First 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 I have really absurd standards for preventing errors. Â Regular expressions can produce a feeling of God-like power, but it’s tough for even God to anticipate all possible athlete name mis-spellings.
At the moment I’m anticipating being able to keep up with it all, but we’ll see.
Posts from this week:
- The first two installments of my USST season preview series, looking at Liz Stephen and Morgan Arritola, and then Noah Hoffman and Simi Hamilton.
- A look at a skiing nation that probably doesn’t get much attention, Japan. Â Specifically, we looked at how they fared at World Junior Championships and U23’s last season.
The USST previews will continue next week with Kikkan Randall, Andrew Newell and Kris Freeman.
Finally, I shared this video I stumbled across on the Statistical Skier Facebook page, which I thought was amusing, despite not understanding the language. Â See if you can spot the skiers racing with a water bottle! It’s the very first World Cup mass start race in Castelrotto, ITA in 1987. Trail design hadn’t quite adjusted to the new format.
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