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Podiumwear Extends Its Partnership With Team Birkie
Podiumwear, a leading custom team apparel brand, today announces the renewal of its sponsorship agreement with Team Birkie. Podiumwear has been the exclusive official custom team apparel partner of Team Birkie since its inception in 2021. Podiumwear’s agreement will continue with rights to design and create the exclusive men’s and women’s race uniforms for Team […]
Trek Bicycle Teams Up With Team Birkie In Sweepstakes
You can win a TREK bicycle worth up to $5,000 when you support Team Birkie. The Trek bike sweepstakes fundraiser supports Team Birke, with 100% of all funds raised going directly to Team Birkie athletes, with the drive and dedication to pursue a spot representing the United States in the upcoming World Cup season and […]
Fueling for Taper Week: Your Path to a Strong Race
Alex Larson is a sports dietitian for endurance athletes. She’ll be speaking at this year’s Ski de She Camp, but in the meantime, she’s providing us some nutritional insight for the upcoming Birkie Trail Run: With race day just around the corner, it’s time to fine-tune your nutrition strategy for taper week! This is the perfect […]
Base Camp Grand Opening Featured on Northern News Now
EDIT: The new building is called Base Camp at Mt. Telemark Village. This news story incorrectly refers to the building as Home Base at Mt. Telemark Village which is a terrific lodging option during your next visit to Mt. Telemark Village.
Birkie Trail Run Partners With Nutritionist Alex Larson
We are 7 weeks out from race weekend and now is the time to start planning out your race-week nutrition! Here’s a checklist from endurance sports dietitian Alex Larson, sharing what you can do in these final weeks to perform your best on race day. Carb Loading. For those running the half marathon and full […]
Birchleggers & Birkie Green Bib Initiative featured on WPR’s Larry Meiller Show
On Wednesday July 24, Wisconsin Public Radio’s Larry Meiller show featured a segment on upcycling plastic. Birchlegger Jim Tenorio called into the program to inform the state-wide (and beyond) listening audience of the Birkie Green initiatives surrounding our bibs which are made out of recycled water bottles. But the life those bibs don’t end on […]
Carol Ann Duffy, the first Worldloppet Master, passes at age 89
We are sad to announce that on July 21, 2024 we had to say goodbye to Carol Ann Duffy of Hayward, Wisconsin, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Carol was the first Worldloppet Master earning diploma number one in 1980 along with her husband Tom who earned diploma number three. Back in 2018, for the 40th […]
RUNNING STORIES: North Carolina Running Coach Makes His Way to Birkie Trail Run
Elite trail runner Cory shares his fitness story with the Birkie: “I grew up in eastern Kansas and ran my first-mile race three days before I turned three. This was the beginning of my love for running. I spent most of my childhood running through the woods and sword-fighting corn stocks. Eventually, I began training […]
RUNNING STORIES: 76-year-old Kohler, WI Native Completes Over 200 Ultra Marathons
Roy, from Kohler, WI, shares his running story with the Birkie: “I started running on my 32nd birthday, July 1980 (a late bloomer, so I had to catch up to the fast guys) and have been running since. I entered my first race, the Mayfair Marathon, over Memorial Day Weekend in 1981. My first race […]
Grand Opening Scheduled for Base Camp at Mt. Telemark Village, Home of the American Birkebeiner
[Hayward, WI, July 12, 2024] – The American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation will hold the Grand Opening Celebration of Base Camp at Mt. Telemark Village on Saturday, August 17, 2024 from 12:30P – 2:30P (15555 Birkie Blvd, Cable, WI 54821). “This is not about the Birkie or the ABSF, this is about a community doing something […]
