Willie Neal

As many of you are aware Willie Neal a Jackson Hole WY native and Maine Winter Sports Center athlete was recently killed when he was struck by a car while rollerskiing. Details of the accident can be found at Fasterskier.com. I knew Willie for the short time I have been in Maine,and from national races we both attended. I was struck by his talent, drive, and sense of responsibly. His accomplishments as a skier/biathlete and as a person are very impressive. My thoughts and prayers are with his family.
He will be greatly missed.

More Pictures

10th Moutain Ski Center

Some picures of the Lodge and the stadium/rollerski loop. I also threw in a few pictures of my races this past winter. Enjoy.

Visit Your Local Uphill Area!

Not many Americans are aware that there is currently a great deal on uphill area admission. In the summer your local downhill ski area is converted into a free use uphill area. I visited the local uphill area here in Fort Kent for the first time today. I did some race pace bounding intervals. They went really well other than the Raisin Bran I was tasting the entire workout. I am continuing to shoot everyday and training is going great. Things here are about to get a lot more exciting though. We have roughly 30 youngsters coming to 10th Mountain this weekend for an into to biathlon clinic. After that the US National Women's team arrives for a weeklong training camp. A few interesting Fort Kent observations: LED house numbers are very popular here, there are as many if not more bugs here than in MN, and there are more you read right more ATV trails here than in MN.  I'm currently working on a set of pictures of Fort Kent. I'm really making an effort at good photography. I'll post them at the end of the week, along with a summery of my training efforts so far this year. 

Getting after it

This week has been an extremely productive training week. With 300rds of shooting, a quality rollerski intensity session and a few great trail runs. Plus it's only Wednesday! This morning I had a real Maine woods trail run. It was about 50 degrees and raining. Our run started with about a half hour of bushwhacking behind the Mayo's house on some logging roads. From there we ran on some ATV trails. I stayed surprisingly clean for a muddy Maine run. This afternoon I have specific strength on rollerskis and some shooting. My camera cable in in the mail so I'l have pictures by Friday. Raleigh out! (A Russel C. saying)

A little Shooting

My rifle training has been going really well lately. Especially now that I have my rifle back from the far reaches of Logan International Airport. Tomorrow is my first rollerski workout and my first intensity workout since I popped out my rib last week. I hope I finish it all in one piece :) More on that later. My camera cable is being sent out so I'll have pictures inside the week.

2 Days

I've alloted 2 more days of recovery for my rib, then I'm going to begin almost normal training. I'll be skipping strength, double pole and other activities that may pop my rib back out. I'm really excited to get back to training and get some shooting in. Hopefully I'll have pictures soon.