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 feeling good, keeping my eyes on my watch to see when I should take a…
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 drop I’ll give a full another go), so I decided to kick off the season…
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 in case I was running low and would need to charge but was hoping 29…
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 training day and to practice nutrition. Due to the heat, I failed at trying anything…
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. The last time I raced 70.3’s so close together was back in 2016, which went…
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 surgery in January and taking a full month off after of no activity, I was…
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 find this one near my parent’s condo. Since I had just returned to activity at…
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 Saturday morning, a week ahead of the race to ensure I had plenty of time…
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 as there weren’t very many 70.3’s within driving distance in early/mid August, and the ones…
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 completely forget everything before the next race 🙂 To be really honest, I wasn’t super…
100K… Take Two! Prairie Spirit Trail 100K Race Report
(warning, this is a long one!) When the emotional and physical fatigue won and I dropped out of Queeny at the end of loop 10, falling 4 loops short of my goal of 100k (62ish miles), I was really bummed out. After sleeping on it (for a couple of nights.. not as many as I…
Queeny Backyard Ultra 2023
Well, all I can say is that the race conditions this year were completely different than 2022, and not in a good way! I knew signing up for a race at the beginning of March can be risky, but I took the risk last year and it was a great day (still in my top…
Ironman Chattanooga 2022 – Pre-Race
Just like that, Ironman #7 is done! I guess that’s a spoiler that I finished, but I have more exciting details that I’ll hold off on 🙂 JMR and I headed down to Chattanooga the Thursday before the race around noon, and were supposed to arrive around 7:45p but hit terrible traffic and got in…
Get Your Butt Kicked @ Route 66 – 6 Hour Race Report
After the Muddy River Half Marathon, which I didn’t really race, I decided I wanted to do another running race before IM Chattanooga, and was leaning towards more of an ultra distance. After perusing Ultrasignup, I saw a local ultra club was putting on a 6 hour timed event nearby in early July. Perfect! No…
Ironman Steelhead 70.3 Pre-Race
I raced Ironman Steelhead 70.3 back in 2016, and crashed and burned on the run, so I have had this race on my list for a rematch. This time around I definitely had some expectations (beating my time in 2016, if anything at least the run time), but also to just have fun since my…
Queeny Backyard Ultra Race Report
The idea of doing this race started last November when I was looking at races to add along with Ironman Chattanooga and Steelhead 70.3. I was wanting to do another ultra, but since ultra training and IM training don’t go very well together, I would need to either build up running mileage early in the…
IMWI ’21 – Pre-Race
Man, I can’t believe another IM is over and done… it’s been three weeks since I was standing at the start line, slightly dreading racing knowing how long of a day it was going to be and that there was going to be some suffering…. but then once I crossed the finish line I forget…
Ironman Coeur d’Alene – Pre-Race
This past Sunday I got to race an Ironman! It felt like I had been training for forever for this race. I had put in a good chunk of training for St. George during the winter 2019/early spring 2020 only to have the pandemic put everything on pause. I still kept up with training and…
Go! Saint Louis Half Marathon and Training Updates
Two Sundays ago I got to race again! Go! Saint Louis was going to put on a modified race weekend, which included a full and half marathon, to say I was excited was an understatement. This year they split the half-marathon to be on Saturday and Sunday and the full on Sunday, both with reduced…
Kansas Rails to Trails 50 Mile Race Report!
I got to race again this year (!) and this time it was another big goal I have been wanting to pursue, a 50 mile race. It had been on my list for a few years, but the timing was just never right. However with all of my triathlons cancelled this year, I had nothing…
Katy Trail 50K Race Report!
I had started a post when I was tapering for this event, but was worried it would jinx the race actually happening so I never posted it. It was hard to stay tight lipped about this race, but I figured I’d be more sad if I had to tell people the race was cancelled (like…
Ironman Chattanooga – Pre-Race
I was determined to hammer out this race report while everything was still fresh, and it’s still took me over three weeks! So here we go! JMR and I left Saint Louis around 8:30a, since Chattanooga is 6.5 hours away and I wasn’t doing the ‘leaving in the afternoon to avoid taking a whole day…
Route 66 Half Tri Race Recap
This past Saturday I raced my last triathlon until the big one for the year – Ironman Chattanooga – in September! I’m also happy to report that it went well, which is always encouraging when you can see the actual progress or improvements you are making in training in race results, or at least it…
Hannibal Cannibal 10k Race Recap
This year I decided I would finally race the Hannibal Cannibal since it is a race my tri team usually does. It usually is too close to the 4th of July run I like to do, so usually I choose that race instead. However this year I was up for the challenge! (sidenote this was…
Fresh Ideas HalfMax Triathlon Race Recap
Since I’m racing more this season I figured I better be a little speedier with my race reports before the next race is here! Granted my next big race is five weeks away, but time flies and memories fade so I might as well get this one done! So a little backstory to this race. …
Chattanooga 70.3 – Pre-Race
Whew! First tri of the year is done! It was also quite the adventure since I traveled to Chattanooga solo, as JMR had a race in Quincy, IL the same weekend. I left Saint Louis around 8:15a on Friday, and overall it was a pretty uneventful drive, but hitting rush hour traffic in Nashville made…
2019 Illinois Half Marathon Race Recap
I wish I had written this as soon as I got home, since now a couple of weeks have gone by and it isn’t as fresh in my mind, but I still remember most of the important race details 🙂 Friday afternoon JMR and I drove the 3 hours to Champaign, IL, went straight to…
Ironman Louisville 2018 Race Report – Pre-Race
We arrived in Louisville Thursday evening so we could sleep in Friday morning and then head to packet pick up, rather than getting up super early Friday morning to travel and feel rushed all day. So Friday morning I headed to packet pickup around 10a, attended the Athlete briefing at 11, grabbed lunch and then…
Ironman St. George 70.3 Pre-Race
It’s been almost a month since the race, and I’ve started and stopped this race report several times, so I figured I better finish it up I forget all of the details of the race! Or forget the logistics, man there were a lot of logistics with this race! Our journey started with us flying…
Steelhead 70.3 Pre-Race Report
Well I raced my ‘A’ race of the season this past weekend and even though it didn’t go as planned (spoiler: no PR and breaking 6 hours…boo..hiss), there were some good parts and also some learning lessons, so I can’t say that it was all bad. JMR and I headed up to Benton Harbor Friday…
Cutting Edge Classic Half
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 feeling great and crush the run! Well, that was the plan. However mother nature had…
IMWI: Pre-Race
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! After spending many hours packing (I kid you not, I think I spent four hours…
IM Racine 70.3: Pre-Race
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 booked before I registered for the race. The drive up was pretty uneventful, and we…
Cutting Edge Classic Half Race Report: Pre-Race
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 the rest of my gear), and also checked the weather for Sunday. Hmm…it’s going to…
Ironman Louisville 2014 – Pre Race Report
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 selling my condo, and before I knew it, it was 10/20/14…almost November?!?! So, without any more…
KS 70.3 Race Report: Pre-Race
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 in the way and I just didn’t make the time. Lots of changes since my…
Redman Half 2013 Race Recap: Part I
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 the bike 5 miles in and then my race was over. There’s the short story. …
I survived…(Triple T Race Recap – Race #1)
….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 how things felt hip-wise, but because they were feeling good, I just kept going, and…
Go! Saint Louis Marathon Relay Race Recap
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 neglected! Now that I have some training/racing updates, I need to get this recap posted! …
Go! Saint Louis Halloween 10K Race Report
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 much. After dallying and procrastinating, I finally gathered up my stuff and hopped into the…
Pre-race: The Road Trip
Thursday at work was busy, but I was slightly distracted by the series of events that layed ahead of me the next few days. Fortunately things went smoothly and I was able to get home at a decent time and get all of my pre-race tasks completed by 6:30p (drop off the little guy, pick up wetsuit, drop of…
TriGreen Triathlon Race Report
I chose this race because I’ve never done an Olympic distance race before and needed another race as a ‘tune up’ for the half in September. After looking at the race calendar this one seemed to be an ideal one on the perfect weekend. I was going to carpool with my neighbor who does tri’s…
Running in the Moment 