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Competing in Switzerland (Photo: Robert Rosser)

This is a narrative about my journey towards becoming the best biathlete that I can be, the best biathlete in the world. Since biathlon is a sport requiring a decade of preparation in order to win, the story of success is the journey – the training, the sacrifices, the triumphs, the failures, the adventures. When things happen, or don’t happen, this is my place to write about them.

 

 

October 2007

"Part II of nostalgic recap"
October 14, 2007
from Jericho, Vermont

September 2007

"Rather nostalgic recap, Part 1"
September 10, 2007
from Jericho, Vermont

February 2007

"Last minute note"
February 12, 2007
from St. Paul, MN

December 2006

"Long awaited World Cup 3"
December 21, 2006
from Heber City, Utah

"An update from Obertilliach that is so long-winded and full of digressions that it quite possibly could scare you"
December 4, 2006
from Obertilliach, Austria

July 2006

"All that’s left is business"
July 15, 2006
from Jericho, Vermont

June 2006

"A Day in Heber"
June 19, 2006
from Heber City, Utah

"Not Such a Great Day"
June 11, 2006
from Heber City, Utah

March 2006

"Leaving Fort Kent"
March 29, 2006
from Fort Kent, Maine

February 2006

"Six weeks, starting in Fort Kent"
February 12, 2006
from Bardonecchia, Italy

January 2006

"Watching the moon (P.S. I made it)"
January 3, 2006
from Eagle Lake, Maine

November 2005

"Back to Geilo"
November 26, 2005
from Geilo, Norway

"Thanksgiving, one day late"
November 25, 2005
from Beitostølen, Norway

"Last one standing"
November 24, 2005
from Beitostølen, Norway

"Team USA"
November 22, 2005
from Beitostølen, Norway

"Thanks, World Cup"
November 20, 2005
from Beitostølen, Norway

"Jotunheimen"
November 20, 2005
from Beitostølen, Norway

"Craziness"
November 16, 2005
from Beitostølen, Norway

"First race"
November 12, 2005
from Beitostølen, Norway

"Moving to Beitostølen"
November 10, 2005
from Geilo, Norway

"No-snow Gei-lo"
November 4, 2005
from Geilo, Norway

"Packing for five months"
November 1, 2005
from Geilo, Norway

October 2005

"Find a way"
October 16, 2005
from Fort Kent, Maine

September 2005

"Great improvements during Fort Kent training period"
September 12, 2005
from Fort Kent, Maine

August 2005

"My morning commute"
August 2, 2005
from Heber City, Utah

July 2005

"Evacuate!"
July 2, 2005
from Heber City, Utah

June 2005

"Inspiration without success"
June 25, 2005
from Heber City, Utah

May 2005

"Summer now in The County"
May 11, 2005
from Fort Kent, Maine

"Last snow"
May 2, 2005
from Fort Kent, Maine

January 2005

"Training in snowy Minnesota"
January 26, 2005
from Grand Rapids, Minnesota

"An unexpected trip into the freezer"
January 16, 2005
from Saint Paul, Minnesota

"Suspenseful mass start race in Valcartier today"
January 9, 2005
from Valcartier, Quebec

December 2004

"Difficult conditions in today’s sprint"
December 31, 2004
from Fort Kent, Maine

"Top Eights – Norway"
December 17, 2004
from Lake Placid, New York

"Good training and television in Norway"
December 6, 2004
from Geilo, Norway

November 2004

"Great performance in EC 2 sprint"
November 27, 2004
from Geilo, Norway

"Sprint race at the season opener"
November 14, 2004
from Beitostølen, Norway

"First race of the season"
November 13, 2004
from Beitostølen, Norway

"Ski kultur"
November 9, 2004
from Geilo, Norway

October 2004

"Climbing through the Green Mountain jungle"
October 3, 2004
from Jericho, Vermont

September 2004

"Training camp in Utah complete"
September 28, 2004
from Heber City, Utah

"Another attempt at white-faced cliffs"
September 25, 2004
From Heber City, Utah

"Near perfection"
September 24, 2004
from Heber City, Utah

"Everything is better with snow"
September 20, 2004
from Heber City, Utah

"Blown away"
September 19, 2004
from Heber City, Utah

"Attack of the..."
September 18, 2004
from Heber City, Utah

"Mt. Timpanogos: Up, over, and down the safer side"
September 10, 2004
from Heber City, Utah

"First near-death experience"
September 8, 2004
from Heber City, Utah

"Amidst the Apostles"
September 5, 2008
from Bayfield, Wisconsin

"Back to Elk River"
September 2, 2004
from Saint Paul, Minnesota

August 2004

"Poling, Poling, Poling"
August 30, 2004
from Duluth, Minnesota

"Are there hills here?"
August 23, 2004
from Saint Paul, Minnesota

"Riding through flatlands of corn"
August 22, 2004
from Trempeauleau, Wisconsin

"A brief trip up Camel's Hump"
August 18, 2004
from Jericho, Vermont

"Testing myself"
August 17, 2004
from Lake Placid, New York

"Shooting against a Howitzer"
August 14, 2004
from Jericho, Vermont

July 2004

"Mars Hill Climb"
July 25, 2004
from Fort Kent, Maine

"Tremendous week"
July 20, 2004
from Fort Kent, Maine

"When it rains in Maine, it pours"
July 9, 2004
from Fort Kent, Maine

"Good tools important for good training"
July 8, 2004
from Fort Kent, Maine

June 2004

"Gone fishing"
June 23, 2004
from Fort Kent, Maine

May 2004

"It’s Maine time"
May 31, 2004
from Fort Kent, Maine

Part Two: Further into the north, onto la Gaspé
May 23, 2004
from Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec

Part One: Further into the north, onto la Gaspé
May 22, 2004
from Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec

"The end of the line"
May 19, 2004
from Jericho, Vermont

"Any which way will do"
May 19, 2004
from Jericho, Vermont

"Hardcore"
May 13, 2004
from Jericho, Vermont

"One more week"
May 6, 2004
from Jericho, Vermont

April 2004

"Spring is blooming, winter fading"
April 22, 2004
from Jericho, Vermont

March 2004

"Freedom on snow: skiing as a way of life"
March 20, 2004
from Jericho, Vermont

"Spring is here; so too is the new season"
March 19, 2004
from Jericho, Vermont

"Lost: Biathlon rifle"
March 15, 2004
from Jericho, Vermont

February 2004

"Monotony and charm of getting back to normal"
February 23, 2004
from Jericho, Vermont

"Ability is much more than capability"
February 6, 2004
from Jericho, Vermont

January 2004

"In Summary"
January 21, 2004
from Lanslebourg, France

December 2003

"And that is what they call a snowstorm"
December 8, 2003
from Jericho, Vermont

"A successful camp"
December 2, 2003
from Somewhere over Ohio

November 2003

Time Trial Results
November 30, 2003
from West Yellowstone, Montana

"On the snow again"
November 25, 2003
from West Yellowstone, Montana

"Where am I again?"
November 22, 2003
from West Yellowstone, Montana

"And on the third day..."
November 16, 2003
from Jericho, Vermont

"Where I want to be"
November 15, 2003
from Jericho, Vermont

October 2003

"The Great Flood is upon us"
October 29, 2003
from Jericho, Vermont

"All coming together"
October 11, 2003
from Park City, Utah

"Running from the dogs"
October 10, 2003
from Park City, Utah

"Land of blue sky"
October 8, 2003
from Park City, Utah

September 2003

"Don't expect motivation from the sky"
September 23, 2003
from Jericho, Vermont

"A new breed of training"
September 22, 2003
from Jericho, Vermont

"And Vermont it is"
September 12, 2003
from Jericho, Vermont

"A long ride indeed"
September 7, 2003
from Jericho, Vermont

August 2003

"Fall has come to northern Maine"
August 23, 2003
from Fort Kent, Maine

 

 
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