Featured PC: Scott Laudick – https://scottlaudickphotography.smugmug.com/Sports/Badger-Trail-Races-2021/ For the first time in over a year, I lined up on a start line of an actual event. Who knew that the Tuscobia 80 DNF at the end of 2019 would be the final event of my racing career for 17 months? What a crazy year it’s been. […]
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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 pull the plug, registering my first winter ultra DNF. So what went wrong? It almost all came down to my back. I’ve never pulled a sled for 30+ miles before […]
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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 different races, both in distance and format. However, I had yet to try a 100 mile race, and I decided that 2019 would be the year that I would consider […]
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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 year that I’ve signed up for the Marquette 50K. The previous two times that I’ve registered, I’ve ended up not running it. Either I wasn’t in shape for it, or […]
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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” because I don’t actually have any races planned. I’m just doing things when I feel like it. Case in point, the Treasured Haven Farms 12 Hour Run that I did […]
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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 of races at the end of 2015 and into early 2016, but then everything fell apart, and in 2017 my longest single run was 19 miles. I knew that part […]
Read moreToday was inking day. I decided I wanted to get a tattoo to commemorate my first ultramarathon, and after a couple weeks of working with my tattoo artist we came up with a design that I really love. So today I went into the shop for a couple hours and got it applied. My artist […]
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I completed my first ultra marathon today, the Surf the Murph 50K. I’m tired. I need a shower. I need a beer. I need food. So for now I’m just going to post my Instagram and call it a day. We were supposed to hit a Minnesota United FC game tonight, but I don’t think […]
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