Features and Departments December 2007 Vol. 24 No. 6 CONTENTS CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING Fatigue and freedom Mitch Mode gets from skiing what others get from cycling A classic comeback Mark Parman sees a resurgence in classic skiing The perfect swarm Jerry Harpt enjoys the North American VASA in Traverse City U.S. Ski Championships return Dean Woodbeck welcomes event back to Houghton, Michigan 2007-08 XC race season preview Silent Sports & Skinnyski.com offer handy calendar The Peshtigo Putzer tumbles
Jerry Kiesow recounts ski trip in Marinette County Heaven on the Namekagon Bruce Steinberg finds rewards & risks in river skiing Noquemanon nutrition Donna Marlor shares her secrets to getting faster every year The long & short of it Lee Borowski considers short skis & when to skate your first Birkie
Learning a thing or two Joy Dvoratchek hangs out at a roller ski clinic Develop poling prowess John Burns suggests a climbing rope & suspended chains WALKING/RUNNING/SNOWSHOEING Nordic walkers come out swinging Darlene Prois finds poles popular in the upper Midwest Snowshoeing for the disabled Jim Joque looks to Special Olympics & Wilderness Inquiry Chicago's hottest marathon Bob Richards believes runners will learn lessons from this PADDLING When a dam not built breaks Mike Svob recounts the emotion flowing on the Kickapoo OF SPECIAL INTEREST Good reads reviewed New books on paddling, cycling, skiing, Midwest parks & preservation You, sir, are no Sen. Proxmire Bill Hauda takes issue with "Golden Fleece Award" for bike trails DEPARTMENTS EDITOR'S LETTER CORRESPONDENCE SHORTS SOUNDING ALARM
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