Race Report: Freedhem 46 gravel race
With my wife’s departure from the trail running world (due to knee issues) she’s taken a shining to gravel biking. I’ve happily joined her in…
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Race Report: Kettle 100K
As I contemplated my running goals for 2022 I knew that one thing I wanted was to attempt a race distance over 50 miles again.…
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Virtual Race Report: Badger 50K
Due to the pandemic, almost no trail races have been happening. One of the ones that I was particularly disappointed about was the Badger Trail…
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Race Report: UMTR Stir Crazy Solo Virtual Fatass 2020
Somewhere in our crazy mind, the UMTR Board decided that doing a virtual fatass would be a great idea, and to make it even crazier,…
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Lessons learned from a Tuscobia DNF
My plan was to pull my sled for 80 miles from Park Falls to Rice Lake. I made it 35 miles before I had to…
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Race Report: Savage 100
Prologue I’ve been in the trail and ultra running world for 5 years. In that time I’ve tried my hand at a whole host of…
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Race Report: Marquette 50K
It’s about time I put pen to paper and wrote this report, while I still have the memories in my head. This is the third…
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Race Report: Badger 100K
A couple years ago I heard about the Ten Junk Miles podcast. This is a fun show out of Chicago that bills itself as a…
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Race report: Willow 20 mile
Last year a new race burst on the scene from veteran race director Chris Swenke. He wanted to introduce everyone to one of his favorite…
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Race Report: Sandlot Minor League Half Marathon
A year ago a bunch of my friends decided to do something crazy… run a marathon around a baseball diamond. This breaks down to 384…
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Race Report: Surf the Murph 25K
This year was the 10th annual Surf the Murph races at Murphy-Hanrehan Park down in Savage, MN. All the way back in 2015, Surf the…
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Fall Superior Trail Races 2018
Coming back to reality after a big trail race is a struggle. My social media feeds are filled with people talking about their post-Superior hangover.…
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Treasured Haven Farms 12 Hour Run
Ever since I changed my running philosophy this year, I’ve been much happier with where I’m at. I’m not stressed about “the next big race”…
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Race Report: Chippewa 50K
One of my goals for 2018 was to get back into shape enough to tackle an ultra distance race again. I had a great streak…
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My crazy running friends…
The group of runners that I hang out with here in the northwest metro are a… special bunch. Or maybe I should say they’re “interesting”…
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Tuscobia Winter Ultra Volunteering
For the past year I’ve been fascinated by the trend of winter ultras. These are long, self-supported, races that are descended from survivalist races in…
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Icebox 480
On Saturday the wife and I drove down to River Falls, WI to participate in a wonderful end of season race, the Icebox 480. Many…
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Race Report: Surf the Murph 25K – 2017
This was my third year at Surf the Murph. Two years ago it was the site of my first 50K and my induction into the…
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2017 Grand Traverse 16 mile
Last year, the wife and I did a spur of the moment race up on the north shore called Grand Traverse. This is a low-key…
Read moreSurly Trail Loppet Half Marathon
Hot. That was the word for the day on Saturday when I ran the Surly Trail Loppet Half Marathon. I had signed up for this…
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Bluff Tuff Trail Half Marathon
Ever since deciding to focus the rest of my year on smaller races, I have registered for a couple that I’ve never done before. The…
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Afton 25K race report
This past Saturday, the annual summer gathering of trail people, known as Afton 50K/25K, took place. This event has been going on for decades and…
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Trail Mix 25K
This year we decided to add in the Trail Mix 25K race into the Upper Midwest Trail Runners Trail Series. It’s a very popular local…
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Zumbro 17 Mile Race Report – 2017
In yesterday’s blog I shared my experiences at Zumbro 2017 as a volunteer. However, there was still a race to run, and as Saturday dawned…
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2017 Zumbro Report
Strap in folks, this one has the potential to be a very long entry. Last year I ran the 50 mile race at Zumbro, but…
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Surf the Murph 25K / 50K DNF
This year I set a goal of completing 3 ultra distance races. I started out my year very early with the Zumbro 50 mile race,…
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Race Report: Nerstrand Big Woods Half Marathon
On Saturday the wife and I left the house before 7am to make to to Nerstrand for the 20th running of the Nerstrand Big Woods…
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Race Report: Grand Traverse
This past weekend the wife and I were planning on doing a 24 hour race down in La Crosse, WI called Goosebumps. However, over the…
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Race Report: William O’Brien 10 mile
For the second year in a row I decided to run the William O’Brien 10 mile trial race, north of Stillwater, MN. It’s a fun…
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Superior 100 2016: Volunteer Report – Day 2
We awoke early on Saturday to get up to Sawbill so Lisa could resume her role as the Pancake Queen of Mile 90. I would…
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Superior 100 2016: Volunteer Report – Day 1
For the fall Superior 100 trail race this year, my wife and I decided to dedicate two days to volunteering with the race. As luck…
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Endless Summer Trail Run Series – Hyland 7 mile
Wednesday night was the final ESTRS race of the season, and this incarnation was held at Hyland Park in Bloomington. I left right from work…
Read moreMidsummer 1 mile race report
My wife really likes the challenge of 1 mile races. So tonight she got us registered for the Midsummer 1 mile race at the Minnesota…
Read moreAfton 25K race report
First, let me say that I was REALLY looking forward to this race. This is the only one of the Rocksteady Running races that I…
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Garry Bjorklund (Grandma’s) Half Marathon
Last fall my wife and I ran the Duluth One Mile. The day prior I had run Moose Mountain Marathon, so the only reason I…
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Seattle Trip 2016: Day 8 – North Olympic Discovery Half-Marathon
Since Lisa and I like to combine some running with our travel, we decided to do more than just run some trails, but actually sign…
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Spring Superior 50K race report
The next big race on the schedule for me this year was the Spring Superior 50K. I ran the 25K version last year, and the…
Read moreRunnin’ in the Ruff 10K race report
This year I decided to forgo my usual run of the Get in Gear 10K, and instead headed out of town with my three sons…
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Race Report: Chippewa 10K
I signed up for a couple of the UMTR trail running race series this year, and because of that, I’m filling my year with whatever…
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Zumbro 50 Mile Race Report
When I started trail running at the start of 2015 the Zumbro 17 mile race was the first big trail race I attempted. It was…
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Afton Fat Ass training run
As I’ve mentioned before, a fat ass race is a group training run with “No Fees, No Awards, No Aid, No Wimps”. This week a…
Read moreRace Review: Blood, Sweat and Beers
In my previous post about my vacation, I talked about my experience at the Blood, Sweat and Beers race in Boulder City, NV. I gave…
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Vegas 2016 – Day 2
Saturday is race day! The plan was to complete two races, as part of the Blood, Sweat and Beers trail race. They offer the option…
Read moreNightmare on Elm Creek Fatass!
One of the trails that I run regularly is the Elm Creek Mountain Bike trail. In the space of about 2 square miles there is…
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