From the FasterSkier archive — posts syndicated from athletes’ and coaches’ own blogs between 2004 and 2012, kept online as published. Current coverage is at fasterskier.com.

Last Stop: Falun

Tomorrow will see the first of three back-to-back-to-back races in Falun and the second race in the World Cup finale. The women go 2.5km and the men 3.3km. Last year the finale was held in Bormio, Italy where Piller-Cottrer and Nystad won race with times of