Canadian Ski Birkenbiner 2013
Saturday, February 16th, 2013
When I first learned about the Canadian Birkenbiner nearly 20 years ago … I have always wanted to do it. Last weekend my friend Greg and I did the 55 km cross country ski marathon on the 25th Anniversary of the event. I made a fun little video of the day. Temperatures were just around zero degrees … and waxing was epic difficult. I broke both my poles during the race! (I like to think it was my POWER … but it is definately bad technique!)
The Birkie is a family-oriented, friendly cross-country ski loppet (recreational event) honouring the spirit of the Norwegian Birkebeiner legend. Reliving an 800-year-old historic legend of the original Birkebeiners who saved the heir to the Norwegian throne in a 55km epic journey. It takes place the second Saturday in February every winter near Edmonton.
It’s a premier “loppet” — a recreational fun citizen race, geared to mass participation, fun and bragging rights for the fastest. Some of Bryon’s buddies with Team Mito http://www.mitocanada.org/team/team/nord-skiing/ were the Fastest of the day … including Jeff Krar who who his age group.
Canada’s largest classical-format cross country ski festival.
