Since my last post a week ago, I’ve been busy with orientation at Høgskolen i Lillehammer (Lillehammer College). All has gone well and I’m already done with a week of class. The school consists of three buildings: one main building with a library, café, and several classrooms; another with more classrooms and administration offices; and finally the media school building. The campus itself is much smaller than Williams mainly due to the student housing being located a short bus ride away. These three school buildings were originally the media buildings for the 1994 Olympics. My school schedule looks well set up to accommodate ski-training, because I don’t have class on Friday and, in addition, most of my classes start close to noon; perfect for training in the morning and afternoon. At this point it is hard to say how challenging my classes will be, but it looks like a typical workload for a college class so I’m sure there will be some challenges ahead.

Last Sunday I participated in a “low key” biathlon race at the Sjusjøen ski center. I say “low key” because there were forty competitors in the senior mens class and around 90 total competitors including men and women. This was a bit different from the Minnesota cups that have 30 total competitors, which would be a good showing.

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