Category Archives: Race Recap

After having a horrible run (aka walk) last year during this race, I knew I was going to sign up for this race again this year for redemption.  I was going to bring my enduralytes and come off the bike … Continue reading →

Rather than going into the details training weeks 26 & 27, which at this point was well over a month ago, and because the training was pretty low with nothing interesting to report, let’s just get to the race recap! … Continue reading →

This was a busy race weekend, especially because the race was almost 6 hours away.  JMR and I left Friday early afternoon and headed up to Kenosha, WI, where were were staying for the weekend, as hotels in Racine were … Continue reading →

Pre-Race: JMR and I arrived in Effingham around 4p as part of our ‘Epic Race Weekend’.  Once we checked into our hotel, I messed with some of my gear (greased chain, put yanks on my running shoes, laid out nutrition and … Continue reading →

Oh man… how has it been almost TWO months since IMLOU?  I promised myself I’d write the race report right after the race…and then I got lazy…and then things got very very busy with wedding planning, buying a house and … Continue reading →

So I’ve been pretty quiet on my blog for the past month or so…. partially because I’ve been trying to get over my biking fears, partially because my training has been hit or miss and partially because life has gotten … Continue reading →

Warning: This is a very, very long post.  You might want to make sure you are sitting down and have a beverage nearby… As sad as I am to say, my training has officially stopped after Redman.  I crashed on … Continue reading →

….my weekend doing Triple-T!!  15.5 hours of training/racing and 140+ miles completed Friday evening through Sunday late afternoon.  Yeah, I ended up doing the whole darn thing.  I had originally planned to just do the first two races and see … Continue reading →

This is a very belated race recap for the Go! Saint Louis Marathon Relay I ran on April 7th  with JMR, my cousin and his girlfriend, H.   I had started to write the post and then it just kept getting … Continue reading →

So, as mentioned in my previous post, I woke up at 5 am VERY sore from my Yoga adventure the day before.  I tried to help improve the situation by using my foam roller, but it didn’t seem to help … Continue reading →