I have now been in the Czech Republic for two weeks and time is absolutely
flying by. After meeting with family I quickly got to training with the club
team in Nove Mesto na Morave. I started school here this week, which was interesting,
it is a lot different than what I am used to. The sports program that the
school has allows me to have practice after a few hours and then return back to
school when we’re finished, which is very beneficial because I could not have
done something like this in the USA. This weekend I will be participating in
the Czech summer biathlon roller ski nationals. With much tougher fields than
the U.S I’m really excited to race.
Prior
to my arrival to the Czech I had a very good summer training season. Outside of
regular daily practices, I had a few super awesome training camps in Minnesota,
Colorado, and Vermont. The training groups at these camps were great, especially
training with the upcoming biathlon star Jakob Ellingson. The training camp in
Colorado was defiantly the most memorable, as it was high intensity at
elevation training, and had bike rides I didn't even know I could finish. This
camp taught me a lot about the mental barriers you set on yourself, that you
just got to get out there and do it, get it done.
Here are some photos of me in action this
summer. All photo creds to the talented photographer Jakob Ellingson.
Being artsy hiking up Devils Thumb in Colorado.
The training group making our way up (Devils Thumb).
Part of our group at the top of Devils Thumb.
Shooting in Jericho, Vermont.
Racing up a catagory in US Summer Biathlon Nationals and finishing as third American.
