Annie Hart’s New Go-To Morning Oatmeal Recipe! Turmeric Oats!

2,500 years ago Hippocrates (the father of Western medicine) coined the term “food is medicine.” While there is no doubt that advances in medicine have significantly improved the quality (and […]

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The End of the Alphabet

As I sit here in Austria writing the final installment of the countdown, I can barely believe that it is already March, the 2015 Birkie has come to a close, […]

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Week 23: W is for Women of the Birkie

  Way back at week “L” in November I was ski racing in West Yellowstone, Montana. My mom was out on the trails and ran into 27 time Birkie finisher […]

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Week 22: V is for Volunteers!

It’s been busy here in Kazakhstan with racing every day, but it didn’t prevent me from catching up with Birkie Volunteer Coordinator Patti Rumler.  The thought of the Birkie- or […]

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Week 21: U is for USA in Kazakhstan

After 30 hours of traveling I finally arrived in Almaty, Kazakhstan for the U23 and Junior World Ski Championships.  The races start on Monday, and up until then we will […]

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Week 20: T is for the Birkie Tour

This past Sunday I skied my first ever Birkie Tour.  Due to a series of fortunate events (namely Nationals being in Michigan and snow arriving for much of the Midwest) […]

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Week 19: Ski like a Cane

I had the awesome opportunity to talk to Superintendent of the Hayward school District Craig Olson about his initiative in the Hayward community to do all activities Like a Cane. […]

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Week 18: R is for Rest day and Rivers Eatery

After a long day of sprinting yesterday, I’m excited to have this rest day between race days to recuperate, and also write about my favorite pizza place around, the Rivers […]

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Week 17: Q is for Quotes

I’d like to pretend that my Thursday post on quotes was intentionally coincided with “throw back Thursday.”  Yet the reality of the situation is yesterday was a very busy day […]

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Week 16: P is for Ben Popp and the Permanent Start

Merry Christmas Eve Birkie skiers!  I’m writing this snuggled up next to our cat and Christmas tree, and even though there isn’t any real snow on the ground at my […]

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