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a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFSDnXkI_aI/AAAAAAAADlc/QTWlNrvTvAY/s1600/IMG_6048.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/TFSDnXkI_aI/AAAAAAAADlc/QTWlNrvTvAY/s400/IMG_6048.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500165757289954722″ //aThis morning we had a perfect day for training at Ball Mtn Dam. Since we just finished our Tour of Southern VT, we took it a bit easier than usual. We started with some technique work, went on to balance, easy speed, then a bit of L3 and ended with 5-6 sprint starts. br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFSC3ECgE5I/AAAAAAAADlU/op3mbJk7oHY/s1600/IMG_6050.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFSC3ECgE5I/AAAAAAAADlU/op3mbJk7oHY/s400/IMG_6050.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500164927414866834″ //aBalance,br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFSCZfw1-RI/AAAAAAAADlM/qsqN1SFHhxM/s1600/IMG_6070.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/TFSCZfw1-RI/AAAAAAAADlM/qsqN1SFHhxM/s400/IMG_6070.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500164419460921618″ //agood balance,br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFSB680p-9I/AAAAAAAADlE/22v1VJqVtfY/s1600/IMG_6083.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFSB680p-9I/AAAAAAAADlE/22v1VJqVtfY/s400/IMG_6083.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500163894685596626″ //a’n sync?br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFSBakLydQI/AAAAAAAADk8/IJPuZk_2m3k/s1600/IMG_6086.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFSBakLydQI/AAAAAAAADk8/IJPuZk_2m3k/s400/IMG_6086.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500163338315920642″ //abalance (Megan came down from Dartmouth),br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFSA9wkIPtI/AAAAAAAADk0/yWVthpIxUew/s1600/IMG_6107.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/TFSA9wkIPtI/AAAAAAAADk0/yWVthpIxUew/s400/IMG_6107.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500162843423030994″ //abalance,br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFSAgzcg45I/AAAAAAAADks/x9OUbgnpC1U/s1600/IMG_6109.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/TFSAgzcg45I/AAAAAAAADks/x9OUbgnpC1U/s400/IMG_6109.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500162345980191634″ //abalance, (what is Kody doing back there?)br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFSAEr9_x8I/AAAAAAAADkk/LaRRVO5HVcg/s1600/IMG_6110.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/TFSAEr9_x8I/AAAAAAAADkk/LaRRVO5HVcg/s400/IMG_6110.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500161862936807362″ //abalance,br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFR_WQQ501I/AAAAAAAADkc/O3c5GLuGhuc/s1600/IMG_6096.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/TFR_WQQ501I/AAAAAAAADkc/O3c5GLuGhuc/s400/IMG_6096.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500161065225933650″ //a…..balance. We started by working on taking 1 stride per gate. We finished by going through the whole course on 1 ski. Here are the boys, they have run out of speed so they are hopping to the end.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFR-0PIA8vI/AAAAAAAADkU/JGKQvsCfclU/s1600/IMG_6123.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFR-0PIA8vI/AAAAAAAADkU/JGKQvsCfclU/s400/IMG_6123.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500160480804664050″ //aMore balance.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFR-U5iob8I/AAAAAAAADkM/xx4FFos1MlM/s1600/IMG_6134.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/TFR-U5iob8I/AAAAAAAADkM/xx4FFos1MlM/s400/IMG_6134.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500159942434779074″ //aNice day eh? 62 and sunny :)br /There is nothing like a relay race on grass to help with a complete weight shift.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFR9R6caMRI/AAAAAAAADj8/2FvR-FPv4zY/s1600/IMG_6142.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/TFR9R6caMRI/AAAAAAAADj8/2FvR-FPv4zY/s400/IMG_6142.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500158791625879826″ //abr /br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFR8vFoealI/AAAAAAAADj0/Iq1wwvZMFSE/s1600/IMG_6154.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 242px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFR8vFoealI/AAAAAAAADj0/Iq1wwvZMFSE/s400/IMG_6154.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500158193333856850″ //aWe threw in a couple of leg speeds to wake everyone up.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFR8XPVduZI/AAAAAAAADjs/yW_WX13n_HY/s1600/IMG_6161.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 256px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFR8XPVduZI/AAAAAAAADjs/yW_WX13n_HY/s400/IMG_6161.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500157783621613970″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFR7hMVil6I/AAAAAAAADjk/CQ0HCxmJZ3c/s1600/IMG_6170.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 398px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFR7hMVil6I/AAAAAAAADjk/CQ0HCxmJZ3c/s400/IMG_6170.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500156855103690658″ //aSkyler doing his 2X4km of L3. Most of the group had trained 14-16 hrs over the previous 4 days and they all posted their fastest L3 times today. The goal…”float.”br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFR7LuZWitI/AAAAAAAADjc/QoE3gRAJEOE/s1600/IMG_6184.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFR7LuZWitI/AAAAAAAADjc/QoE3gRAJEOE/s400/IMG_6184.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500156486289361618″ //aLilly was taking pictures and thought this moss was pretty.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFR6WMbTNRI/AAAAAAAADjU/5Nxf2aQCHkY/s1600/IMG_6172.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/TFR6WMbTNRI/AAAAAAAADjU/5Nxf2aQCHkY/s400/IMG_6172.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500155566637659410″ //aPoppet and the Devo group work on some V1.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFR51pBQcPI/AAAAAAAADjM/R66wppYOUTI/s1600/IMG_6183.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 290px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFR51pBQcPI/AAAAAAAADjM/R66wppYOUTI/s400/IMG_6183.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500155007377371378″ //adiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4680416899705879324-6268101012899296025?l=smsxc.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

What’s have you missed this week?  Read on and I’ll tell you…

• We wrapped up some of the Tour de France graphs, even the fancy animated ones.
• I demonstrated that there’s nothing special about the Tour de France, graphically anyway.
• I’ve started putting my crazy contraption, Distributed Sprint Points to good use, looking at the most improved men and women in sprinting last season.
• FasterSkier published a short piece of mine looking at what happens to skiers who’ve performed at different levels at World Juniors or U23s, and I followed that up with similar graphs for Canada and Germany (and more to come!).
• Finally, we’re nearing the end of the list of retiring skiers, this week learning about the career of Milan Sperl.

Holy crap, I didn’t realize I posted this much stuff this week.

Related posts:

1. <Week In Review: Friday, June 11th
2. <Week In Review: Friday July 2nd
3. <Week In Review: Friday July 9th

Another installment looking at how athletes have faired following WJC/U23 racing.

This time we’re looking at Germany, a country that gained some notoriety over the last 10-15 years for a dramatic turnaround in athlete development.  At least, that’s what I remember the conventional wisdom being.

We’ll start with just the basic graph (click through for larger version):

The red lines represent trends averaged across all German skiers in each panel.  As we’ve learned by now, though, these averages can mask a lot of variation between each individual athlete:

There are many athletes that had success at WJC/U23s and went on to have great success in other international racing, but others did not.  Note that the impressive looking career in the men’s 16-20 panel belongs to Tobias Angerer, who never cracked the top 15 at WJCs or U23s but went on to have considerable international success.  However, it is certainly fair to say that Angerer has peaked later than many other athletes.

There are quite a few different skiers here, so obviously I haven’t attempted to label each red line with a name.  Instead, here’s another table that tells you which German skier is in which panel.  You’ll have to use your noodle to deduce who goes with which line (if it’s even possible to tell in some cases; sorry).

Related posts:

1. <Skiing Performance and Age
2. <Gadflies & Punching Bags
3. <How I Learned To Start Worrying and Hate the F-Factor (Part 2)

div style=”text-align: left;”It’s July already. And not only is it July, it’s the END of July. I can hardly believe how fast this summer is going by, and how much I’ve already fit in. June was a whirlwind of National Team camp and a trip to Alaska (it’s SO light there in the summer!). Now July has almost past between a shooting camp, a family reunion, a friend’s wedding and a trip home that’s now half over. I’m heading back to the east (Jericho, Vermont more specifically) on Wednesday for our last camp of the summer. It will include the US National Rollerski Biathlon Championships, so that should be a fun way to test out where we all are right now in our training. We’ve had a bit of a different philosophy this year, waiting to do much intensity until fairly recently. The coaches decided that was a good plan of action so as not to burn us out too early, especially with World Championships being so late this year./divp class=”MsoNormal”July has also brought some changes to US Biathlon. A new head women’s coach was hired, and we’re all looking forward to start working with Jonne Kähkönen, former Finnish National Team Head coach. We know he will be an excellent addition to our staff, and I am really looking forward to having him and his family in Lake Placid.span style=”font-family:Georgia;”br /br //spanTypically, I don’t have any pictures to put up right now-Zach is the master picture taker, and he (along with his camera and pictures) is currently in Italy at a training camp with the men’s team. But I promise to post some soon (MUCH sooner than the interval between this and my last post…sorry about that). For now, I’m off to brave another workout in the heat of Boise (with a high near 100 F it’s looking like a good afternoon for the gym and strength inside!). Stay cool, wherever you are.o:p/o:p/p !–EndFragment–div class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5588342252406387658-6269432606671968491?l=sarastudebaker.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

The career retrospectives took an unintentional week off last Friday due my being distracted by the Tour.

Milan who?  Again, a skier who’s name I should probably know, but did not.  He’s a Czech skier who’d been competing internationally since around 2000.

Particularly since he looks like a fun guy.

Sperl won a Bronze medal in the team sprint event at the 2007 World Championships.  He’s been an important part of some solid Czech distance relay teams over the years as well.  His best individual result was a 6th place in the 50km classic at the 2005 World Championships.

Let’s have a look at his distance results:

Milan Sperl's distance results.

Sperl’s breakthrough race in 2005 at World Championships seemed to lead to some more good races over the following 3 seasons.  Typically, though, his results varied quite a lot.  Like a lot of retiring skiers, though, his best results have been getting worse recently.

Sperl is another skier where I want to highlight their World Junior results (brown dots, upper left).  In his case, they were not good: 43rd and 45th.  Nothing to write home about, yet he went on to compete on the World Cup circuit and do fairly well at times.  Yet another reason to be cautious about reading too much into a skier’s results as a junior.

As for technique…

Milan Sperl's distance results by technique.

This is kind of interesting.  Sperl’s big race, the 6th place finish at WSC’s in 2005, was a classic race.  But in general, his best races were nearly always skating.  I wonder if there was anything unusual about that 50km classic in 2005?  Weather, waxing…?  Then again, maybe he just had a good day.

Once again I’m going to omit looking at his results by distance (once again, they aren’t very interesting).  His sprinting career wasn’t exactly prolific.  I found only around 12 races, in none which did he qualify for the elimination rounds.  However, his preference for skating persisted, as nearly all the sprint races that he did do were skating.

We’re almost to the end of the retiring cross country skiers (at least those that I know of!), but do not fear, this series will continue with biathletes!

Related posts:

1. <Career Retrospective: Rene Sommerfeldt
2. <Career Retrospective: Sabina Valbusa
3. <Career Retrospective: Sara Renner

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br /Perhaps its not surprising some of the best skiing in America can be found beside a volcano stretching 12,276 into the sky. What might be surprising, though, is this underground mecca for ski training is used near exclusively in the summer months, and, even though one can see hundreds of acres of terrain on the upper reaches of Mt. Adams, all the skiing is done on paved logging roads put in years ago to haul out the resident Ponderosa, White Pine and Doug Firs. All it takes to put a smile on this skier’s face in the summer months is smooth pavement that meanders through the Cascade foothill. To have all this in a sleepy town that sparingly shares the road with fossil fueled BMW R75’s and mid-nineties Chevy Silverados makes it even better.
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br /$320,000 Kindergarten Teachers, worth the short read:

I’ve got 15 minutes to post some more pictures of what we’ve been up to in Girdwood before I have to head back to the House and do some video review and coordinate our afternoon training session.  Instead of a hike Tuesday afternoon we opted to head to the local soggy soccer field to play a game of soccer for our afternoon session (popular vote overruled the planned schedule and that was fine since it was an off day).  A little mental recovery is never a bad thing.

This morning we did a time trial up the mountain from the day lodge to the top of the tram and (lucky for me) timed it just right with the first tram car of the morning arriving just a few moments after our last finisher crossed the line.  (Interesting aside, the line was set when Kyle was about to pass me on the last pitch – I took a few running strides and quickly was reminded of the fact that I had run hard in soccer the previous day with no prior preparation for running fast on a slippery surface this year – my hip flexors and hamstrings don’t like me today.  So today when I saw Kyle on my heels, having eaten up the 15 minute head start (plus shorcut) I had on him – I threw down my backpack full of clothes and declared it the finish line.  Next year I’ll start 20 minutes ahead.)

8 minutes of photo uploads (still from Tuesday):

Kira nearing the top of our Tuesday morning ski-walking sesh up the mountain.

Jade was hilarious in the tram on the way down – a little loopy from the hike up, and it is a little spooky when the tram just drops into the clouds.

Claire and Megan check out the valley below

Stefan and Pat lead a crew of boys for some double pole 30-30s on the Bird-Gird bike path. When you get Sunny and 70 in Girdwood, you take full advantage.

Time to go…  More to come tomorrow.

I apologize again for the heavy cycling bent I’ve been on lately.  You just can’t pass up the chance to make fun graphs like these, though.

This is just your standard bumps chart for GC rank from the 2010 Giro d’Italia.  Somewhat confusingly (to casual bike fans like me) the colors of the jerseys are different than in the Tour de France.  So the overall race leader here wears pink, the sprint points leader wears red (although this has apparently changed several times through the years) and the mountain (or climbing) points leader wears green.

The classification of each stage into mountain, mixed, etc. I simply took from here.  The graph is below the fold:

Those colors aren’t the best.  Shouldn’t have tried to pick them by hand.  And the same plot but using the time from the peloton (defined as the median rider after each stage) and a better color scheme:

It’s hard to notice the pink line on this one since they lie nearly on top of each other.

Related posts:

1. <Tour de France Bump Charts (Updated)
2. <Tour de France Bump Plot: Stage 12
3. <Stand Back! This Graph Is Alive!

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFIAe03cD6I/AAAAAAAADjA/_xoW0lnCgtg/s1600/IMG_5964.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/TFIAe03cD6I/AAAAAAAADjA/_xoW0lnCgtg/s400/IMG_5964.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499458624560041890″ //aThe group gets ready for the bike ride. Our goal for the tour was to get in some good endurance training and team bonding. Each day the group trained 4-5 hours with no more that a short lunch break. The boys had some King of the Mountain and town line contests as well as the overall. It wasn’t all hammering, but is was far tougher than a walk in the park!br /Great going everyone!br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFH_3tkCE4I/AAAAAAAADi4/thPnqdvtNh4/s1600/IMG_5966.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/TFH_3tkCE4I/AAAAAAAADi4/thPnqdvtNh4/s400/IMG_5966.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499457952584700802″ //aHeading out for stage 3. br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFH_Z6Z9n4I/AAAAAAAADiw/iW7I51FhugU/s1600/IMG_5968.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 243px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFH_Z6Z9n4I/AAAAAAAADiw/iW7I51FhugU/s400/IMG_5968.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499457440636051330″ //aLooks like the Italian countryside.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFH9gkJUfTI/AAAAAAAADio/hnwfxubLdyI/s1600/IMG_5969.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 244px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFH9gkJUfTI/AAAAAAAADio/hnwfxubLdyI/s400/IMG_5969.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499455355896495410″ //aAt 3 miles we rolled through Putney with the old man controlling the pace.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFH8TOIcI8I/AAAAAAAADig/nf-Uh13cq9k/s1600/IMG_5975.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/TFH8TOIcI8I/AAAAAAAADig/nf-Uh13cq9k/s400/IMG_5975.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499454027137295298″ //aToday’s 70 mile bike was hilly. We rode up through Putney, over Kurn Hattin (or through Westminster West), through Saxtons River, up to Chester, over the hill to Grafton, down to Townshend and then up rte 30 and UP to school.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFH7V-wcxYI/AAAAAAAADiY/2F52KZTwTv8/s1600/IMG_5993.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFH7V-wcxYI/AAAAAAAADiY/2F52KZTwTv8/s400/IMG_5993.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499452975038121346″ //aThe peleton rolls through Grafton.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFH6w9umKyI/AAAAAAAADiQ/eBsD59jemA8/s1600/IMG_5995.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 248px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFH6w9umKyI/AAAAAAAADiQ/eBsD59jemA8/s400/IMG_5995.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499452339106753314″ //aThe chase pack rolls through Grafton. Keely had a couple of flats, but rode very well and clearly has taken over the lead as the “Toughest Levins”.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFH6H77IbXI/AAAAAAAADiI/3IZea6NgCF8/s1600/IMG_5996.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFH6H77IbXI/AAAAAAAADiI/3IZea6NgCF8/s400/IMG_5996.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499451634247822706″ //alooks as if Paddy is weighing his options…drink or eat… he better decide quickly, the peleton leaves in 37 seconds.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFH5npv0BVI/AAAAAAAADiA/jNDtcPUHmr0/s1600/IMG_6005.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/TFH5npv0BVI/AAAAAAAADiA/jNDtcPUHmr0/s400/IMG_6005.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499451079612695890″ //aCruising through Jamaica. Just one more (big) climb up to school.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFH49Kddg1I/AAAAAAAADh4/2DZgIIMftRM/s1600/IMG_6008.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/TFH49Kddg1I/AAAAAAAADh4/2DZgIIMftRM/s400/IMG_6008.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499450349659718482″ //aSkyler was really tough in the ski and the bike but was unable to do the run because of shin splints.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFH4MqntaDI/AAAAAAAADhw/28XyMJkp140/s1600/IMG_6009.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFH4MqntaDI/AAAAAAAADhw/28XyMJkp140/s400/IMG_6009.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499449516479047730″ //aAustin Caldwell was within a minute of the leaders in every stage and took the yellow jersey for the tour.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFH3ndJgkoI/AAAAAAAADho/NNQ_g8U8C1M/s1600/IMG_6012.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/TFH3ndJgkoI/AAAAAAAADho/NNQ_g8U8C1M/s400/IMG_6012.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499448877207556738″ //aKody hung in tough for all three days. Great job!br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFH22NCNBLI/AAAAAAAADhg/mzTqKa_H_cc/s1600/IMG_6016.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/TFH22NCNBLI/AAAAAAAADhg/mzTqKa_H_cc/s400/IMG_6016.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499448031068357810″ //aGage got dropped today but had enough of a lead to hold on to the yellow jersey.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFH2YqXhcYI/AAAAAAAADhY/JTHEaN5U984/s1600/IMG_6018.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFH2YqXhcYI/AAAAAAAADhY/JTHEaN5U984/s400/IMG_6018.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499447523546329474″ //aYup..that really is the top!br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFH1z3xnnVI/AAAAAAAADhQ/O3_PKBmSB8g/s1600/IMG_6021.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/TFH1z3xnnVI/AAAAAAAADhQ/O3_PKBmSB8g/s400/IMG_6021.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499446891490286930″ //aCan you guess which one of these athletes stopped a bit early with a sore knee?br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFH0jDjz8qI/AAAAAAAADhI/FeVOpEHeVRc/s1600/IMG_6028.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFH0jDjz8qI/AAAAAAAADhI/FeVOpEHeVRc/s400/IMG_6028.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499445503084196514″ //aCoach Boobar and Kate (our trainer, his fiance) won today’s stage and then hosted us all for a fine lunch that was topped off with rootbeer floats. That’s what I call being good winners!br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFHz5aA3e4I/AAAAAAAADhA/8jwvUkXTX28/s1600/IMG_6034.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 310px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFHz5aA3e4I/AAAAAAAADhA/8jwvUkXTX28/s400/IMG_6034.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499444787557137282″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFHzXnMVIOI/AAAAAAAADg4/L0vzfRTtzuQ/s1600/IMG_6039.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFHzXnMVIOI/AAAAAAAADg4/L0vzfRTtzuQ/s400/IMG_6039.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499444206979326178″ //aThe group is all smiles at the conclusion of the tour. But…I imagine that if you click on the picture and look closely, you will see that they are more tired than they were Tuesday morning.div class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4680416899705879324-1610330575220476492?l=smsxc.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

We’re here, third summer in a row, late July, dryland training camp in Girdwood.

We arrived Monday night after a long trip down from Fairbanks, 16 athletes, 3 coaches, enough equipment, lots of food.

Before we let the packed-in-the-car feeling drag the group down, we pushed ourselves out the door for a 2-hour training run on the Winner Creek trail (”Coolest trail run I’ve ever been on,” says first year J2 Jade).  It was just the right touch, complete with 15 min break to pull ourselves across a gorge in twos and threes on a hand tram.

Despite the tight living situation, the group has been getting along great.  It helps when all you do is train or recover (eat, sleep) or watch video on how to do the former better, or talk about how to do the latter better.  Nutrition is a big theme for the week and all athletes have a nutrition log which they are in charge of filling out for the week after our hour nutrition chat Tuesday morning where the athletes calculated some individual nutrition guidelines in terms of servings of different food groups to consume each day for their body weight and activity level (EXTREME this week).

No pictures from the sweet trail run.    But here are a number of others from yesterday.

Alsgaard Skate warm-up for spenst and ski-walking

Spenst

Ditto

Balance Drills with eyes closed

Explode!

Neill gets after the single leg classic bounds in place

Julia laying out some details to the ladies

Well, I’ve run out of time – Lunch is on and I’ve got to get back to the house so we can head for a hike.  More pics to come…

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFHvt9T-nkI/AAAAAAAADgw/CoZBR6QkrRA/s1600/IMG_5913.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/TFHvt9T-nkI/AAAAAAAADgw/CoZBR6QkrRA/s400/IMG_5913.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499440192827596354″ //aHere are a couple more pictures from our roller ski yesterday. Paddy pulled out the stage victory with a narrow win over Skyler and Austin Caldwell. The girls held a good pace the whole day, but were content to finish in a pack.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFHvXdyIDzI/AAAAAAAADgo/yPVSsnHHrGE/s1600/IMG_5915.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/TFHvXdyIDzI/AAAAAAAADgo/yPVSsnHHrGE/s400/IMG_5915.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499439806406987570″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFHuxPeJ6EI/AAAAAAAADgg/hYNetJddfUA/s1600/IMG_5923.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/TFHuxPeJ6EI/AAAAAAAADgg/hYNetJddfUA/s400/IMG_5923.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499439149730097218″ //aCharlie looking good.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFHuTYvwyfI/AAAAAAAADgY/7rxlpSbx6XI/s1600/IMG_5935.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/TFHuTYvwyfI/AAAAAAAADgY/7rxlpSbx6XI/s400/IMG_5935.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499438636823792114″ //aLunch break.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFHtwGMCc9I/AAAAAAAADgQ/pQS7v4GLShk/s1600/IMG_5942.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 288px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFHtwGMCc9I/AAAAAAAADgQ/pQS7v4GLShk/s400/IMG_5942.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499438030546695122″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFHtaSuqs4I/AAAAAAAADgI/Dhk-4-EPiL0/s1600/IMG_5944.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 232px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFHtaSuqs4I/AAAAAAAADgI/Dhk-4-EPiL0/s400/IMG_5944.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499437655956042626″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFHtC5Ng-uI/AAAAAAAADgA/RrcLEg6kTnU/s1600/IMG_5953.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 223px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFHtC5Ng-uI/AAAAAAAADgA/RrcLEg6kTnU/s400/IMG_5953.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499437253969115874″ //abr /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFDRg70ZzWI/AAAAAAAADfw/Q2BUTS93yEA/s1600/IMG_5933.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFDRg70ZzWI/AAAAAAAADfw/Q2BUTS93yEA/s400/IMG_5933.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499125508762881378″ //aDay two of our tour was a 70-75 km classic ski. We started in Londonderry and skied to Putney. It was a good 4-4 1/2 hr ski. The weather was a little warm, but we had plenty of support with two vans providing food and drink.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFDPt4GzMpI/AAAAAAAADfo/Nnund8dGxos/s1600/IMG_5925.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 253px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFDPt4GzMpI/AAAAAAAADfo/Nnund8dGxos/s400/IMG_5925.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499123532081345170″ //aThe boys started with an extra 5 km loop. Here they are 35 kms, just as they caught the girls.br /a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H2SCM3lmKm8/TFDO2M1B-FI/AAAAAAAADfg/8nUv2MlAzvw/s1600/IMG_5950.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/TFDO2M1B-FI/AAAAAAAADfg/8nUv2MlAzvw/s400/IMG_5950.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499122575571286098″ //aThe end of the ski. Swim and sauna! Then off for mini golf and a great dinner at Seymours.div class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4680416899705879324-2165306883768312499?l=smsxc.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div

In a short piece on FasterSkier the other day, I showed a graph that examined the FIS points vs. age trends of skiers broken down by their success at WJCs or U23s.  In it, I highlighted only the American athletes, apart from the general trends for all skiers.

I thought that I’d continue with a short series of posts where I recreate the same graph, but highlighting the development patterns of athletes from different nations.  I’m not going to analyze these graphs at great length.  Rather I’ll just focus on showing some interesting data.  First, we’ll look at Canada (click through for larger version):

Each panel displays the FIS points vs. age for athletes who’s best result at WJCs or U23s was 1-5, 6-10, etc.  The blue trend lines represent the average trend across all skiers in each panel.  The red trend lines are the average of just the Canadian athletes in each panel.  The names of the Canadians in each panel are shown.

I thought I’d expand on these graphs a little and give you an alternate version with a trend line for each Canadian individually:

I apologize for not labeling the red trend lines with names more precisely, so that you can tell which line goes with which name.  In the men’s 6-10 panel, it wasn’t really possible, and in most other cases which name goes with which line should be fairly obvious if you’re familiar with the athletes and the ages at which they’ve competed.

Note the large differences between these two graphs in the women’s 6-10 panels.

Related posts:

1. <Skiing Performance and Age
2. <Performance vs Age Redux: Grover’s Graph
3. <FasterSkier Article

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/TFDFeDk2eQI/AAAAAAAABAE/nHPp5KdQBrU/s1600/IMG_1375.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;” src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1DHbqzFvCE/TFDFeDk2eQI/AAAAAAAABAE/nHPp5KdQBrU/s320/IMG_1375.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499112265165994242″ //abr /….no summer is not over yet, but my training is beginning to transition to more specific biathlon combination training and our second training camp is just around the corner. divbr //divdivIt has been a successful summer of training so far marked by a good quantity of quality hours and improvements in my shooting process and position. /divdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1362992899157556571-6009337600557953476?l=comeskiwithme.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div