It’s That Time of Year…

It’s That Time of Year…

Ski racing is a brilliant metaphor for life. Like life, successes and failures are both part of the process. In ski racing though, the failures are usually dramatic, witness the crash. It is such a part of ski racing that, if put in the proper perspective, it is a...

“It’s my race!”

Several years ago, I was standing in the finish area of a race, when a young athlete came blazing down the course, looking for all the world like he’d finish with a fantastic time, only to crash spectacularly on one of the last gates. He skied off to the side of the...