2026 Tour of Anchorage Trip Highlights Day 1 Highlights Hillside Park Ski Adventures The first day, we skied at Hillside Nordic Trails, just a short drive from our lodging in Anchorage. We skied the pristinely groomed trails, then had participants ski a mostly downhill point-to-point trail called the “Tour of Anchorage Ski Trail” to Alaska...
2026 Paralympic Highlights
Four Gold Medals in the Bank for USA Paralympians Jake Adicoff, Reid Goble, and Peter Wolter Last spring, I had the pleasure of interviewing both Jake Adicoff and Reid Goble as they prepared for the 2026 Paralympics in Italy. You can read more about this interview at the following blog post: Chasing Gold in...
From the Midwest to Italy!
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...
Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome in Endurance Athletes
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...
Cold Weather Ski Training and Racing Tips
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...
Menopause and Training:
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...
Winter Bike Storage Tips
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...
Work 2 Ride
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,...
Healthy Summer Recipes
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...
Four Gifts of Cycling
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,...