Italy Revisited

One of my long time biathlon teammates, Laura Spector, recently decided to not continue competing this year.  Laura has always been an awesome training buddy who can be counted on for the longest biking or hiking adventures and I’ve missed having her around this summer.  She was also instrumental in starting the forward momentum of the US women’s biathlon team.   During the 2010-2011 season, I couldn’t wait to look up results and see how much Laura and the other World Cup ladies had improved each week.  For the first time, we really started to believe we belonged with the best athletes in the world.

Best of luck Laura as you pursue your biology interests!  Anytime you need a break from the lab or fruit flies, the mountains await.  We still need to summit  Mount Timpanogos someday.

The following blog post is a write-up I did for NENSA midway through last season about my first World Cup mass start race.  During the experience, I couldn’t help but reminisce about what it was like watching Laura racing a year earlier.