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So, our Inn’s Internet is giving me nothing but 105 Errors, and there doesn’t seem to be much anyone can do about it. Hence, I’m reduced to alerting you of this using my phone via 3G. (Definitely regretting not jailbreaking my phone right now.) On the other hand, the Statistical Wife and I are pleasantly [...] Related posts:

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Nice job to the GMVS boys skiing hard yesterday in the 20km mass-start:Dylan Grald, 7th placeDavid Sinclair, 9th placeDoug DeBold, 16th placeNoah Brautigam, 32nd placeMore to come today as the Eastern Cup begins for the juniors, and the College Carniva...

On Wednesday Scott and I drove up to Kelowna, B.C. to race in Western Canadian Championships, a NorAm mini-tour. The weekend holds a 1.3km skate sprint, a 3.5km classic prologue, and a 15km skate pursuit. I've been getting a few really solid weeks of t...

On Wednesday Scott and I drove up to Kelowna, B.C. to race in Western Canadian Championships, a NorAm mini-tour. The weekend holds a 1.3km skate sprint, a 3.5km classic prologue, and a 15km skate pursuit. I've been getting a few really solid weeks of t...

Hey everyone!I am now in Sun Valley, Idaho. I am up here for a training race before we leave for World Championships later this month. The Boulder mountain tour is a very challenging race. It is 32 kilometers with a net loss of 1700 ft from start to finish. What makes this race hard is it is challenging to get away from the pack and ski [...]

SPRINT RACE

kateFebruary 4, 2011

HEY ALLA quick update from a tired crew! Today was awesome. We had 3 women and 3 men qualify for the rounds (big props to Big Logs qualifying in 4th) and a few within a second of making the heats. We re-dialed the skis for the rounds and off they we...

SPRINT RACE

kateFebruary 4, 2011

HEY ALLA quick update from a tired crew! Today was awesome. We had 3 women and 3 men qualify for the rounds (big props to Big Logs qualifying in 4th) and a few within a second of making the heats. We re-dialed the skis for the rounds and off they we...

I care about the Rybinsk races, even if lots of other people don’t. Not surprisingly, a Russian guy won the men’s race, but I’m not sure it was the Russian most people were expecting. Also, exercise some caution with the FIS points; it appeared to be a very tactical race so everyone is pretty close [...] Related posts:

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I don’t mean any disrespect by the title, there, it’s just that the Rybinsk World Cups haven’t been very well attended. I was told by a friend recently that the Canadians included as part of their WSC selection criteria the standard of “finishing in the top 20 and the top half of a World Cup [...] Related posts:

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