Statistical Skier’s Week In Review has it’s first sponsor, Skadi Nordic! Â If removing the snow and ice from the bottom of your boots is your least favorite part of skiing, I’d head over to their site and check them out, cause they’ve solved that problem. World Cup racing finally gets underway this weekend in Gällivare, […]
Also taggedAnd we’re off…! Â The first really big weekend of racing is underway, and there’s already some good signs for the US, with Kikkan Randall winning the freestyle sprint in Muonio and Ida Sargent finishing a strong 11th. Â The weekend continues with more distance races in Muonio (FIN), Beitostoelen (NOR) and Bruksvallarna (SWE). Â World Cup action […]
Also taggedFirst real races of the season are this weekend in Rybinsk and Muonio! Â So far I’ve managed a decent posting schedule along with my teaching job, but now we’re adding the task of updating (and cleaning) my results database as new races roll in. Â This is harder to automate than it may seem, mostly because […]
Also taggedYou may have noticed some changes in these parts of the Interwebs over the last few days. Â Firstly, Statistical Skier has an awesome new logo, designed by my good friend (and very talented in all things web-related) Cosmo. Â He also happens to be responsible for the best professional cycling blog in existence. If you landed […]
Also taggedOnly a few more weeks until ski season kicks off! We took a look at some of better younger skiers from last season. I posted a rundown on some data from the Dartmouth Ski Team’s Moosilauke time trial. We got a quick look at the ages of World Cup skiers, which included the hint of […]
Also taggedClearly, I was a bit distracted yesterday, so the week in review is a bit delayed. My little guessing game this week was a bit too hard, I think. Â The answers are posted here. We looked at trends over time in variability by athlete, comparing cross-country to biathlon, at the request of a commenter. Finally, […]
Also tagged race schedulesThe week in brief: A quick post about how much more volatile biathlon racing is than XC, due to the influence of shooting, of course. Â I probably didn’t explain the actual statistics very clearly in that post, so if you found it confusing, check out the comments. Â Also, I’ll follow up on commenter Bolle’s question […]
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