressors for my body to deal with. I am in search of lower ground.
Keeping warm and waiting for awardsLast week I scoped out Colorado. I was in Aspen, Carbondale, Crested Butte and Vail (all of which don’t cure the altitude issue) as well as Boulder, which is currently front-running on movable places. Today I head to Montana.
Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine are eastern states that I am considering. I flirted with Oregon for a moment but was hard pressed to find adequate schooling in acceptable proximity to snow, as I want to continue to train but take a break from chasing the circuit for a few years.
Feeling mildly lost, but excited about the possibilities, I will throw it out to you guys – Any ideas?
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TOUR OF CO
Ketchum, ID (for a moment) – I had a ticket for the Owl Creek Chase two weeks ago (Aspen). I went in for a check-up to get cleared to race just before getting on the plane with a no-go as the verdict. Being that I have family (basically) in Colorado, I decided to make the trip regardless.I coached, cheered and supported at xc and alpine events alike for the past two weeks with little improvement to the rumbling in my chest. I thought I was crawling out of the hole for the past few days – until this morning. Coming back to Ketchum, I have been notified of a virus that a large portion of the local population is housing. I talked to 4-weekers, 7, like myself and even heard wind of a 2-month tour of this thing. So I have something to look forward to, which is nice.
Crested Butte – Prader Cup athletes sporting new lids!I am trying to take this downtime, not only as my body frantically waving the white flag for me to give it a break, but to find my next path. I am unsure if graduate school, work or a combo is in my future. One thing I am certain of is the need for a new location.
I heart Ketchum. I mean L-O-V-E it, for real. For the last 3 years, however I have been either sick or injured. I am taking it at face value that possibly the altitude is one too many stressors for my body to deal with. I am in search of lower ground.
Keeping warm and waiting for awardsLast week I scoped out Colorado. I was in Aspen, Carbondale, Crested Butte and Vail (all of which don’t cure the altitude issue) as well as Boulder, which is currently front-running on movable places. Today I head to Montana.
Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine are eastern states that I am considering. I flirted with Oregon for a moment but was hard pressed to find adequate schooling in acceptable proximity to snow, as I want to continue to train but take a break from chasing the circuit for a few years.
Feeling mildly lost, but excited about the possibilities, I will throw it out to you guys – Any ideas?
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Grace Boutot to compete in IBU U26 Championships
Otepaa, Estonia – The 2nd annual European U26 Championships begins this week with 274 athletes from 29 nations registered. The MWSC’s Grace Boutot will race in the Jr. category where the competition will be just as strong as the Jr. World Championships field seen earlier this season in Torsby, Sweden. “Grace is in a good spot mentally and physically and even with the short preparation time (2 days) I think we’ll see some strong performances from her”, stated MWSC Biathlon Coach Gary Colliander. Boutot will be joined by 8 members of the US Team.br /br /Sr. Men – Wynn Roberts, Zach Hall, Casey Simonsbr /Jr. Men – Leif Nordgrenbr /Sr. Women – Laura Spector, Annelies Cook, Susan Dunklee, Hannah Dreisigackerbr /Jr. Women – Grace Boutotbr /br /Tuesday begins with the Individual competition followed by the Relay, Sprint, and Pursuit. Check back here for more updates and full results at www.biathlonworld.comdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6813061107698506856-5780294309550382437?l=mwscbiathlon.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div
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Trail grooming in upstate NY comes with a three drink minimum. …
img src=”http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyjwyiGk0g1qzt3xbo1_500.jpg”/br/br/pTrail grooming in upstate NY comes with a three drink minimum. (Chris Klein photo)/p
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“The (post-Birkie) Moccasin tradition was started when Poulie was still working with Gridlock in year…”
“The (post-Birkie) Moccasin tradition was started when Poulie was still working with Gridlock in year 2 of Factory Team. Willi Husaby suggested after the team finished that we get something refreshing after such a hard effort- “as long as it was close”, I think he said. At that time Poulie was caring those silly blue Swix shot glasses by the case in the back of the team Subies. Peppermint Schnapps was a buck a shot, I think. Players- Swenson, Nystad, Shultz, Vorde et al.”br/br/ – em Husaby on the photo below./em
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My 5th (and final) race of the Olympics!
div class=”MsoNormal”After thinking I was going to watch the race from the sidelines, the competitors instinct took over….and I decided to race!nbsp;nbsp; I hate to admit how much I agonized about the decision, but I am happy with the outcome.nbsp; While it was not my best race of the season, it was a very solid performance.nbsp; My plan was to start slow and build into the race. Nearing the finish, I remember thinking that I wish I had 10 km to go in the race because I was gaining on a pack of skiers right ahead of me.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Here are a few pictures that Rob took of all the wonderful fans from the race today, more to come tomorrow.nbsp; Lots of work to do:nbsp; packing, logistics, and trying to find to my ski bag which has mysteriousl disappeared (which is a problem if one if trying to transport 20 pairs of skis.nbsp;nbsp; Rumor has it that Petra Madjic travels with 100 pairs of skis!)nbsp;nbsp; /divdiv class=”MsoNormal”br //divdiv class=”MsoNormal”I was almost embarrassed by all the support out there today and these past two weeks.nbsp; You guys are awesome and I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart.nbsp; I feel like I was the luckiest racer out there.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; /divdiv class=”MsoNormal”br //divdiv class=”MsoNormal”Hugs to everyone,/divdiv class=”MsoNormal”br //divdiv class=”MsoNormal”Holly/divdiv class=”MsoNormal”br //divdiv class=”MsoNormal”P.S. nbsp;nbsp;Because of Olympic rules, I can’t post race photos for a few more days…but count on a HUGE post of race photos once that time comes!!!!/divdiv class=”MsoNormal”br //divdiv class=”MsoNormal”————/divdiv class=”MsoNormal”Linda Cresup of Anchorage made this sweeet banner! Thanks Linda!/divdiv class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”
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Beach-K-L
This past Thursday I drove home to Maine to do some frantic packing-up/giving away/recycling of stuff in my room at my Dad’s house. It turns out that if you have lived in the same house your entire life (and saved as much stuff as I do) you end up with a lot to clean out when it’s time to move. The cleaning wasn’t too fun but it was great to be home and see my Dad’s new house! On Friday afternoon I headed over to North Conway to meet up with Pepa and Anna for the BKL Festival.
After some shopping with the Queen of Shopping on Friday night it was time to get down to business on Saturday morning. There was a lot of concern about the new venue for the Festival, a place called Stark’s Hill in Fryeburg. Apparently the parking lot was in a junk yard. And it was muddy. And the trails were covered in branches from the previous day’s violent wind storm. I didn’t see the trails on Friday, but I can tell you that by Saturday the venue was absolutely gorgeous. Once you got past the entrance and walked up the trail to the stadium, you were greeted by snow covered, well-groomed trails set among towering pines. Many enthusiastic and tireless volunteers were available to keep the chaos (somewhat) controlled. In short, the organizers did an amazing job with what was certainly a stressful situation.
Having started skiing at the age of 17, I had never had the reason or opportunity to attend a BKL Festival. It was amazing. The sheer numbers of kids out there skiing and loving it was awesome to see. I was so happy to be a part of such a fun event and it was great to see our BKLers racing hard in their biggest event of the year. Congrats to everyone on a great job! Also, it is nothing short of a miracle that the starters, parents, and coaches are able to get all those kids around the course in what appeared to be a very organized fashion. Very impressive.
Photos will do the day more justice…
The beach themed parade
Ani's creative use of a busted beach ball
Most of the NEVT gang…
More of the NEVT gang…
The racing commences
The guy in the skirt is the starter. He must have lost his voice by the end of the day but he did an amazing job getting hundreds of kids in line at the right time.
After the racing I headed back to Vermont to get ready for the Stowe Derby on Sunday. Update on that soon!
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Birkie Finding: backdoor of the Mocassin. A small slice of…
img src=”http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyipgs3Ib51qzt3xbo1_500.jpg”/br/br/pBirkie Finding: backdoor of the Mocassin. A small slice of skiing Americana…/p
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Skiing on Patterson Lake
Tuesday, February 23, the entire MVNT skate skied (carefully) from the Chickadee trailhead down to Patterson Lake Cabins and out onto Patterson Lake. What a fun way to end the season on skis together! -
Skiing on Patterson Lake
Tuesday, February 23, the entire MVNT skate skied (carefully) from the Chickadee trailhead down to Patterson Lake Cabins and out onto Patterson Lake. What a fun way to end the season on skis together!
