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minnesota

  • what gets me through a minnesota winter.

    I say it every year: winter is hard – it’s been especially brutal this year – and I want to live somewhere where subzero temps aren’t a thing. Perhaps that’ll happen eventually (I’m looking…

    02/23/2022
  • 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…

    09/06/2016
  • 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…

    07/11/2016
  • race report: liberty 70.3 – 2016

    I ignored the number one piece of racing advice – never use anything new on race day – during my 2016 season opener. And, while I was never planning on “racing” Saturday’s Liberty 70.3…

    06/14/2016
  • saint paul sidewalk poetry.

    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! In undergrad, I took a women’s lit…

    04/12/2016
  • race report: hot dash 10 mile 2016

    Only in Minnesota do you wake up to two inches of fresh snow on race morning. I’d been stalking the weather all week, but nowhere did it say it would be measurable!  For the second…

    03/21/2016
  • let’s talk about the minnesnowta weather.

    It’s mid February, folks. And, that means we Minnesnowtans can’t stop talking about the weather (who am I kidding… we always talk about the weather here). Because spring is thisclose!  As much as I…

    02/17/2016