Since January 1st, the biathlon World Cup circuit has given us a tour of central Europe. We started in Oberhof, Germany, a biathlon mecca that attracts over 30,000 fans. Nove Mesto in the Czech Republic, site of the 2013 World Championships, hosted us the following week and treated us to some of the windiest, snowiest [...]
Archive for January, 2012
January on the WC: 3 Weeks and 3 Venues
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Antholz, mass start, Nove Mesto, Oberhof, World Cup biathlon on January 21, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Foghof? Rainhof? Windhof?…Oberhof
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bergsteig, biathlon fans, jetlag, Oberhof World Cup, wind on January 5, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Knock, knock, knock! On my first morning in Oberhof, Germany, I’m jolted out of sleep by someone rapping on my door. I crawl out of bed and poke my head out into the hallway. “Good morning sleepy head!” my teammates Sara and Annelies great me with a laugh, “you really ought to see yourself in [...]

