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With the biathlon World Cups taking a turn through my childhood backyard these past few weekends, I’ve been spending more time trying to come up with some nice biathlon plots. Fairly early on with my race snapshot graphs I switched over with the cross country ones to show each athlete’s results compared to all their [...] Related posts:

  1. Biathlon and Cross Country Volatility Trends
  2. Race Snapshot: Gällivare
  3. US Biathlon Preview: Men

Before bouncing out from Davos, Switzerland and making my back to Norway and the upcoming 2011 World Championships in Oslo I had to say goodbye to Bettina one last time. While I'll be skiing in Scandinavia with my newest training compatriot, Seppi the ...

Before bouncing out from Davos, Switzerland and making my back to Norway and the upcoming 2011 World Championships in Oslo I had to say goodbye to Bettina one last time. While I'll be skiing in Scandinavia with my newest training compatriot, Seppi the ...

A close up image of the Cyclova XC Racing Service Warm Universal Stonegrind Structure - photos don't do it justice... Most Nordic skiers would agree that the best skiing of the winter is late in the winter, when there is ample snow, comfortable temperatures., and the snow if fast.  It is these days that the "Warm Universal" structure is right at home on the snow!  The Warm Universal

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Everything is better when you are skiingAfter the Houghton Super Tours, the next stop on the Super Tour circuit is Aspen, Colorado. My season goals changed this year after US Nationals. I decided to stay stateside and pursue the Super Tour Distance t...

Everything is better when you are skiingAfter the Houghton Super Tours, the next stop on the Super Tour circuit is Aspen, Colorado. My season goals changed this year after US Nationals. I decided to stay stateside and pursue the Super Tour Distance t...

Everything is better when you are skiingAfter the Houghton Super Tours, the next stop on the Super Tour circuit is Aspen, Colorado. My season goals changed this year after US Nationals. I decided to stay stateside and pursue the Super Tour Distance t...

Everything is better when you are skiingAfter the Houghton Super Tours, the next stop on the Super Tour circuit is Aspen, Colorado. My season goals changed this year after US Nationals. I decided to stay stateside and pursue the Super Tour Distance t...

These graphs will look the same, but I tried something a bit different for these. Mass start races in biathlon are similar to those in cross country in that they tend to lead to tighter races and hence lower percent back values than in other race formats. So I’m trying out restricting these versions to [...] Related posts:

  1. Race Snapshot: TdS Classic Mass Start
  2. Race Snapshot: IBU WC 4 Mass Start
  3. Race Snapshot: IBU WC 6 Men’s Mass Start

The last time I was in Norway was in 1998, I was 16 years old. After a family visit to the Holmenkollen ski jumps I remember being flabbergasted when I saw a slew of roller skiers riding the tram (public transport) from the ski area back down...

The last time I was in Norway was in 1998, I was 16 years old. After a family visit to the Holmenkollen ski jumps I remember being flabbergasted when I saw a slew of roller skiers riding the tram (public transport) from the ski area back down...

The last time I was in Norway was in 1998, I was 16 years old. After a family visit to the Holmenkollen ski jumps I remember being flabbergasted when I saw a slew of roller skiers riding the tram (public transport) from the ski area back down...

The last time I was in Norway was in 1998, I was 16 years old. After a family visit to the Holmenkollen ski jumps I remember being flabbergasted when I saw a slew of roller skiers riding the tram (public transport) from the ski area back down...

The last time I was in Norway was in 1998, I was 16 years old. After a family visit to the Holmenkollen ski jumps I remember being flabbergasted when I saw a slew of roller skiers riding the tram (public transport) from the ski area back down...

Just when I thought I’d seen every article, interview, and post-game highlight from the Super Bowl last Sunday, I came across this little nugget from NFL films.  If this doesn’t get you fired up, I don’t know what will. Thanks to Jay Tapper for forwarding this and helping me get my Sunday Football fix, even after [...]