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Brewhouse Triathlon Race Report

Race Date: Sunday, August 3, 2025 – 8:30am Going into the 2025 Brewhouse Triathlon, I felt dread. I didn’t want to do it. I was looking for an excuse to not do it. Go camping instead? Meh, I didn’t have a good enough excuse. I pushed off getting ready until the very last minute – […]

Minnesota Voyageur Trail Ultramarathon Race Report

Saturday, July 26, 2025 – 6am In the muggy, hazy early morning hours of Carlton, Minnesota it was all coming together for a great race. Ate breakfast, had some caffeine, found a bathroom near the finish line, found some sunscreen that I forgot (this had happened before)(thanks Lynette), my sister and brother were all set […]

Grandma’s Marathon Race Report

Race Date: Saturday, June 21, 2025 – 8:15am Grandma’s Marathon is one of the most fun weeks of the year, and I very much enjoyed the traditions that have started to become engrained. I registered for the marathon way back in October 2024 at Hoops Brewing, as a registration-day group run party type thing. After […]

Wild Duluth Race Report

Wild Duluth 50k Race Day: Saturday September 19, 2024 – 8am With a light rain Saturday morning at Oldenburg Point in Jay Cooke State Park, me and a record field of starters awaited the conclusion of race director Andy Holak’s pre-race announcements. The boardwalks and rocks are like ICE, he said. This was a special […]