Utah Recon

 This team is going to be spending a significant amount of time in Utah this year. We'll be here for a mini training camp in late February / early March. And the NCAA Championships will be here immediately afterward. As a bonus, Pascale might end up here in late February for the Junior World Championships in biathlon, though that's not a sure thing yet because that team hasn't yet been named. 

Anyway, we've got our first Utah trip in the rearview mirror and it was quite a success. We had lots of smiles and a few laughs, and our race results weren't too shabby, either. We had a few firsts around here: JC won his first college race and his second college race. He also won his first national championship. His teammates Espen, Magnus and Sigurd joined him to take the top four places in a college race. Apparently, no Seawolf Ski Team has ever done that before. 

So we're in a good place at the moment. Tomorrow we drive five hours north to Sun Valley Idaho for our second set of RMISA races this season. 

Trond and Toomas spent a significant portion of the past week here.

Hey guys! Listen, we shared a wax cabin with Jan Buron, Seiji Takagi and the rest of the Alaska Winter Stars.

Meanwhile, the team tried to figure out how the jacuzzi tub worked.

Typical Utah

On the Olympic trails.

Tuva felt ill for a few days and was sequestered at the coaches' house. We brought her some skis to help her feel more relaxed and comfortable.

I don't know what we were laughing about this time. But it was always something...

Back to business in the wax cabin.

As for me, I spent my week here in the mobile studio, with Yuriy Gusev the producer.

At my desk job.

Former Seawolf Hannah Rudd was really fast this week!

Team meeting.

With the racing week over, we were able to go out skiing at some new places in Utah.

Loading up to go skiing.

But first another team meeting.

Here's Sigurd. And Mount Timpanogos.

Magnus

James Clinton

Espen

Astrid

The girls at Sundance.

Pascale, Astrid, and the Tuvas

Espen & JC

It's been a good week. Now on to Sun Valley!