race report: superior man 70.3

After Toughman’s bike disaster, I really wanted to race one more time before Kona. Mentally, I needed a confidence booster, rather than going into my A race a little shaky and, honestly, kinda questioning my abilities. So, once we found a great deal on a…

09/06/2016

why you should run the desmoid dash.

My good friend Sonia runs for a few reasons – because she’s healthy enough to do so, for her patients and, most importantly, for her fiancé, Matt. And, they’ll both be running, along with hundreds of others, at this year’s Desmoid Dash. Sonia + Matt…

09/05/2016

currently: july + august 2016

No idea where the summer’s gone, but here we are at the end of August. I don’t like it! Make time stop! Bring back 9:30p sunsets! It’s always hard to accept that summer’s fleeting… especially when arctic temps aren’t that far away…! Anyway, here’s…

09/02/2016

7 ways to recover (sans normatec boots!).

Here we are, less than 50 days until Kona. How did that happen?! Training is nearing peak, and along with it, the heaviness in my legs. There’s nothing quite like that omg-my-legs-feel-like-they-may-explode feeling two days after a big training weekend, right?! As much as I…

08/26/2016

madison + IMWI love.

It’s hard to put into words just how much Madison and IRONMAN Wisconsin mean to me. If it tells you anything, I teared up both just talking about the mass swim start and when getting ready to bike the course on Saturday. It will…

08/05/2016

race report: toughman minnesota 70.3

I went into Toughman Minnesota 70.3 with a fair amount of mental and physical stress. I won’t go into detail about the mental stress other than to say that I think it dulled my mental edge a bit. And, as for the physical stress, well……

08/03/2016

kayaking the minneapolis lakes.

In this occasional series, I’ll show you around where I live, work, play and swimbikerun – Minneapolis / Saint Paul, Minnesota. I promise it’s not winter all year! One of the things I love most of MPLSTP is that it doesn’t always feel like you’re…

07/11/2016

currently: june 2016

You guys. How is it June 30? I’m soaking up as much summer + sunshine as possible – anyone else loving daylight at 9p still?! – but seriously. Time needs to sloooooooow down. Despite flying by, June was packed full of goodness, from sunshiny…

06/30/2016