Race Date: Sunday, August 2, 2026 – 8:30am I had so many excuses to not show up for this race. The day before, I woke up quite early to work. I really wanted to get a few hours running on the trail after that, but was tired and hungry. I got a two hour run […]

Race Date: Saturday, July 25, 2026 – 6am I didn’t know how this would all unfold. 2026’s training had been reminiscent of a sine curve. Up and down. At the Grandma’s Marathon finish line, I felt like my pesky hamstrings were healed after a half-botched lead up to that race. It was an unbelievable miracle […]

Race Date: Saturday, June 20, 2026 – 7:45am Around 7:45am under bluebird skies, a race announcer finished their countdown through numerous blaring loudspeakers, which started Corral A for the 50th Annual Grandma’s Marathon. I watched the whole ordeal from 250 feet away in a bathroom line. I dramatically looked down at my bib to reconfirm […]

Wild Duluth 50k Race Date: Saturday, October 18, 2025 – 8am I went into Wild Duluth feeling fit. I had insane amounts of racing under my belt from the previous six weeks – a 100 mile trail run, 100 mile gravel bike race, inline skating marathon, and six NMTC Fall trail race series races. The […]