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Happy 30th, Simple Secrets!
The Back Page with Bruce Steinberg If you read the Birkie web site’s champion page, you’ll see the following on the 1991 race: Even ... -
What to do but enjoy
By Kelly O’Day, Editor What to do but enjoy Sometimes the best-laid plans, with layers of contingencies, all fall through despite everyone’s best intentions. ... -
The near-Birkie of 2017
By Editor Kelly O’Day Despite the best efforts of the Birkie staff and delaying the decision until the last minute, for only the second ... -
A Winter of Living Snowlessly
Even the Birkie was reduced to a party in 2017. The Back page with Bruce Steinberg December, oh December! – what glorious promise you ... -
Do You Have a Pole?
Skiing with Walter Rhein Some say the 42K Pre-Birkie is harder than the actual Birkie. You start off on Lake Hayward, and you never ... -
Lakewalk Love Letter
The Scott Anderson plaque next to a bench in Leif Erikson Park, along the Duluth Lakewalk. (Credit: Eric Chandler) Running with Eric Chandler I ... -
Stars Come Out and it Feels Like Home
Cycling with Chris Schotz, You never know when you just don’t know any better. Where is the breaking point, and who is that guy ... -
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Tootin’ March’s Something or Other
The Back Page with Bruce Steinberg, Author John R. Powers wrote in his book “The Last Catholic in America” that, in Chicago, “March was ... -
Pedestal putting
By Kelly O’Day, Editor, Heroes can mean so many things to each of us. Of course, it’s easy to venerate those pillars of community ...
