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A brown Thanksgiving in Wisconsin this year. Snowmobiles? are you kidding?
What about Christmas?
Is the Birkebeiner in trouble again this winter?
Entries Tagged as ‘American Birkebeiner’
November 21, 2007
Wisconsin hopes for a white Christmas, plans to convert snowmobiles into personal watercraft.
March 4, 2007
Alaska’s Iditarod dogsled race: like the Birkebeiner, threatened by climate change
image of statue of Balto in Central Park
Though I love the outdoors and stories of how to survive nature’s tricks, count me as not being an Iditarod fan. While I know those dogs love to run, it is unfair to run them into the ground, on purpose. The heroic trip commemorated by the race, however, [...]
February 23, 2007
UPDATED noon Friday: no snowfall yet, but American Birkebeiner IS ON
Noon Friday: there seems to be, on the radar, a snow front approaching the area.
NOTICE FROM BIRKIE.COM:
Birkie 2007: The Race Is ON
23K Competitive Race for Elites & Non-Competitive for Other Skiers
HAYWARD, Wis., Feb. 23, 2007 – Birkie 2007 will be a 23-kilometer competitive race for the top 200 elite men and 50 elite women and [...]
February 21, 2007
American Birkebeiner: Friday noon: Race is on.
Birkie 2007: The Race Is ON
23K Competitive Race for Elites & Non-Competitive for Other Skiers
HAYWARD, Wis., Feb. 23, 2007 – Birkie 2007 will be a 23-kilometer competitive race for the top 200 elite men and 50 elite women and an untimed, non-competitive, ‘open-track’ event for the rest of field.
The timed race for elite Birkie skiers [...]
February 13, 2007
UPDATED: American Birkebeiner: Friday noon: race is on.
Cable WI, Feb 24. Cross country ski race. Heard of it?
Birkie 2007: The Race Is ON
23K Competitive Race for Elites & Non-Competitive for Other Skiers
HAYWARD, Wis., Feb. 23, 2007 – Birkie 2007 will be a 23-kilometer competitive race for the top 200 elite men and 50 elite women and an untimed, non-competitive, ‘open-track’ event for [...]
