Kim Rudd – Endurance Adventures

From the Midwest to Italy!

Kim Rudd — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 03:06:48 +0000

A Closer Look at Three Midwest 2026 Olympic Baithletes! Over the past 30 years of ski coaching and racing, I have enjoyed meeting so many unique athletes from all over the Nation. I feel fortunate to know many of the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympians from the Midwest. Three of the Olympic Biathlon Team members (Paul…

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Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome in Endurance Athletes

Kim Rudd — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 19:38:28 +0000

Prologue, by Kim Rudd – The incidence of compartment syndrome among cross-country skiers has increased over the years, and for many has been misdiagnosed. Both of my daughters experienced lower shin pain while performing the skate-ski technique during their high school racing years. My oldest daughter, Hannah, was diagnosed with lower Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome…

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Cold Weather Ski Training and Racing Tips

Kim Rudd — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:36:03 +0000

I am currently typing this article up on the North Shore, with frigid temperatures around -15 and 10mph winds! I am leading the women’s Endurance Adventures North Shore ski trip, and many of the women are pretty intimidated by the upcoming forecast! Over the last forty years, I have trained and raced in very frigid…

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Menopause and Training:

Kim Rudd — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 20:20:53 +0000

Menopause and Training: Understanding the Shift in Your Active Body For the active woman, the journey through perimenopause and menopause can feel like navigating an unfamiliar map. The body you’ve known—tuned, strong, and predictable—begins to change. You may be experiencing baffling shifts in energy, elusive sleep, more frequent aches, and frustrating genitourinary symptoms. If you’re…

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Winter Bike Storage Tips

Kim Rudd — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:54:55 +0000

Bike Storage Tips November and December are perfect times to get your bike ready for the upcoming riding season. If you do not have time to do this yourself, drop your bike off at a local bike shop for a maintenance check before storing it for the winter. Most bike shops have special deals on…

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Work 2 Ride

Kim Rudd — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 16:57:15 +0000

2025 Women’s Dirt Shredder MTB Trip Highlights! The women’s 2025 Dirt Shredder MTB weekend kicked off Friday, Oct. 3, with registration and a safety bike check at Riverbrook Bike Shop. Coaches instructed participants on fundamental mountain bike skills and guided them on an afternoon ride at the Hatchery Creek South/North Loop. Following the ride, women…

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Healthy Summer Recipes

Kim Rudd — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 01:01:16 +0000

Transform your kitchen table with these delicious and healthy recipes! By Jenny Breen As a chef and public health nutrition educator, and an active person focused on endurance sports, I am always thinking about the ideal combination of deliciousness, nutrition, and energy. As a post menopausal woman (I just turned 60 and am thrilled about…

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Four Gifts of Cycling

Kim Rudd — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 19:40:49 +0000

Mountain biking offers the gift of confidence, adventure, community, and mental health. By Kim Rudd I purchased a new road bike with my babysitting money when I was around 14 years old. I grew up in Roseville, a suburb just northeast of Minneapolis. As a young teen, I remember riding out into the country, exploring…

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Women’s Mountain Bike & Pilates

Kim Rudd — Tue, 27 May 2025 15:53:43 +0000

Meet Your Instructors Kim Rudd Kim Rudd founded Endurance Adventures. Her passion for Nordic skiing began while she was racing in high school and was exposed to the famous Minnesota Finlandia. She continued to ski race in college at Bemidji State University, where she met her soulmate and adventure partner, Craig Rudd. Kim has enjoyed…

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Chasing Gold in Tandem

Kim Rudd — Thu, 22 May 2025 01:02:44 +0000

Reid Goble, Peter Wolters, and Jake Adicoff team up for the 2026 Paralympic Winter Games Goble/Adicoff Story I enjoyed interviewing World Cup skier Reid Goble and three-time Paralympian Jake Adicoff about their recent races at the 2025 FIS Para Cross-country World Championships in Toblach, Italy. I hope their stories excite Endurance Adventure’s readers to watch next year’s 2026 Milano…

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