Category: XCFeeds

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLI1J2pjeKI/AAAAAAAAEvc/EPpr67wGI4A/s1600/IMG_8715.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 382px; height: 400px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLI1J2pjeKI/AAAAAAAAEvc/EPpr67wGI4A/s400/IMG_8715.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526538136141920418″ //aWe had a picture perfect day for the North Face Race to the Summit today. There was a little ice on the trail from the chilly night, but no one was complaining.br /Here are a couple of pictures from 2/3rds of the way up and then more from close to the top. The team ran well with the large majority setting new personal bests. We followed up the run with some strength and then an easy afternoon.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLI018ZqLZI/AAAAAAAAEvU/j1KgauZxKYg/s1600/IMG_8716.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLI018ZqLZI/AAAAAAAAEvU/j1KgauZxKYg/s400/IMG_8716.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526537794088480146″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLI0E92lMUI/AAAAAAAAEvM/hA-Smh_H3Lo/s1600/IMG_8721.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLI0E92lMUI/AAAAAAAAEvM/hA-Smh_H3Lo/s400/IMG_8721.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526536952664633666″ //aTC came down and made his son (Paddy) and brother proud with a fine showing.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLIzvB7_mdI/AAAAAAAAEvE/RksT6pCH-O8/s1600/IMG_8722.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLIzvB7_mdI/AAAAAAAAEvE/RksT6pCH-O8/s400/IMG_8722.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526536575803955666″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLIzHq2ygPI/AAAAAAAAEu8/bz7A48QCq88/s1600/IMG_8731.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLIzHq2ygPI/AAAAAAAAEu8/bz7A48QCq88/s400/IMG_8731.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526535899593212146″ //abr /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLIxwKpE4lI/AAAAAAAAEus/cQVz-K6D1CE/s1600/DSC_0048.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLIxwKpE4lI/AAAAAAAAEus/cQVz-K6D1CE/s400/DSC_0048.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526534396297142866″ //aThe race for first. From here, the trail levels off and the last 200 meters is pretty flat. Paddy managed to reel in Nick for the victory and Tyler came in close behind in third. Nick and Tyler each knocked 2 minutes off of their previous PR’s, while Paddy was just a bit off of his PR.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLIxM8BaQbI/AAAAAAAAEuk/B_E7FXP4m-4/s1600/DSC_0055.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLIxM8BaQbI/AAAAAAAAEuk/B_E7FXP4m-4/s400/DSC_0055.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526533791077253554″ //aAustin was a bit off today, but still ran a solid race and finished 4th (for SMS and overall).br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLI3x0FSMcI/AAAAAAAAEvs/d_wsu07jBUU/s1600/DSC_0064.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLI3x0FSMcI/AAAAAAAAEvs/d_wsu07jBUU/s400/DSC_0064.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526541021670945218″ //abr /Cam led our girls with a new SMS female student record of 28:21. All 6 girls set PR’s :)br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLIvm-0_jDI/AAAAAAAAEuU/EAyxq1XfL6g/s1600/DSC_0068.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 317px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLIvm-0_jDI/AAAAAAAAEuU/EAyxq1XfL6g/s400/DSC_0068.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526532039483821106″ //aRachel had a good race and finished in 29:34.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLIu5ZOjWaI/AAAAAAAAEuM/AAfELYQo2os/s1600/DSC_0073.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 344px; height: 400px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLIu5ZOjWaI/AAAAAAAAEuM/AAfELYQo2os/s400/DSC_0073.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526531256296364450″ //aHallie is having a good week. She knocked 35 seconds off of her PR in the mtn run and she bettered her 5 km running time at Bellows Falls by 1:30.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLIuVQoYKRI/AAAAAAAAEuE/Ycy0HWwgUa0/s1600/DSC_0077.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLIuVQoYKRI/AAAAAAAAEuE/Ycy0HWwgUa0/s400/DSC_0077.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526530635513473298″ //aIssy set a PR with a 30:00. br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLItmNPTGJI/AAAAAAAAEt8/eoLD5y2zbaQ/s1600/DSC_0082.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLItmNPTGJI/AAAAAAAAEt8/eoLD5y2zbaQ/s400/DSC_0082.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526529827149125778″ //aMac struggled today, but had an excellent race on Friday. Hopefully today was just a bump in the road.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLIslmxm5II/AAAAAAAAEt0/ZU4MzKkWDYo/s1600/DSC_0086.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLIslmxm5II/AAAAAAAAEt0/ZU4MzKkWDYo/s400/DSC_0086.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526528717312418946″ //aToday’s race entry proceeds went to support “The Collaborative”, a non profit coalition supporting substance free youth in the local communities. Alexandra Cobb came to support the cause and cheer on everyone.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLIsGG8sawI/AAAAAAAAEts/yRYgnusTKN8/s1600/DSC_0088.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 380px; height: 400px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLIsGG8sawI/AAAAAAAAEts/yRYgnusTKN8/s400/DSC_0088.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526528176193039106″ //a”Papa” Foulkes reports that the mountain is not getting any flatter.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLIrm78h8rI/AAAAAAAAEtk/JqpCRfJYt8s/s1600/DSC_0090.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLIrm78h8rI/AAAAAAAAEtk/JqpCRfJYt8s/s400/DSC_0090.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526527640663618226″ //aMackenzie gets encouragement from Austin on the last stretch.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLIq9mvfsPI/AAAAAAAAEtc/SCF7OuG2nIY/s1600/DSC_0102.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 317px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLIq9mvfsPI/AAAAAAAAEtc/SCF7OuG2nIY/s400/DSC_0102.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526526930597163250″ //aTess nearing the finish.a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLIyuaUi6-I/AAAAAAAAEu0/3WWqkpI90EI/s1600/IMG_8734.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TLIyuaUi6-I/AAAAAAAAEu0/3WWqkpI90EI/s400/IMG_8734.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526535465657887714″ //aGoing down looks a lot easier.div class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4680416899705879324-2979788158840404476?l=smsxc.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

The cross-country running season is well underway! Once again, I have the privilege of helping with the Community School cross-country running team this fall. We have a very talented team whom has a very good chance of winning districts and qualifying for state! We’ve had three meets thus far, and have produced some great results!

The start of the girls varsity race

All smiles after placing 3rd, 1st & 6th

The boys team proves to be quite strong as well. We are short one guy to race as a team. Five runners are needed to rank the team as a team. We are in search of a fifth guy before the district meet in a 1 1/2 weeks! Luckily we have our eye on a soccer player whom we hope to recruit:)

Max finishing strong, ended up winning!

Eric getting psyched and ready for the race

This week our team is a bit disjointed…we have several runners who are skiers as well, so five of our runners are in Lake Placid, New York for a ski camp. Once they return, we are headed to districts. Wish us luck as we head into some big races these next couple weeks!

The cross-country running season is well underway! Once again, I have the privilege of helping with the Community School cross-country running team this fall. We have a very talented team whom has a very good chance of winning districts and qualifying for state! We’ve had three meets thus far, and have produced some great results!

The start of the girls varsity race

All smiles after placing 3rd, 1st & 6th

The boys team proves to be quite strong as well. We are short one guy to race as a team. Five runners are needed to rank the team as a team. We are in search of a fifth guy before the district meet in a 1 1/2 weeks! Luckily we have our eye on a soccer player whom we hope to recruit:)

Max finishing strong, ended up winning!

Eric getting psyched and ready for the race

This week our team is a bit disjointed…we have several runners who are skiers as well, so five of our runners are in Lake Placid, New York for a ski camp. Once they return, we are headed to districts. Wish us luck as we head into some big races these next couple weeks!

The cross-country running season is well underway! Once again, I have the privilege of helping with the Community School cross-country running team this fall. We have a very talented team whom has a very good chance of winning districts and qualifying for state! We’ve had three meets thus far, and have produced some great results!

The start of the girls varsity race

All smiles after placing 3rd, 1st & 6th

The boys team proves to be quite strong as well. We are short one guy to race as a team. Five runners are needed to rank the team as a team. We are in search of a fifth guy before the district meet in a 1 1/2 weeks! Luckily we have our eye on a soccer player whom we hope to recruit:)

Max finishing strong, ended up winning!

Eric getting psyched and ready for the race

This week our team is a bit disjointed…we have several runners who are skiers as well, so five of our runners are in Lake Placid, New York for a ski camp. Once they return, we are headed to districts. Wish us luck as we head into some big races these next couple weeks!

The cross-country running season is well underway! Once again, I have the privilege of helping with the Community School cross-country running team this fall. We have a very talented team whom has a very good chance of winning districts and qualifying for state! We’ve had three meets thus far, and have produced some great results!

The start of the girls varsity race

All smiles after placing 3rd, 1st & 6th

The boys team proves to be quite strong as well. We are short one guy to race as a team. Five runners are needed to rank the team as a team. We are in search of a fifth guy before the district meet in a 1 1/2 weeks! Luckily we have our eye on a soccer player whom we hope to recruit:)

Max finishing strong, ended up winning!

Eric getting psyched and ready for the race

This week our team is a bit disjointed…we have several runners who are skiers as well, so five of our runners are in Lake Placid, New York for a ski camp. Once they return, we are headed to districts. Wish us luck as we head into some big races these next couple weeks!

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The week in brief:

• A quick post about how much more volatile biathlon racing is than XC, due to the influence of shooting, of course.  I probably didn’t explain the actual statistics very clearly in that post, so if you found it confusing, check out the comments.  Also, I’ll follow up on commenter Bolle’s question about changes in volatility through time sometime next week.
• After that, just two posts showing the distance results for entire nations, but coloring the points by the age of the skier.  I didn’t have some big question or message, I just sort of stumbled on them while noodling around.  But it’s kind of interesting to watch the colors change for small teams with only one or two fast skiers.

Finally, you might recall the tag cloud for FasterSkier comments that I posted a while back.  I’ve been tinkering with a version of that for the right hand sidebar (scroll down a bit).  A friend helped me out with some of the HTML/Flash issues and I think it should be properly updating itself now (every 12 hours or so, which is probably more often than necessary).  So that should be a quick look at what’s been going on in the last 100 FasterSkier comments, or so.

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3. <Week In Review: Friday Sep 17th

We awoke to a crystal clear day here in Lake Placid for the Climb to the Castle roller-ski race.  On Wednesday we had to move out of the OTC and it rained for 48 hours in a nice reflection of our disappointment to leave the comfort of the cafeteria, laundry, ice baths and warm showers.  We did move in to a really cool house though.  Jenny has a college friend with a beautiful place on Lake Placid.  I wish we had played hide-and-go-seek there, it was huge.  Each of us had our own bedroom.   On the downside the place had already been winterized so we were without water and such a big place took some time to warm up.  (Thankfully we were able to flush one of the toilets by filling up buckets of water from the lake)

Beautiful Day in Lake Placid

It was fun to ‘race’ again today.  Newell, Liebsch and I skied most of the race together.  We had a fun last kilometer to the finish with the strong headwind.  The draft was pretty intense and it took awhile for us to break apart.  After several failed attempts by each of us Newell was able to pull away.  When he went it was very decisive and impressive.  The guy is fast.  It was great to race again.  The day also marked stage 2 of the Liebsch/Gregg Tour de France (Stage 1 was the City of Lakes Half Marathon).  Matt has the yellow jersey by just 2 seconds.

Results

The Finish

Karl and I are enjoying the free wireless in the Albany Airport.  Our flight is delayed a bit but we are hoping to make it to the second half of the Bulls/Wizards game in Chicago tonight.  After a solid 17 days of training camp I am looking forward to taking a break.

Karl and I will be leading a clinic for Chicago XC on Saturday and Sunday.  If you are in the Chicago area come to our presentation Saturday night at the Univerity.  Email me for details.  Brian.Gregg@xcSkiLife.com

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TK_HK-_WBHI/AAAAAAAAEtU/bVznmf6TJ7o/s1600/IMG_8663.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 278px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TK_HK-_WBHI/AAAAAAAAEtU/bVznmf6TJ7o/s400/IMG_8663.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525854259328189554″ //aWe have had a busy few days. Yesterday everyone took a nice 2 hr. classic ski in the town of Stratton. The weather had cleared and the sunny skies helped everyone feel good.br /This morning the PG boys skied some classic intervals and this afternoon we had a bike crew ride to Bellows Falls to cheer on their teammates in the running race. EVERYONE made significant improvements on their running times in the race today so that was welcome news. Paddy, Tyler and Mac set season PR’s and the girls remained undefeated in Southern VT.br /Enjoy the pictures. Click on any picture to enlarge it.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TK_GuZxVoZI/AAAAAAAAEtM/OKS0XyCmM0s/s1600/IMG_8665.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TK_GuZxVoZI/AAAAAAAAEtM/OKS0XyCmM0s/s400/IMG_8665.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525853768300994962″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TK_GVd61z6I/AAAAAAAAEtE/JNfCMVOGpo4/s1600/IMG_8669.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TK_GVd61z6I/AAAAAAAAEtE/JNfCMVOGpo4/s400/IMG_8669.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525853339917864866″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TK_F3d0V9DI/AAAAAAAAEs8/cWtH5lxIHQY/s1600/IMG_8671.JPG”img style=”display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TK_Ey_mt49I/AAAAAAAAEsk/G2OLXxxhdTQ/s400/IMG_8681.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525851648153215954″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TK_EbvSeIqI/AAAAAAAAEsc/OBAWusiVhT0/s1600/DSC_0007.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TK_EbvSeIqI/AAAAAAAAEsc/OBAWusiVhT0/s400/DSC_0007.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525851248636338850″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TK_EAKsib7I/AAAAAAAAEsU/5h9zNJR7Zt0/s1600/DSC_0016.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TK_EAKsib7I/AAAAAAAAEsU/5h9zNJR7Zt0/s400/DSC_0016.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525850774957092786″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TK_Dhhsp5SI/AAAAAAAAEsM/OofBrPX2aPQ/s1600/DSC_0020.JPG”img style=”display:block; 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Can you name a Polish men’s cross country ski racer?  Hmmm.  Poland has certainly been a one woman show of late, thanks to Justyna Kowalczyk.

Which makes the following graph (a continuation of the graphs in this post) not terribly surprising:

So here are some Polish men for you: Janusz Krezelok and Maciej Kreczmer.  Who was that older Polish woman who clearly retired in 1998?  That would be Malgorzata Ruchala.

Poland is another extreme case.  Germany is another team that’s been getting older, despite being a much bigger program:

We’ve already had a couple of retirements from the German team, so we’re starting to see some turnover.

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3. <Aging Ski Teams

Yeserday I had the honor of being one of 5 women chosen to read to over 300 children at the World Cultures Magnet School and American Indian Magnet School in St. Paul, for the annual Read for the Record Event. The book was “The Snowy Day” by Ezra Jack Keats, and since the theme was winter 5 women athletes were chosen to read and share their favorite winter experiences. Joining me were Olympic Silver Medalist and Captain of the Women’s Hockey Team Natalie Darwitz and Whitney Pratt, Carly Facchini, and Erin Layden of the Augsburg Women’s Hockey Team.

The Book Read Across the Nation

During the four years since it began in 2006, Jumpstart’s Read for the Record has continued to break the world record for the most children reading the same book on the same day with an adult in their life. The program is designed to draw attention to the reading crisis by pointing out nearly half of the children in low-income neighborhoods lag years behind their peers when they start first grade.

The Readers

Nearly 3 million children have been involved in the reading day efforts so far, and an estimated 2.5 million were expected to join in Thursday. Jumpstart has raised $6.2 million for books and supplies and sponsored nearly 800,000 books for low-income children.

Breaking up into classes we had question and answer time.

Sharing my favorite part of winter!

 Thanks to Morgan Bray for contacting me and letting me be a part of such a great cause. Thanks to all the kids who listened to the story and shared their favorite moments from the winter. It won’t be too long until we can enjoy a snowy day ourselves!

Yeserday I had the honor of being one of 5 women chosen to read to over 300 children at the World Cultures Magnet School and American Indian Magnet School in St. Paul, for the annual Read for the Record Event. The book was “The Snowy Day” by Ezra Jack Keats, and since the theme was winter 5 women athletes were chosen to read and share their favorite winter experiences. Joining me were Olympic Silver Medalist and Captain of the Women’s Hockey Team Natalie Darwitz and Whitney Pratt, Carly Facchini, and Erin Layden of the Augsburg Women’s Hockey Team.

The Book Read Across the Nation

During the four years since it began in 2006, Jumpstart’s Read for the Record has continued to break the world record for the most children reading the same book on the same day with an adult in their life. The program is designed to draw attention to the reading crisis by pointing out nearly half of the children in low-income neighborhoods lag years behind their peers when they start first grade.

The Readers

Nearly 3 million children have been involved in the reading day efforts so far, and an estimated 2.5 million were expected to join in Thursday. Jumpstart has raised $6.2 million for books and supplies and sponsored nearly 800,000 books for low-income children.

Breaking up into classes we had question and answer time.

Sharing my favorite part of winter!

 Thanks to Morgan Bray for contacting me and letting me be a part of such a great cause. Thanks to all the kids who listened to the story and shared their favorite moments from the winter. It won’t be too long until we can enjoy a snowy day ourselves!

Yeserday I had the honor of being one of 5 women chosen to read to over 300 children at the World Cultures Magnet School and American Indian Magnet School in St. Paul, for the annual Read for the Record Event. The book was “The Snowy Day” by Ezra Jack Keats, and since the theme was winter 5 women athletes were chosen to read and share their favorite winter experiences. Joining me were Olympic Silver Medalist and Captain of the Women’s Hockey Team Natalie Darwitz and Whitney Pratt, Carly Facchini, and Erin Layden of the Augsburg Women’s Hockey Team.

The Book Read Across the Nation

During the four years since it began in 2006, Jumpstart’s Read for the Record has continued to break the world record for the most children reading the same book on the same day with an adult in their life. The program is designed to draw attention to the reading crisis by pointing out nearly half of the children in low-income neighborhoods lag years behind their peers when they start first grade.

The Readers

Nearly 3 million children have been involved in the reading day efforts so far, and an estimated 2.5 million were expected to join in Thursday. Jumpstart has raised $6.2 million for books and supplies and sponsored nearly 800,000 books for low-income children.

Breaking up into classes we had question and answer time.

Sharing my favorite part of winter!

 Thanks to Morgan Bray for contacting me and letting me be a part of such a great cause. Thanks to all the kids who listened to the story and shared their favorite moments from the winter. It won’t be too long until we can enjoy a snowy day ourselves!