Beitostølen: Bjørgen is Back!

Marit B had a relatively bad season last year (just a few World Cup
victories etc), but last weekend she won all three races in the
Norwegian season opener at Beitostølen.

Today we've just had the first distance race of the season, and Marit
won her first ever 10 K skate race, more than 20 seconds before Vibeke
Skofterud.

Terje
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"almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching"

She also won last year's Beitostolen by a wide margin. The big
question is whether she can sustain that form... supposedly she has
gone back to using more intensity blocks. I wonder if that will
contribute to early peaking and a tailing off after a few months. My
money would still be on Virpi for the distance crown.

Chris

On Nov 24, 9:56 pm, Terje Mathisen
wrote:
Marit B had a relatively bad season last year (just a few World Cup
victories etc), but last weekend she won all three races in the
Norwegian season opener at Beitostølen.

Today we've just had the first distance race of the season, and Marit
won her first ever 10 K skate race, more than 20 seconds before Vibeke
Skofterud.

Terje
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"almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching"

In past Katerina Neumanova was almost unbeateable in this event before
her retirement.
Michal

No Virpi Kuitunen either. She sick? I wonder if the women are in a bit
of a hiatus between generations right now right now, with Neumanova,
Scott and Tchepalova gone. Other than Bjoergen and Kuitunen, assuming
the first holds up and the latter is in good shape this year, there
doesn't seem anyone else who'll be challenging for the top two spots.

rm

xc_michal wrote:

On Nov 24, 9:56 pm, Terje Mathisen
wrote:
Marit B had a relatively bad season last year (just a few World Cup
victories etc), but last weekend she won all three races in the
Norwegian season opener at Beitostølen.

Today we've just had the first distance race of the season, and Marit
won her first ever 10 K skate race, more than 20 seconds before
Vibeke Skofterud.

Terje
--
-
"almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching"

In past Katerina Neumanova was almost unbeateable in this event before
her retirement.
Michal