div style=”text-align: left;”100 Days to Vancouver – In between finishing a camp in Utah and returning home to Placid, I took a quick trip to New York City last week to help promote and celebrate the Olympics with fellow winter Olympic sports, Manhattan school kids, the US Olympic Committee and the media./divdiv style=”text-align: left;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: left;”Local kids, and anyone passing through Rockefeller Center, learned about biathlon from USBA staff, athletes and Concept2 – SkiErg staff./divdiv style=”text-align: left;”br //divdivspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; “img src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/SvXELZQdMvI/AAAAAAAAAqI/A11NNr1KxEQ/s320/IMG_1303.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401439028138291954″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; ” //spanThey watched us shoot the laser biathlon rifle after poling on the double-pole machine to get our heart rate up.a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/SvXEL-81W0I/AAAAAAAAAqY/gwxMtTPccmY/s1600-h/IMG_1305-1.jpg”/a/divdivbr //divdivspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; “img src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/SvXELgAW9eI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/K66eFAvnIUA/s320/IMG_1304.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401439029949822434″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; ” //spanThen, cheered for every hit!a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/SvXEL-81W0I/AAAAAAAAAqY/gwxMtTPccmY/s1600-h/IMG_1305-1.jpg” style=”text-decoration: none;”/a/divdivbr //divdiva onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/SvXEL-81W0I/AAAAAAAAAqY/gwxMtTPccmY/s1600-h/IMG_1305-1.jpg” style=”text-decoration: none;”img style=”text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; ” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/SvXEL-81W0I/AAAAAAAAAqY/gwxMtTPccmY/s320/IMG_1305-1.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401439038256536386″ //aAfterwards, it was their turn – nearly 300 of them all circulated through USBA’s booth, as well as skated on the ice at Rockefeller Center, watched aerialist do tricks on the trampolines and even gave luge a try on the luge start ramp.br /br //divdivspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; “img src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/SvXEMB0uZ6I/AAAAAAAAAqg/YLsIDD_M75k/s320/IMG_4057.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401439039027832738″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; ” //spandiv style=”text-align: left;”br //divdivTeammates Lowell, Tim and I in NYC./divdivbr //divdivspan class=”Apple-style-span” style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; “img src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/SvXEMXLU7TI/AAAAAAAAAqo/LGfOURes7sc/s320/IMG_4090.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401439044759776562″ style=”display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; ” //span/divdivbr //div/divdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1362992899157556571-6778337275679769338?l=comeskiwithme.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div
