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.

Da Climb at Davos

The distance course at Davos this weekend is about as simple as it can be. On the x axis, you go out, then you come back. On the y axis, you go up up up, then you come down down down – a 41m max climb at worst, but 180m total climbing each lap, including a couple sharp ramps on the “downhill” half of the course. Repeat twice if equipment makers might manufacture pink boots for you, thrice if