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On various occasions I have looked at FIS point race penalties, in a very general, roundabout way.  Most recently, I looked at whether the FIS points you get in a non-World Cup race accurately reflect what you would have scored if you had raced in a World Cup race. The answer appeared to be: kind of.  At [...] Related posts:

  1. How Well Prepared Are World Cup Rookies? (Part 1a: Distance)
  2. How To Win The SkiTrax FIS Fantasy World Cup Contest
  3. FIS Points Development Guide

I was recently informed that I have been remiss in my spelling of German places and names. To that end, I do humbly apologize to all the German biathlon fans out there for my haphazard placement of “i”‘s and “e”‘s throughout the last few posts. You see, I have always had an issue with spelling [...]

I was recently informed that I have been remiss in my spelling of German places and names. To that end, I do humbly apologize to all the German biathlon fans out there for my haphazard placement of “i”‘s and “e”‘s throughout the last few posts. You see, I have always had an issue with spelling [...]

I was recently informed that I have been remiss in my spelling of German places and names. To that end, I do humbly apologize to all the German biathlon fans out there for my haphazard placement of “i”‘s and “e”‘s throughout the last few posts. You see, I have always had an issue with spelling [...]

I was recently informed that I have been remiss in my spelling of German places and names. To that end, I do humbly apologize to all the German biathlon fans out there for my haphazard placement of “i”‘s and “e”‘s throughout the last few posts. You see, I have always had an issue with spelling [...]

I was recently informed that I have been remiss in my spelling of German places and names. To that end, I do humbly apologize to all the German biathlon fans out there for my haphazard placement of “i”‘s and “e”‘s throughout the last few posts. You see, I have always had an issue with spelling [...]

Check out our new Trail Directory page!   Over the past 2 years (yes, that's right, we launch CyclovaXC.com over 2 years ago, in August of 2009), we've put up over 650 posts here on this website.  Of these 600 posts, we've done over 30 "Trail Profiles", which include the critical details of each of the trails, some of the highlights, and multiple good quality images of each trail. The

Check out our new Trail Directory page!   Over the past 2 years (yes, that's right, we launch CyclovaXC.com over 2 years ago, in August of 2009), we've put up over 650 posts here on this website.  Of these 600 posts, we've done over 30 "Trail Profiles", which include the critical details of each of the trails, some of the highlights, and multiple good quality images of each trail. The

Check out our new Trail Directory page!   Over the past 2 years (yes, that's right, we launch CyclovaXC.com over 2 years ago, in August of 2009), we've put up over 650 posts here on this website.  Of these 600 posts, we've done over 30 "Trail Profiles", which include the critical details of each of the trails, some of the highlights, and multiple good quality images of each trail. The

Yesterday was a distance day.  We spent the morning looping around the Ruhpolding Biathlon venue on rollerskis.  After lunch and a short nap, we headed back out again for the afternoon workout.  The Fritz Am Sand Hotel sits directly across the road from one of the more famous mountains in the Ruhpolding area.  From below, [...]

Yesterday was a distance day.  We spent the morning looping around the Ruhpolding Biathlon venue on rollerskis.  After lunch and a short nap, we headed back out again for the afternoon workout.  The Fritz Am Sand Hotel sits directly across the road from one of the more famous mountains in the Ruhpolding area.  From below, [...]

Yesterday was a distance day.  We spent the morning looping around the Ruhpolding Biathlon venue on rollerskis.  After lunch and a short nap, we headed back out again for the afternoon workout.  The Fritz Am Sand Hotel sits directly across the road from one of the more famous mountains in the Ruhpolding area.  From below, [...]

Yesterday was a distance day.  We spent the morning looping around the Ruhpolding Biathlon venue on rollerskis.  After lunch and a short nap, we headed back out again for the afternoon workout.  The Fritz Am Sand Hotel sits directly across the road from one of the more famous mountains in the Ruhpolding area.  From below, [...]

Yesterday was a distance day.  We spent the morning looping around the Ruhpolding Biathlon venue on rollerskis.  After lunch and a short nap, we headed back out again for the afternoon workout.  The Fritz Am Sand Hotel sits directly across the road from one of the more famous mountains in the Ruhpolding area.  From below, [...]

The title of this post has dramatically over-promised on the actual content.  Sorry. I’ve talked a little before about race penalties.  Since race penalties are specifically intended to adjust for the strength of the field, I thought it would interesting to think up some way to see how well they do that. Everything having to [...] Related posts:

  1. Variability In World Cup Ski Racers
  2. How Well Prepared Are World Cup Rookies? (Part 1a: Distance)
  3. OPA Cup vs Scandinavian Cup: Quality

We're kicking off the school year in a big way, and big gains made in the summer are already starting to show. After impressive double poling and strength yesterday, we cruised up German Flats on skate skis, doing some serious speed and technique work...

We're kicking off the school year in a big way, and big gains made in the summer are already starting to show. After impressive double poling and strength yesterday, we cruised up German Flats on skate skis, doing some serious speed and technique work...

Mollie Hoopes joins us from Hanover, NH this year as an 11th grader. Mollie has only been racing for 3 years, but she is very active and has done lots of swimming, biking and x-c running. Her favorite workout is a long trail run in the rain, but she ma...

After my six year-old camera finally called it quits a few months back it's been difficult to motivate for blogging. Especially when you look at the smattering of Nordic blogs out there, pictures dominate. I don't want the MOD blog relegated to the bot...