In 2022, I am focusing on paddling big miles in the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness. I am excited for some various races despite this, including some hopefully speedy, relatively short running races. And, of course, why not spice up adventure stand up paddleboard training with some paddle races! I’m very excited!
Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon – June 18
Vaaten Paddlar 5 mile SUP – July 9
Big Ole Paddlefest 17 mile – July 15
Brewhouse Triathlon – Sprint Course – August 7
Twin Cities Marathon – October 2
Wild Duluth 50k – October 15
Race Date: Sunday, August 7, 2022 – 8:30am Another Brewhouse. I feel like I get pretty nervous or anxious before Brewhouse most years, almost like a dread. I was probably the least excited for the year’s Brewhouse than ever before. In the back of my mind I thought about bailing on the race altogether. I […]
Race Day: Friday, July 15, 2022 – 8am My second year at Big Ole and fourth paddling race of all time started in a frenzy as I didn’t have a strap for my cell phone and 8 o’clock was only minutes away. I frantically searched through my car for the strap on the identical phone […]
Saturday, June 9, 2022 – 9am I was discouraged at the start line to see so few stand up paddleboards, but excited to try to compete and do by best. I signed up for the Vatten Paddlar 5 Mile paddle race in hopes that it’d be a fun training for the Boundary Waters traverse – […]
Race Day: Saturday, June 18, 2022 – 6am Another one. This is such a fun race and it was highly anticipated for me. It is crazy to think that this was the first race I really signed up for way back in 2008 (for the 2009 version). I thought many times during my training cycle […]
Race Date: Sunday, October 17, 2021 – 9:30am At the starting line of the Terribly Tough 10k, the very next morning after a solid yet taxing win at Wild Duluth 100k, I was finally sure that I would be able to make the distance. I didn’t know for sure if I’d run the whole way, […]
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