This is the head to head matchup that was runner up in my recent reader poll. Â No reason not to keep everyone happy by tackling this pair next! Per usual, what I’m doing is taking races where Marit Bjoergen and Justyna Kowalczyk have both participated and plotting the difference of their FIS points (distance races) […]
Tagged head to head, justyna kowalczyk, marit bjoergenThis is type of graphic that I hope to do on a semi-regular basis once the World Cup season gets rolling. Â These easily fall into the “fun” rather than “serious” category. Â If you hadn’t already guessed, I like making graphs. Â So these entries will be race summaries, but in graph form. Â They are fairly labor […]
Tagged Distance, Fun Stuff, olympics, race summary, relayMy first full month of blogging is in the books! Â I’ll be travelling a bit over the next ten days, so posting might be a little lighter than usual, but not much. Â I’ve got a bunch of stuff lined up already written… Here’s a look back at what’s been going on here this past week: […]
Tagged week in reviewFinnish skier Virpi Kuitunen is among the group of retiring skiers this year and she’s next in line for a retrospective look at her career. First we need to dispense with the issue of doping. Â Kuitunen was caught using a banned blood plasma expander at the 2001 World Championships in Lahti, Finland. Â She received a […]
Tagged retirement, retrospective, virpi kuitunenWatching Devon Kershaw’s (CAN) amazing race in the Olympic 50k this past season was both thrilling and a bit heartbreaking. Â There’s something of a reality distortion field that takes hold when the Olympics roll around that elevate the top three positions in a cross-country race to near mythic levels. This is at least slightly bizarre, […]
Tagged devon kershaw, Distance, podiumI see on FasterSkier the news that there is already some angst regarding the FIS World Cup race calendar for next season. I have two things say on this topic that takes the form of two graphs…
Tagged editorial, irritated, race schedules, rant