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UMTR speech

The following is the speech that I gave at the end of the 2017 Upper Midwest Trail Runners banquet on Saturday, November 18th, 2017. I was happy with how it came out and so it seemed like a good thing to post for a blog entry.  Thank you all for coming tonight. Before we leave […]

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General, Write-a-palooza 2017

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 I was both excited and nervous about hitting this course for what would be my 5th race loop. My training over this winter has been utter garbage. My highest mileage […]

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General, Write-a-palooza 2017

Returning to trail roots

As this blog is going live I will be preparing to run a race that was my first big introduction to the trail running community in 2015, the Zumbro 17 miler. I had been running since 2010, but in late 2014 my wife convinced me to give trails a try. We did a small short […]

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