CHARLIE DEE CROSS COUNTRY SKIING  Steve Biggs would recognize Gary Engstrom anywhere. The reverse was not true until recently. They originally met last March at The ...

BY KIERSTIN KLOECKNER Training. The word which equally sparks me and drives me into the ground. This simple two-syllable word has brought me to my peak ...

BY MIKE MCFADZEN The Silent Alarm tracks recreation and natural resource issues that affect you. Have an issue in your area? Contact Silent Sports at silentsportseditor@mmclocal.com. ...

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.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.’” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...