Shawn Connelly

Birchcast by Birkie

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Welcome to the Birchcast - the Official Podcast of the American Birkebiener Ski Foundation and the Birkie Ski. Run. Bike. Live lifestyle. For the pasts 50 years, the American Birkiebiener has been an instrumental part of growing the sport of cross county skiing in North America and the world. As the birthplace of the Worldloppet race series concept, and not to mention home to the current Worldloppet president, our executive director Ben Popp, the Birkie is proud to have played not only an integral role in the development of cross country skiing, but just as importantly, continuing to help faci...

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Shawn Connelly

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Stories for the Autumn Trail 15.10.2025 47:55

This episode features contributions from: Jerome Polling Mike Stiegler Peter Dorsen Jeff Tumbleson and Erik Blow Our theme music is by Kris's Henum & Erik Schulbring. You can read all of these articles in the 53rd volume of the BirchScroll, which you can find on birkie.com. Enjoy the rest of your fall and beginning of your winter. We'll see you out on the trail soon.

Birkie Week 2025 18.02.2025 25:50

Happy Birkie week everyone and welcome to episode two of The Birchcast, the official podcast of the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation. We launched this past fall with an audio version of our Birch Scroll magazine. And now we're back with some more stories and conversations In this episode, you'll hear from a unique Birkie Champion. You'll hear Birchlegger stories, a potentially life saving conve...

Celebrating 50 Years By Starting A Podcast 30.10.2024 53:24

Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Birchcast - the Official Podcast of the American Birkebiener Ski Foundation and the Birkie Ski. Run. Bike. Live lifestyle. For the pasts 50 years, the American Birkiebiener has been an instrumental part of growing the sport of cross county skiing in North America and the world. As the birthplace of the Worldloppet race series concept, and not to mention hom...