In the off-season, only the very occasional post gets published. Here's one that caught my attention: Intense and nice athletes Most people who cross-country ski bike in summer, and I found this item in FasterSkier interesting. I knew the life of a soigneur in a pro bike racing team was pretty terrible, but didn't realize …
Month: April 2020
The winter that was, part 2
Preamble The coronavirus epidemic made typical free-time concerns fade in urgency and motivation. But at long last, the skis have been cleaned, waxed, and put away for storage, and it's time to take a break and do some processing of data that doesn't involve health and safety. What's in a ranking anyway? Any list or …
The winter that was, part 1
The winter just past was pretty terrible, was it not? After a promising early snowfall that teased us downstaters, it seemed like every subsequent storm left the mid- and lower-Hudson valley with rain. The fact that up north, particularly the White mountains, wound up with a large snowpack was cold comfort. And then the coronavirus …
Across the Snow Line 