Holmen Cow!

The Oslo Worlds organizers just put up a fascinating page about the 30 and 50km tracks at Holmenkolllen – “the world’s hardest ski course.” The women’s course – can we call it Marit’s Regret?- is actually 31.6km in length and includes 1,193 of climbing – 61m more than the previous record, at Torino. (The Vancouver 30 included a mere 1,056 meters of climbing.) Even more impressively, the “50km”