I’ve got it too! I know I am stealing Dave’s title but I really was going to use it myself. Like Dave, I have skied only one complete Birke; unlike him, I haven’t done any shortened versions. We both skied it in 1999, one year after we both graduated Bates. Dave was 19th, I was 20th, though he had a much better race (till the last couple Ks anyway) than I did and I never even saw him once.

I would have gone last year but on my way to the airport I got a call from Pat Weaver insisting that they were going to cancel the race due to no snow. I mention this because Pat ended up on the podium and I want to try to incite a rumor that he only told me that because he was scared I would beat him!
Anyway, I am missing two days of classes to go out and race so I need to write some lesson plans and keep my kids learning! Good luck to all the other maniacs racing in Wisconsin, and I will write more after the race.

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