Today, St. Patrick's Day, was also a day of dysfunction. Having an active imagination and open mind, I'm perfectly willing to blame leprechauns. But whatever the cause, it was (in retrospect) a day filled with incidents that were both amusing and a bit disturbing. Here are some of my experiences today. Draw your own conclusions. …
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My trip back from the Minnesota Voyageur ultra took me through Michigan's Upper Peninsula, a drive I haven't made in quite some time. All I remember from my previous trip was a lot of trees and not much else along US-2. My drive from the Duluth area to St. Ignace, then over the Mackinac Bridge …
WHAT A RELIEF. Two months after my crash-and-burn DNF at Glacier Ridge, I successfully completed the Voyageur Trail Ultra in Carlton, Minnesota, a little 50-mile jaunt to Duluth and back along a picturesque, and often treacherous, set of trails. The Voyageur was a dress rehearsal for my upcoming 100K attempt at Run Woodstock, and I ran it with …
Continue reading Feeling the Power! Voyageur Trail Ultra 50 Recap
My best wishes for a peaceful and joyous Easter to everyone, regardless of your faith or celebration preference. Spring, with its promise of renewal, is upon us! We read these words from Paul's epistle to the Hebrews in church this morning: Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us …
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