Category Archives: Race Recap

Hennepin Hundred 2025

Hennepin Hundred 2025 Pre-Race I started closer to the front than last year and was able to immediately settle into a pace close to my planned race pace. We had great weather, a little cool with clear skies. I was … Continue reading

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2025 Prairie Spirit Trail 50 Miler

After Hennepin I took a few weeks of recovery and then focused on keeping somewhat of a swim/bike/run base (swimming was very lacking). I knew I wanted to focus on ultras again this year (maybe if Ironman race entry fees … Continue reading

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The Hennepin Hundred – Race Recap

Hennepin Hundred Pre-Race Once we were running I remembered to switch the power mode on my Garmin to the one I saved that would have 29 hours of battery. I also had a powerbank in the mile 88 drop bag … Continue reading

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Night Train 12 Hour Ultra

I signed up for this race as a mini dress rehearsal for Hennepin Hundred as well as a long (very long) training day. Two weeks prior to this race I had also run a 6 hour race for a long … Continue reading

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2024 Ironman Des Moines 70.3

A little delayed race recap, but figured I’d better get it done with another race coming up on July 20th! I had just finished up my recap from Chattanooga right before I headed to race Des Moines on June 9th. … Continue reading

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2024 Ironman Chattanooga 70.3

I signed up for this race a little optimistically in late October, off the still slightly lingering adrenaline from Kona and the fear of the race selling out and missing the chance to race. However, after having double hernia repair … Continue reading

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Naples Paradise Coast Half-Marathon

This was an originally planned long-run that turned into race report! The Naples Paradise Cost Half-Marathon wasn’t originally on our radar, but JMR had a half-marathon on his training schedule while we were on vacation in Florida and happened to … Continue reading

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Ironman World Championships – Kona Pre-Race

This has been the biggest race of my life, a goal I wasn’t sure I’d ever achieve, so it’s going to a be long pre-race and race recap as there is so much to say! We left Saint Louis early … Continue reading

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Michigan Titanium 70.3 – Pre-Race

I am slow to get race recap posts done these days! Just about three weeks ago I headed up to Michigan to race the Michigan Titanium 70.3 on 8/13. I had been iffy about doing another 70.3 after Des Moines … Continue reading

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Ironman Des Moines 70.3 2023

This is a very delayed race recap, I was waiting for JMR to finish editing the photos he took during the race, but he hasn’t had time, so I figured I better get this out of my brain before I … Continue reading

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