The American Birkebeiner Competing through grueling physical activity for thirty-four miles in one day…lasting anywhere from two to eight hours…earning icy hair, tear-filled eyes, and stab wounds from poles…developing wet socks and runny noses…digging down to every last bit of energy hill after hill, amongst eight thousand others. This is only a portion of what one would experience at the Birkebeiner (also known as the Birke). The Birke is a premier …showed first 75 words of 2456 total…

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