The new season is finally upon us! Jordan and RJ start with a brief recap of last season and the action that took place over the summer. Then we dive into a few preseason topics that have perked out interest. We do a little bit of a longer look at the Canadian and United States teams. RJ gives us a brief preview of the next edition of the IBU insider. Jordan then surprises RJ with some rapid fire questions. Finally we wrap up with our season predictions. 

In the second part of our talk with Lotte, we talk about relays, Olympics, Analytics, partying, (social) media, laser rifles, ammunition, the biathlon family and end with a couple of random (but fun!) questions.

You can find more information about Lotte here:

https://lottelie.com/

We had the absolute pleasure to talk to one of Belgium's finest athletes: Lotte Lie! As more common lately, after her introduction the topics were all over the place, covering Team Maxim, her path into biathlon, rifles, Belgium, other sports, Belgium-Norway rivalry, Summer WC Ruhpolding, switching ski brands, last year's form and her shooting.

You can find more information about Lotte here:

https://lottelie.com/

We continue catching up with Kristian Wulff after his participation in the IBU Summer Biathlon World Championships in Ruhpolding, discussing relays, the Norwegian team, double-poling and classic skiing, the upcoming season, sponsoring, ammunition, and IBU's point scoring change.

Links to topics mentioned:

Where Kristian prints his T-shirts (and where you can buy them to support Ukaleq)

The aiming system Kristian uses

Tires company sponsor

Andrea Henkel's program Compete Like a Pro

We are catching up with Kristian Wulff after his participation in the IBU Summer Biathlon World Championships in Ruhpolding. We discussed many things: T-shirts, his podcast with Ukaleq, dry firing, experiencing the World Championships, team Denmark, IBU's new measurements, competing like a pro - Danish style, and Sven Fischer.

Links to topics mentioned:

Where Kristian prints his T-shirts (and where you can buy them to support Ukaleq)

The aiming system Kristian uses

Tires company sponsor

Andrea Henkel's program Compete Like a Pro

The second part of RJ interviewing Jordan contains more life stories, his favorite biathlon locations and athletes, possible new biathlon events, his dad, Lisa, biathlon in the USA and much more. 

In the second part of our "Interviewing the host" series, RJ now talks to Jordan. In this episode we talk about the consequences of dumping flour from a car, history, how talking to different people keeps your job interesting, German roots, cars, his passion for biathlon, and how Josiah Bartlet brought him and his wife together.

Please enjoy the next hour as we talk with Andrea Henkel, a former German biathlete now living in the US, at her home in Lake Placid. Topics vary from dating at the IBU, summer biathlon, the popularity of biathlon in the US, dietary restrictions, using biathlon data for performance analysis and so much more! Oh, and don't forget to check out her new business: Compete like a pro (www.competelikeapro.com).

We hope you enjoyed the first part of this interview on Tuesday! In this second part of Jordan interviewing RJ we learn even more about his background, his passion for biathlon, analytics and other things, and life in general. 

We hope you enjoyed and will enjoy, and we'll switch back to an amazing Olympic and World Champion on Tuesday (followed by two episodes of RJ interviewing Jordan in the week after).

As discussed and announced a number of times (by us and others) it is time to pause the interviews with biathletes and coaches who have achieved amazing things in the world of biathlon, and go with two people that haven't.... us. But it allows you to learn a bit more about the two hosts of this podcast; their background, passion for biathlon and other things, and life in general.

This is the first part of the interview with Jordan being the interviewer and RJ the interviewee. Part 2 will be posted on Thursday.

We hope you have fun listening, and next week we'll switch back to an amazing guest, followed by two episodes of RJ interviewing Jordan.

Cheers!