Glide wax consisted of Holmenkol blue and red mix, Star F1 fluoro powder, and a V03 Finite tool rolled in structure over a CV1 Zach grind.
Kick was influenced by Frank’s keep it simple and don’t over think it philosophy, binder plus Swix VR45, I added a 7″ section of Ski GO 0 to -2 red for [...]

From: NYTtoday
March 26, 2009
Personal Best
It’s Time to Make a Coffee Run
 
By GINA KOLATA
 

WELDON JOHNSON first tried caffeine as a performance enhancer in 1998. He was not a coffee drinker but had heard that caffeine could make him run faster. So he went to a convenience store before a race and drank a cup of coffee.
For [...]

From Fasterskier and “European newspapers”:
Northug has come under constant criticism for his cocky and disrespectful attitude.  He has routinely made headlines in European papers for his lack of tact.  In one notable incident, after taking out Swede Thobias Fredriksson in a sprint, he told the press that Fredriksson was “too big to go around, almost half-fat.”