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. As I sit here typing this, I too am feeling sad, longing to be back among the hills, woods, and trail family that I adore. I’ve long since learned that […]
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On Thursday, mid-way through the day, I got a wonderful surprise. An article that I had written for the Superior Fall Trail Race blog had been picked up by Ultrarunning Magazine. I’m assuming my friend, the race director, sent it on up to them, and I’m incredibly honored. It was an article that I had […]
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I awoke very early on Saturday to the sound of my wife’s alarm. She wanted to get some food in her stomach early, so that she could get it starting to process before she began her race. She had been looking forward to the Moose Mountain Marathon all year, and this was her big goal […]
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This recap will be hard to write. Not because I can’t find enough words to fill a page, but because editing this amazing weekend down to readable format will be difficult! If you’re looking for the TL;DR…. Amazing weekend, amazing community, amazing weather… 11/10… will do again. I began my weekend leaving the Twin Cities […]
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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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