Q: How long have you been racing biathlon?
A: Since about �93 with a good old blue marlin my first year
Q: I know it�s a lot, but can you count the number of times that you have been taken to Cameronland?
A: Once, but the details are still hazy to this day.
Q: Is there any truth to the rumor that you are on performance enhancing drugs?
A: Yes, guilty as charged. I like to eat large amounts of Lefse before the �big� races.
Q: Where is your favorite biathlon venue? And why?
A: Soldier Hollow, I can�t miss there. Must be the magnetic targets.
Q: Where is your least favorite place to race at?
A: ABR trails in Ironwood MI. I raced there once in �99 and to begin they didn�t get my email registration because they hadn�t checked their email in a few days, then they made me pay the full fee because they didn�t believe that I had sent an email, Then the course hadn�t been groomed in a couple days with about a foot of new snow, so the skiing really sucked. The finish line was not marked and there were a lot of people milling around the start finish area, but you didn�t know where to stop because the finish line wasn�t marked. At the end of the race there was no water, the bathrooms were plastic biffies and really cold. Then there wasn�t even oranges or cookies to eat, unless you wanted to pay for over priced pasties. I�ll never go there again in my life. I don�t care if it�s the only place in the world with snow, I will never return.
Q: What�s the biggest race you have ever won?
A: My latest big win was a rollerski race at soldier hollow in october (2000).
Q: Who is your favorite superhero?
A: Bill Clinton, because of his invincibility.
Q: What is the best book you have ever read?
A: Ender�s Game
Q: Its true that most people don�t like you. Why is that?
A: Unless you are a beautiful woman I will most likely forget your name. Ugly people don�t seem to like that.
Q: Who is your biggest fan?
A: Do you mean physical size or . . .
Q: What�s your favorite movie?
A: Pulp Fiction and Amadeus (sp?)
Q: Quote a line from that movie
A: Does Marsallis Wallace look like a bitch? . . .then why . . .
Q: Is it true that you sabotaged my rifle during a race at Camp Ripley leading to me only hit 4 out of 20 targets?
A: I don�t know what you are talking about.
Q: So how did you get started in Biathlon?
A: Grant E got me interested, Piotr got me hooked, I�ve been addicted ever since. There really aren�t any good rehab programs around.
Q: No really�did you sabotage my rifle, because there is no way that I would shoot like that?
A: I don�t have any recollection of any possible �sabatoging incidents�
Q: Are you bitter with the person who got you started on biathlon and quite possibly ruined your life?
A: No, I�m over that
Q: Do you know who was messing with my rifle at Ripley?
A: Maybe
Q: What would your dream job be?
A: I think that�s an oxymoron, but if I could get by as a biathlon coach then I�d do it.
Q: Ginger or Mary Ann?
A: Mary Ann
Q: If you could write the epitaph on your biathlon headstone, what would it read?
A: By the time I am finished with biathlon I don�t think I�ll have enough money for a headstone. I think it would be appropriate though to read �Died from an addiction�
Q: If you were a tree what kind of tree would you be?
A: An apple tree because even when I get ripe people still think I�m tasty.
Q: Final question: What kind of advice would you give the young biathletes?
A: Listen to your coach, they know what they�re talking about. Even if they don�t they, know more then you..