There is probably a biking equivalent except a) there are no 8000-rider bike races and b) I do not know shit about biking.But staying in shape: apparently if you have decent summer base you can do Weston races, one other race (Jackson 25k in my case) and a couple hill workouts and still ski okay in a rolling 50k.Also, getting called out for bitching about getting girled = awesome; Kyser graduated a