Recent content by dobrien

I agree with your assessment of US relay podium chances; we had a close but no cigar a couple of times but the window has closed; US women are going back into the wilderness for the foreseeable future. Brennan's case is not so cut and dried imho; she had a major life event occur with the...

And Brennan just a shadow of her former self. Once Diggins is gone the US women's side is not looking the best; the US domestic scene hasn't looked this horrible in a long time, there is hardly anyone of note coming through at all. Possibly Schamberger if her back injuries are fully behind her...

Also Sophia Laukli just left the World Cup as well; seems she really messed herself up trying to juggle trail running and WC nordic (gosh, who would have thought year round hard core endurance athletics might not be a good thing??) and is going to be out indefinitely. At some point the massive...

Totally agree with this; I had a feeling they might struggle with skis for awhile, it's not just about waxing these days, grinds are playing a bigger role than ever and are in play real time. I bet they come around pretty fast.

Nepryaeva and Korostelev both on the start list for the sprint today; let the games begin! :p

It looks to me like they're being sponsored by a marijuana grower!! :cool:

This isn't too bad actually; definitely not a generic design and I think it works. It is as you say distinctive.

Oh my. That is absolutely HIDEOUS!!! I'd quit the team before I'd ride in that kit. :oops:

I am sure if a similar study were conducted after the American Birkebeiner similar results might be found; fluoros are banned here but there are still people in the US 'using up their remaining supply', wink wink nod nod. I mean, why let it go to waste, right? ;)

I for one would not be the least bit sad to see Korostelev take down a certain you-know-who this coming weekend... :p Also very interested to see how Nepryaeva stacks up; in any event, I am frankly excited to see some new faces in the mix and hope they can compete AND hope they are at least...

Yeah, that stuff is seriously nasty. And it's one thing when it's at the world class level, but I've done some marathon races on the local circuit at the masters level here in the northern US and the way masters ski racers were pouring it on you'd think they thought they were immortal or...

Come on now; if fluoros were still allowed Norway/Sweden et al would still be slathering them on their skis like butter on toast...

It's definitely not just you; agree completely with this.

Probably not Bolshunov, for a number of reasons... Bolshunov hits rival Now we'll see how serious Svahn and the Swedes are about their boycott threats.

Care to be more specific in what you find interesting? If you are insinuating something, which knowing you you probably are, take it to the effing clinic ***. Everyone and their brother knew Hailey was finding the pressures of week in/week out WC racing to be unpleasant, and THAT is why she...