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Voyageur 50 Mile Race Report

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 […]

Grandma’s Marathon Race Report

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 Wildman Challenge Race Report

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 […]

Heck of the North 100 Mile Race Report

Race Date: Saturday, October 5, 2025 – 8am The last time I signed up for the Heck of the North gravel bike race was 10 years prior, in 2015. Since then, I had upgraded my bike to a carbon crusher, finished a handful of 100+ races (Day Across MN ’21 and ’24, Le Grand Du […]