I promised a separate post on Leif Nordgren earlier, so here it goes. I don’t really have any fancy analysis to present, but here’s his results in major international competitions (WC, WBC and OWG): Obviously, the guy is young and this is his first season skiing on the WC circuit “full time” or mostly so. […]
Tagged biathlon, leif nordgrenNorwegian youngster Finn Haagen Krogh had an excellent weekend of racing at the World Cup Finals in Sweden recently. Here’s a look at his distance results (using FIS points) up to this point: He was having a pretty darn good season even before this last weekend, having moved his typical race down to (or just […]
Tagged Age, finn haagen krogh, men, norway, young skierThanks to some help from Jan at WorldOfXC.com, I’ve been slowly gathering the split time data for World Cup races from this season. Analyzing them is tricky, though, for a variety of reasons. First, the data quality is poor. There are numerous instances where the live timing data is obviously wrong in a way that […]
Tagged comparison, interval, mass, splitsAnd…..we’re done for the season!
Tagged biathlon, mass start, men, race snapshot, women, World CupSorry for posting these so late in the day. I had a race, then drove home, etc.
Tagged men, pursuit, race snapshot, stage, women, World Cup, world cup finalI’m on the road again for 50k number two of the season. Not looking forward to this one as much. The course doesn’t really excite me, and there are a ton of crazy fast runners here so it’ll be a miracle if the leaders haven’t flown home by the time I finish. Stupid fast people! […]
Tagged week in review