Hey All, I've run into a couple people over the last few days who I didn't get a chance to see up at the Birkie. Although the Birkie is a meeting point for 8,000+ crazy skiers, I think it's ridiculous that there are people I know who I don't see the...
Hey All, I've run into a couple people over the last few days who I didn't get a chance to see up at the Birkie. Although the Birkie is a meeting point for 8,000+ crazy skiers, I think it's ridiculous that there are people I know who I don't see the...
Hello All, I just received the following email about a couple ski programs that have been cut. So, I figured CyclovaXC members might enjoy using their clout to do what they can to restore the funds for these programs. Here's the email I received with a couple links: "Can you please post something on CYCLOVA about the CSB/SJU ski teamsbeing cut. We are trying to get as much support from the
Hello All, I just received the following email about a couple ski programs that have been cut. So, I figured CyclovaXC members might enjoy using their clout to do what they can to restore the funds for these programs. Here's the email I received with a couple links: "Can you please post something on CYCLOVA about the CSB/SJU ski teamsbeing cut. We are trying to get as much support from the
So there it is, the first bus. My mom dragged me out of bed at 4:00 AM just like every other Birkie to make sure we got there on time. I guess it's kind of a veteran move because fifteen minutes later the parking lot becomes a crazy place filled wi...
So there it is, the first bus. My mom dragged me out of bed at 4:00 AM just like every other Birkie to make sure we got there on time. I guess it's kind of a veteran move because fifteen minutes later the parking lot becomes a crazy place filled wi...
You know, it's a shame to pack it in after the Birkie because this is really the best time of year to be skiing. The temperatures are soaring (except when you race the actual Birkie of course) and you can use all those expensive Fluro waxes that actu...
You know, it's a shame to pack it in after the Birkie because this is really the best time of year to be skiing. The temperatures are soaring (except when you race the actual Birkie of course) and you can use all those expensive Fluro waxes that actu...
Holy cow! I don't know about you guys, but I thought that was a tough Birkie. As much as a skiing fanatic as I am, I really can't say that I get all excited about skiing when the Mercury is at -4 at the start. Usually that's not a big issue in la...
Wow, it's been a couple days since I've managed a post...Birkie Fever will do that to you! In between finishing work and driving up to get the bibs (thanks to the Birkie Office for putting that at Hayward this year), it's a miracle I managed to get u...
Ladies and Gentlemen, we're getting there aren't we? As the Birkie approaches, this is always an emotional time of year. For many of us, this is the weekend we plan the whole year around, and ironically our whole purpose is that the Birkie passes as ...
I took this picture on my very first ski of the year which was back in early December I think. I'd heard there was snow on the Birkie trail, so I jumped into my bruised and battered Subaru sport and made the long and lonesome drive up to Cable to jump on "OO." I skied for 2 hours on a 4 km loop, and I haven't been able to get back to the Birkie trail since. ...sniff.... Normally that's a recipe
I was over at Lindsley's house waxing my skis and I couldn't resist taking a picture of this brush. As you all know (at least those of you who read this page on a daily basis and have done so for more than a year), Lindsley went over to Falun, Sweden ...
It's that time of year again! The time of year where we find ourselves waking up with night sweats over whether or not there is going to be a Birkie. Over the last few days here in Chippewa Falls, we've had temperatures consistently up in the mid f...
Here's a veteran move that I thought all of you should know in light of all the marathons that are coming up. For a long time, people have thought it's a good idea to staple their GU packets to their bibs. In theory, it seems like a great plan. You...
Back in the old days I never used to use these things...but I was young and stupid back then. Up at the Pepsi Challenge, as Frank and I were preparing to confront a -10 start (or whatever it was), Frank saved my life by whipping an extra pair of toe warmers out of his pocket. "Here...do you want these?" DO I! There was a time when I would have turned him down out of the misplaced notion that I'd
Here's Frank on the way up to the Pepsi challenge. You probably remember watching our awesome video from a couple weeks ago. Anyway, in this picture, Frank is recovering from chowing down on a egg and sausage plastic gut bomb with extra grease that...