Biathlon

After finding that I was not the only one who follows Biathlon from another thread I thought I would start a new thread where we can talk Biathlon.

So who else marvals at the speed, endurance and skill of the sport

Is that where you do either running and swimming, but not biking ....... or something like that??

Don't you have some work to do David or are you a teacher on half term.

But to answer your question, no its about skiing and guns. Surprisingly we British are not very good at it.

SR, me too - I think biathletes have to be just about the fittest athletes on the planet, especially if you look at someone like Ole-Einer who was my idol for years. Love the sport, it's fabulous to watch, in all its variations. I especially like the pursuit, the mass start, and have now even warmed to the mixed relay.

I need to get a TiVo box for just this as I miss half the races, is it the pursuit and mass starts this weekend ?

my ex was the scottish champion at it i.e. she was the only scottish person to do it.

she was into trampolining for the same reason.

Its such an intense sport, you have the likes of Gossner who is by far the fastest skier this year but she has real melt down when shooting. But when she gets it right no one can touch her. Ole-Einer is nearly 40 and still going and a couple of years agohe could mix it with the cross counrty skiers.

the dude abides wrote (see)

my ex was the scottish champion at it i.e. she was the only scottish person to do it.

she was into trampolining for the same reason.

That would make one heck of a triathlon!  You could do the shooting bit whilst bouncing up and down.

I'm sure I've read of cross-country skiers having the highest VO2 max on average from various studies of different elite athletes or summink.  I'd love to give that a proper go, but if my clay pigeon experience is anything to go by, my biathlon performance would be pants! 

We love the winter sports - we watch them every Saturday morning...I can't wait for the winter Olympics!!  

Sussex Runner (NLR) wrote (see)

Shooting with your heart beat at 160 must be really tough. Not to mention winds, the crowds, the tension of the race and icy conditions to contend with.

Standing shooting especially is tricky even without the high HR and wind etc.  Just hitting 5 targets quickly in a row takes some practice.

I much prefer the pursuit & mass start races, where the first across the line wins.  The sprint & other timetrial style races don't have the same tension, although I understand why they have to race that way.

I heard that the top men bi-athletes are in the 28/29 min 10000m bracket. And the top women at 31/32 min standard.

Womens Relay today, another gold for Tora or could be a chance for the Ukranians, France are in with a shout but I am going for Norway Russia Germany in that order

Svensen was ill.

been seriously considering subscribing to Eurosport to watch this...   trouble is its £10/month for the sky package with Eurosport in it and only £2.99 (ish) to subscribe and watch on a PC.  £84/year is a big diference to watch the same thing.  Sky is a freeking con.

Unfortunately the broadband connection is more like dial up speed where I live. Perhaps I need to move 15m further north to where you are PSC!