TRAIL KIDS Summer Recap

It’s hard to believe that it’s already August! This TRAIL KIDS season has sure been a bustling one. Since April, we’ve had over 1,300 kids take part in our mountain biking and run/orienteering programs and the season isn’t over yet!  The season has seen...

Team Birkie Launches

Three of the largest cross country ski organizations in the Central Region combine forces to start a professional racing team  Central Cross Country Skiing (CXC), the Loppet Foundation, and the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation (ABSF) are teaming up to...

Celebrating Ten Years of TRAIL KIDS!

A reflection on her time at the Loppet Foundation by Loppet TRAIL KIDS Program Director Kim Rudd It has been said that it takes ten years of consistent hard work to make an Olympian, and I believe this is true – as well for any successful youth sport program....

Refugee to Runner: Mohamed’s Story

From growing up in a Kenyan refugee camp to running for Loppet Run 365 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mohamed shares his journey. Life in the refugee camp Born in Kismayo, Somalia, Mohamed’s family fled civil wars and moved to Dadaab, a site in Kenya that hosts refugees...