Features and Departments
December 2006
Vol. 23, No. 6
CONTENTS
CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING
Don't stop skiing when the skiing's no good
Mitch Mode gets past bad first experiences
Avoiding the December blues
Lee Borowski suggests NordicTrack, CAT Skis & other options
2006-07 XC Ski Race Round-up
Our annual calendar of upper Midwest races through March
24 Hours of Telemark
Phil Van Valkenberg provides a snapshot of this 7-year-old event
Noquemanon adds a 'touring class'
Frida Waara finds category welcomes recreational skiers
CXC set eyes on Olympic prize
Mark Parman profiles regional Nordic skiing development program
National Nordic Championships
Dean Woodbeck finds Houghton, Michigan, ready for Jan. 1-7
The Lodi experience
Dale Fanney and daughters start a high school ski team
Gotta be ready for snow in Illinois
Bob Richards notes Illinois Nordic Weekend is set for Jan. 13-14
Snow season leaders
Jerry Harpt reports on early skiing on Lakewood & ABR trails
SNOWSHOEING
Excluded from the Winter Olympics
Jim Joque watches luge; lists region's snowshoe races
Perkinstown Snowshoe Races
Mark Berglund community rallies to keep event going
PADDLING
A cold shoulder no more
Jeff Long's converted by a winter paddle on the Mazon
December pittle-paddling
Mike Svob finds coffee shops & lost landmarks
RUNNING
Give back to the running community
Tom Kaufman advocates being generous
OF SPECIAL INTEREST
With political friends like these ...
Bill Hauda finds bicyclists not needing enemies
New books
2006 brings running novels, state guidebooks, travelogues and a winter survival handbook
DEPARTMENTS
EDITOR'S LETTER
CORRESPONDENCE
SHORTS
SOUNDING ALARM
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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