Birkie

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 ...

51k of pristine classic tracks await you at Jay Cooke State Park! Just south of Duluth, MN is an under utilized gem of a ski trail.  Many of you may know Jay Cooke State Park for it's great hiking and summer time camping.  You should also know ...

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...