Me in a freestyle race at Ft. Fairfield
The winter olympics in Torino, Italy are a little more than 40 days away. That got me thinking about great moments of winter olympics past which, for me, center on cross-country skiing and Men’s 4x10 km Relay and the epic battles between the Norwegians and Italians. Most of you, of course, have no idea what I’m talking about. If you watch the winter olympics at all, it will be all alpine events, snowboarding and that most <sarcasm>exhilarating</sarcasm> of all sports, figure skating. The
4x10 relay will be shown at some ungodly hour, if at all, but if you have Tivo, I highly recommend you check it out 19 February.
Incidentally, the part of the country I grew up in is putting a lot of resources into the sport with the Maine Winter Sports Center and Nordic Heritage Ski Club. I would have loved to have had a chance to get on the new roller-ski treadmill they have at the university.
