FEBRUARY 2003
CONTENTS
Vol. 19, No. 8
FEATURES
SILENT SPORTS EXERCISES:FUNCTIONAL TRAINING
Functional training is an athlete's tool not an end-all
TROLL HOLLOW SAVES THE DAY IN A BROWN WINTER
Skiers flock to manmade snow at downhill ski area
THE BIRKIE CELEBRATES ITS 30th ANNIVERSARY
An historic occasion for North America's biggest ski race
SOME LAST-MINUTE TIPS FOR SKIING THE BIRKIE
Helpful hints to help you have your best Birkie ever
SKI TRAINING FOR JAMOKES IS SELDOM STRUCTURED
Training schedule? What training schedule?
HIGH HOPES FOR TWO NEW CROSS COUNTRY SKI RACES
In this era of snow-drought, race organizers are nervous
DOWNHILL CHALLENGES AT NEW MICHIGAN TECH TRAILS
Rave reviews for the ups and downs at U.P. trail
XC Q & A: WEIGHT LOST & HILLS, MONITORS & BIRKIE
A heart-rate monitor can help you to a best Birkie ever
WINTER IN WISCONSIN'S POINT BEACH STATE FOREST
Lake Michigan shore makes this a unique winter destination
SNOWSHOE ADVENTURE TO UPPER PENINSULA CABINS
Hike in to rustic cabins scattered throughout the U.P.
MIDWESTERN WOMAN ON NAT'L. SNOWSHOE TEAM
Competition in Italy turns into literally a foot race
DEPARTMENTS
NUTRITION with DONNA MARLOR
A new way to carbo load is a legal ergogenic aid
CROSS COUNTRY SKIING with MITCH MODE
Numbers alone don't tell the story as the Birkie hits 30
WEATHER with TONY SCHUMACHER
Lake-effect snow: It's saving the ski season
ILLINOIS with BOB RICHARDS
No snow in Illinois? What else is new?
BICYCLING with DOUG SHIDELL
The MORCphing of the Lebanon Hills trails
RUNNING with TOM KAUFMAN
Everyone has different competitive instincts
PADDLE SPORTS with MIKE SVOB
Wintertime eddies: A miscellany of paddling
EDITOR'S LETTER
CORRESPONDENCE
SILENT SPORTS SHORTS
CALENDAR
MARKETPLACE
ON THE COVER
A tight pack of skiers during the American Birkebeiner.
Robert Bergstrom | 
