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.

Still among the shadows

“Even though the sport inspires magic, it’s magicians need the latitude to be human.” -A friend after a hard day.br /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qy8LpbgYOag/Sar0lVwJzwI/AAAAAAAAAGc/4pap9IcienA/s1600-h/torin_in_torino.jpg”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qy8LpbgYOag/Sar0lVwJzwI/AAAAAAAAAGc/4pap9IcienA/s400/torin_in_torino.jpg” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308324033141001986″ //abr /br /”For I fancy I do know the nature of courage, but somehow or another, she has slipped away from me and I cannot get a hold of her and tell her nature.” – Platobr /br /Ciao for now. -Tkdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2691525267872963085-6921907790456984008?l=in-the-arena-torin.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div