Category Archives: Races

Loppet Skijor 2014

Posted on February 2, 2014 by mushbaby

I’m having a lot of feelings about the Loppet this year. We finished, and nothing bad happened. If you recall last year my expectations for the Loppet were modest and simple: I wanted to finish, and I wanted nothing bad … Continue reading →

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Dreaming of Winter

Posted on August 2, 2013 by mushbaby

Well I guess we’re going to have to keep up with this skijoring thing, because we’re officially signed up for the 2014 Barkie Birkie and the 2014 City of Lakes Loppet 3K Skijor Race. Now all we need is some … Continue reading →

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Barkie Birkie 2013

Posted on February 23, 2013 by mushbaby

A lot of people who grew up, have lived, or do live in the upper midwest are familiar with at least one facet of the American Birkebeiner or have at least heard the name. To the uninitiated, the Birkie is … Continue reading →

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An Instance or Period of Reflection

Posted on February 3, 2013 by mushbaby

Bear with me. I scored so heavily as an introvert on the Meyers-Briggs test (the real one that is something like 1000 questions long) that I may have tipped the scale over and broken it forever. And not only did … Continue reading →

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Faced With This Commitment, She Waffled

Posted on January 31, 2013 by mushbaby

When I consulted my handy thesaurus for a synonym for waffle [verb (instrans): To fail to make up one’s mind: Joseph had been waffling over where to go.], it told me waver, vacillate, equivocate, sit on the fence: Faced with this commitment, she waffled. … Continue reading →

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