Does the temperature affect the speed of the race? Not that much. But we ran the data anyway. (Actually, that’s how we came to that conclusion.) And, as a corollary, wax probably makes enough of a difference that it kept me in the Elite Wave last year.

Obligatory weather speculation post: Still looking good. A couple inches of snow this week, then cold until the race. Start temps between 0 and 10, high in the 10s to 20s, maybe a little snow before race day.

This is the easiest weather speculation ever. (Knock on wood and don’t get too much pine tar on your knuckles.)