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Race Snapshot: WCF Prologue

Sylvan Ellefson’s result from today is omitted in order to keep the plot visible. (I hope he’s ok.)

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2012 03 16 Joran Cross Country
Race Snapshots
World Cup
World Cup Final Comments (0)

The Effect of Kikkan Randall On US Women’s Skiing

I’ve commented on this before, but here’s a slightly more comprehensive look at the historical record. Here is a plot showing Kikkan Randall’s World Cup sprint results as well as those for any other American woman: Note the handful of top twenties just this season, and there’s certainly more results clustered around 30th or so, […]

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2012 03 14 Joran Analysis
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Race Snapshot: Oslo Women’s 30k Classic

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2012 03 11 Joran Cross Country
Race Snapshots
World Cup Comments (0)

WJC & U23 Updates – North Americans

I’m a bit pressed for time at the moment, so not much commentary on these. They are just the updated versions of the graphs I showed on Wednesday, giving some historical context for the results at WJC & U23’s for the US and Canada. WJC – USA WJC – CAN

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2012 02 24 Joran Analysis
Cross Country
WJC/U23 Comments (1)

Race Snapshot: Poland 10/15km Classic

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2012 02 18 Joran Cross Country
Race Snapshots
World Cup Comments (0)

Andrew Musgrave at Norwegian Nationals

First of all, I’ll echo Nat Herz’s big ups to Andrew Musgrave for finishing second at Norwegian Nationals the other day. I’ve always been a bit fascinated by Musgrave, probably because North Americans identify with any reasonably successful, promising skier not from Scandinavia or the usual European nations as fellow “outsiders”. So I’m always kind […]

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2012 01 27 Joran Analysis
Cross Country Comments (1)

Noah Hoffman’s Pacing

I was interested (rather than offended) to read about Noah Hoffman’s pacing strategies in Sunday’s classic WC race. I have a limited supply of data on split times (what I do have is thanks to Jan over at worldofxc.com, though) so the following data is definitely incomplete. Hoffman seemed determined to not start too fast, […]

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2012 01 25 Joran Analysis
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