Next Thursday, I'll be leaving Vermont, a place I've lived off and on for more than six years. I was running around this afternoon on the firing range and thinking about the first time I was here, way back in 1999 at the ripe age of 15 for a training camp with Minnesota Biathlon. Lots of memories here.
I'm flying to Minnesota, where I'll pick up a car left by my parents, who left last week on a 2 year trip on their trawler around the Great Lakes, down the Mississippi, around Florida, and up the east coast.
Then I'm off to Colorado by way of Iowa to see my sister in Denver and check out the graduate programs at CU Boulder.
After a few days, I'll drive west to Utah via Wyoming. I'll be in Utah for the next several weeks until the competition season starts in late November.
Lots of travel. I'm looking forward to seeing some more of the country, though, even if most are places I've been to before.
Hope you're all having a great start to fall. The leaves have already started to change here in Vermont.
Brian
Brian
BACK FROM CHILE
Written by Brian Olsen
Saturday, 30 August 2008 20:43
It has been nearly two days of travel, but now I'm back in Vermont after a week in Chile. The races were successful as far as results go; I won both the biathlon and cross country ski races with good margins. The U.S. patrol race team put up a good fight, but in the end we finished 3rd. I was planning on updating on Wednesday, but a snow storm hit and I didn't use the internet again really until now. I'll post images and some more detailed updates in the next few days. Winter is almost here! You better be ready!
Brian
Brian
LOVING UTAH
Written by Brian Olsen
Sunday, 03 August 2008 21:12
Life has been pretty chaotic lately. Besides trying to hold down a full time training schedule, I'm also taking calculus and accounting in preparation for applying to business school this fall and studying for the GMAT examination. Not having taken any math in 10 years certainly made the quantitative section of the practice GMAT interesting!
Otherwise, I'm trying to enjoy life here in Utah, too, and making some new friends. The weather has been normal amazing western blue sky for the most part. It is hard not to be happy here! It is also unfortunate when I'm stuck inside all day, like today, sitting at my computer studying and working when I could have (and should have) been in the mountains fly fishing (or fly casting).
I'm here until next Tuesday, when I go to Vermont for five weeks, interrupted by a week in Chile and ended with a few days near Boston visiting graduate schools. Then I'll fly to Minnesota and drive back out here to Utah via my sister in Denver!
That's my update. Who knows if anyone has actually discovered the link to this section, yet.
Brian
PLEASE REPORT BUGS
Written by Brian Olsen
Tuesday, 29 July 2008 11:36
Most people seem to be able to access the site just fine, but some are reporting bugs. I'm aware of some bugs when you're using internet explorer. Please, if you have any site issues, send me an email via the contact me link at the top of the page.
Brian
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
Written by Brian Olsen
Monday, 28 July 2008 01:59
Well the website is now finally done and I'll sleep well tonight knowing that 2 months of work is finally a reality.
Let me know what you think of the site by sending me a message through the Contact Me form linked at the top of the page.
