Author: Silent Sports
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Warming climate won’t keep this skier from going for the Gold – bib, that is
BY MIKE IVEY If things had gone according to plan, I’d be lining up Saturday to ski my 30th American Birkebeiner, resplendent in a “Gold Bib.” ... -
Silent Alarm – February
Mike McFadzen lives with his wife Karen and dog Woody near the Kettle Moraine State Forest in Greenbush, Wisconsin. Mike has a 20-year history of being ... -
When skiing became skating
BY DAVE FOLEY CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING Everyone was a classic skier until the mid-1980s. We dropped our skis in parallel tracks and moved forward using the diagonal ... -
Your trainer isn’t a coat rack!
BICYCLING KIERSTIN KLOECKNER “I hated every moment of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’” ... -
Embrace the shuffle stride for Birkie classic
Joe Haggenmiller and Charlie Dee Editor’s Note: Kortelopet skiers should check out the February, 2017, Silent Sport article that reviews the new Kortelopet Trail from OO ... -
Swank mixes family, work and skiing to remain elite
BY RICH PALZEWIC EDITOR I had never competitively skied when I signed up for my first American Birkebeiner in 1998. I was a school teacher in ... -
TRI to Stride, Ride and Glide…
WINTER TRIATHLON EVE GRAVES As with many silent sports athletes, I have a tough time determining which activity or activities to accomplish each day. Because of ... -
Welcome to the “Pain Cave!”
KIERSTIN KLOECKNER BICYCLING I’m staring out my window as I write this. The sky has been a shade of heavy gray for days now. The winds ... -
2017 Catalina Island Crossing
Gloria Wesley photo PADDLING REBECCA BARTON-DAVIS The weekend after Labor has always been one of canoe racing in the Davis household, and for the last few ...
