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.

All New. The Johnny Klister CS Index

pThe Johnny Klister Compartment Syndrome Index measures the national intensity of cross country skiing though the number of buntreated cases of compartment syndrome/b./p

pbThe current index through January 2010 is:    7.5/b/p

pEmail johnnyklister@gmail.com if the heat of the season (remember Cologna’s fart poster) is too much for your shins to handle./p