Category for race reports
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 fall race on very runnable trail, with some decent hills on a beautiful prairie. It’s a small race, but you’re bound to run into people you know there. Many people […]
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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 be pacing a runner, Josh Henningson, later in the day, but since I would be at the aid station I decided to pitch in and help where I could. The […]
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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 would have it, the race director, John Storkamp, asked my to captain one of the aid stations that has been without a regular captain over the past few years. I […]
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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 because I knew that traffic from downtown St. Paul wouldn’t be very much fun. It ended up taking me close to an hour to get there, but I arrived nice […]
Read moreMy wife really likes the challenge of 1 mile races. So tonight she got us registered for the Midsummer 1 mile race at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. My friend Michael and I decided to add a twist by biking down to the race before the start. We arrived about 20 minutes before the men’s wave […]
Read moreFirst, let me say that I was REALLY looking forward to this race. This is the only one of the Rocksteady Running races that I haven’t yet done, as it usually collided with a 4th of July relay race that my wife and I would do. However, this year we decided to skip that race, […]
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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 was running the One Mile was to get a shot at a guaranteed entry into the Garry Bjorklund half. As fate would have it, my wife got an entry but […]
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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 up for a race out here. She found the North Olympic Discovery Marathon as signed herself up for the full, whereas I decided to do the half, since I already […]
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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 Moose Mountain Marathon in the fall, so I was familiar with the entire course, and felt that I could tackle the full 50K this year. However, things didn’t end the […]
Read moreThis year I decided to forgo my usual run of the Get in Gear 10K, and instead headed out of town with my three sons to Milaca, MN for the Runnin’ in the Ruff 10K. My boys came along with me to run/walk the 2 mile race, while I tackled the 10K trail. I had […]
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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 races I can fit in. The regular trail race series consists of smaller races around the area, and since I just ran Zumbro 50, and will be running the Superior […]
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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 an amazing introduction, not only to trail running, but to the incredible community that surrounds all of these crazy people. Since I had bagged my first 50K last fall, I decided […]
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