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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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Tagged fitness, marathon, running, trail-running, training, ultrarunning
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Hennepin Hundred 2025 Pre-Race
When I finished Hennepin last year (well a few weeks after the race when my feet had healed), I knew I wanted to run another 100 mile ultra in the future. After looking at what races I wanted to do … Continue reading
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Tagged fitness, half-marathon, marathon, running, training, ultrarunning
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Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim
I could write pages and pages about this trip, however I will stick with the highlights and not get too into the details. This trip had been on my bucket list for several years, I wasn’t sure about doing it … Continue reading
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Tagged arizona, grand-canyon, hiking, national-parks, r2r, r2r2r, travel
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The Hennepin Hundred – Pre Race
Running a 100 mile race has been on my list of goal races for years, at first as a ‘probably-not-possible-but-don’t-rule-it-out’ goal, and then after running a 100k in the spring of 2023, it turned into a ‘maybe-possible(?)’ goal. Another reason … Continue reading
Taking Advantage of the Off-Season
I’ve been quiet over here for a bit and so has my training. Usually during the off-season I shift into more of a running focus, however I had some various health issues that I decided needed to take priority. My … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, health, hernia, inguinal hernia, surgery, triathlete
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Ironman World Championships – Kona: Swim
Pre-Race Once the horn went off and everyone started swimming it was impossible to find any place to swim, it was so crowded we were all swimming on top of each other. I tried to stay calm and kept trying … Continue reading
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Ironman World Championships – Kona: Bike
The Swim Off I went, and the bike course was crowded! The first part of the bike is a 6 mile-ish out and back along the Kuakini Highway, then up steep Palani to turn onto the Queen K highway to … Continue reading
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Ironman World Championships – Kona: Post-Race
The Run After the race I sort of slept (the crappy kind of sleep you get post-race), but was up early to head to the Merchandise tent by 8a to wait in line for finisher gear, as it opened at … Continue reading
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Ironman World Championships – Kona: The Run
The Bike I was thrilled to be off my bike, and relieved that other than my pokey power numbers, it was uneventful. Once in transition a volunteer helped me rack my bike, I took off my bike shoes, grabbed my … Continue reading
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Michigan Titanium 70.3 – The Race
I felt a little out of sorts while starting the swim, I knew I wasn’t pulling correctly or finishing my stroke, for some reason I am always in survival mode at the beginning of the swim, just trying to sight … Continue reading
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Running in the Moment 