Today I dedicate my blog to two sports that so far we have reported on very little. Snowboard and Nordic combined. Today was the last competition in the Nordic combined. The American team had very high ambitions to win the team competition yesterday conducted. In their eyes winning the silver medal was a disappointment. This shows what the team has for high ambitions. They were here on a clear mission for gold. Today, the dream...
Last week I had an MRI on my legs… 3 hours later I was un-hooked from the IV and sent home to wait for results. By the time the doctor called 48 hours later I was hoping for an answer to my leg problems. Well… I did get an answer. [...]
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A few days ago I was planning to post about how great it was to be following the Olympics from Sweden. We are 7 hours ahead of Vancouver, so everything xc ski race is live in the evening, from around 5 P.M. to 11 P.M. No commercials and complete start-to-finish video feed. Multiple channels, so if an important Swedish curling match is on one channel, the other is free to broadcast more nordic skiing. Could...
As we sit in the Whistler Olmypic Park Media center, noses to the keyboard, telling the story of yet another epic 4x10km Olympic relay, we realized that Mr. Northug does not have a nickname. At least not in common usage in the English language. What do you think? Add your suggestions in the comments.
Today was a crazy weather day as expected. The snowfall occurred as predicted. The Women’s Giant Slalom was on the progam. Luckily, it didn’t snow so much that it had to be cancelled totally. The conditions on the slope deteriorated before the second run unfortunately and fog moved in which delayed the second run until tomorrow. As with the men yesterday the top layer products used were those for warm and wet conditions. In the...
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divbr //divdivWith 30+ inches and more on the way, we are keeping busy on campus! Shoveling, snowball fights, igloos on the soccer field, and hot chocolate in the dining hall. Too much snow for skiing and grooming so we set out to pack the trail with...
IMPORTANT RACE WAXING CONSIDERATIONS Forecast Friday night cold and partly cloudy. 0% chance of snow. Low 4F / -15C. 1-3mph NE wind. Saturday partly cloudy. High of 32F / 0C. Temps around 14F / -10C by 9:00 a.m., and 25F / -4C by noon. Humidity near 80% overnight, and dropping through the day. 5-7 mph N wind. 0% chance of snow. Course Conditions Track has firm base. Snow is moderately abrasive due to the sharp...
The weather is back to more how it was at the beginning of the games: unstable and cloudy with rain and sleet. Meteotest from Bern had forecasted the light afternoon snowfall. Right at 1pm it started just as forecasted. The Bern weather forecasts have been spot on for us at Toko and the teams are given us a lot of praise for our assistance. The Men’s Giant Slalom in slightly softer snow conditions than in...
We made it to Falun, Sweden, for the Masters World Cup. A bit of a rocky start, as the airline lost one of my bags in Chicago, so I spent the first day here skiing in the same clothes I had worn for about 24 hours of travel. Tried to not go too hard, as I had no dry clothes to change into. Of course my ski boots were in my carry on, so I...
Those who have been in Hayward and Cable, Wisconsin, have told me that the snow is abrasive and dirty. It snowed a little today, a very fine snow coming off the lake. The forecast from NOAA:divbr //divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-famil...
Back in the fall when we were flying out to Bozeman, Ollie wrote a blog entitled “adventures in air travel”. It was about how his boot bag got lost in Detroit. I’m not even sure that qualifies as an adventure. Also, I just one-upped his “adventure” like none other. So as a fun little exercise, [...]
Cable to Hayward, WI Saturday, February 27 23K/50K Skate or 23K/54K Classic Classic start at 8 A.M., first Skate wave at 8:25 A.M. Wave 10 starts at 10 A.M. Forecast/Conditions: Low of 7F overnight and a high of 28 on race day. Snow will stay cold through noon. There is a lot of debris (twigs and pine needles, etc.) on the course, especially between OO and Mosquito Brook. Glidewax: Apply LF Blue/LF Moly mixed 1:1, scrape...