Moving Day!

Today we moved from our apartments on the trails to the First Hotell Ett. To do this in one trip, we had to pack all of the athletes stuff up in one van and have them all walk over. This worked great and everyone got their stuff to their rooms easily. Before we left, I was able to get a short half hour ski in and later I will do some intervals up a nice hill. We watched the 15 km cross country skiing world cup in Kuusamo in our hotel room today, American Kris Freeman got 4th!

Big Day of Skiing

Saturday was a big day of skiing. I woke up and went for an hour long skate ski just after breakfast, and it snowed! We got just around 2 centimeters of snow in the morning, and it greatly improved the trails. After lunch I hung out at the apartment and watched some cross country skiing sprints in Kuusamo, Finland. Then I went out for another skate ski, this time inspired by the race to go really fast. While I was skiing the athletes were preparing for a time trial that the coaches set up, later I did some filming of them coming up a hill. It was very dark and snowy so in the end, the movie was pretty useless. After dinner I went back to the apartment and did some homework and watched some Eurosport Live. I finally got to bed before midnight and was able to sleep the whole night. If you see anything on the blog that you like, feel free to comment on anything!

Food Shopping

After dinner today, dad and I went food shopping. The supermarket is huge, and has clothing and movies as well. It is only a short walk from where we are staying. It was interesting seeing all of the different foods. We saw some Ben & Jerry's ice cream too, it was 47.90 kr or around $6.88. Then we found somebody's skis and poles sitting next to the bread.

Skiing and Town

Today I went for a morning classic ski with dad, I will go out again later. After our morning ski I did some homework and had lunch with the team in the main dining hall. We took one of the athletes into town on an errand, we did some shopping and found some cool stores. When I got back I took a long nap.

Hej from Östersund!

We have arrived in Östersund after almost 24 hours of travel. The flights all went well and we arrived here around noon. There is one small issue however. There is no snow. They have saved some of the snow from the year before and made some as well, but this only covers the race loop. Hope we get some more later this weekend.

Our Swedish Journey Begins Today!

At 9 AM we will leave the house and drive up to Burlington. From there we will catch a short flight to Chicago. Then later today we will board another plane bound for Stockholm, this flight will be about 8 hours long. Don't worry I'll keep myself occupied with homework, right? After we land in Stockholm, we have a short wait before our final flight up to the small city of Östersund. Östersund is roughly the same size as Burlington and is also a lake city. For the first week we will be staying in some small apartments right on the trail, at a place called Camp Södergren. There will be snow in Östersund when we arrive so I hope to start skiing be Thursday sometime.

Helpful Hint: Östersund is 6 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time

Only Two Days!

There are only two school days until we leave for Sweden! We can't wait until Wednesday. Today we picked up my new skis at Omer & Bob's.

ONE WEEK!

We are at 7 days and counting! We will leave from Burlington this time, and then fly to Chicago. From there we will fly to Stockholm and then on to Ostersund. There we will spend 13 days skiing with the US Biathlon Team, as they prepare for their first world cup race there.