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wisconsin

  • race report: madeline island half marathon

    When Nick decided a few months ago to run the Madeline Island Marathon, I had to track down a bib for the half – because running around an island sounded like the best way…

    06/23/2018
  • american birkebeiner start line

    week 8 positive: the birkie.

    Week 8 positive: the Birkie With Luma, three pairs of skate skis and two fat bikes in tow, we headed to the Wisconsin woods last weekend for the American Birkebeiner. Except the Birkie cross…

    03/05/2017
  • race report: ironman wisconsin 2015

    Our lives are not determined by what happens to us, but by how we react to what happens, not by what life brings us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive…

    09/24/2015
  • on gearing back up for IMWI.

    Following a big training weekend in northern Wisconsin, Nick and I were being lazy relaxing when I noticed my IRONMAN Coeur d’Alene medal hanging on the mantel (highly debatable living room decor, I know). It…

    08/26/2015
  • birkie 2015.

    I got my first pair of cross country skis when I was 12 and spent many fun afternoons skiing at Lake Bronson State Park, trying not to laugh at mom as she careened off…

    02/24/2015
  • training weekend in the wisco woods.

     Wisco didn’t disappoint this past weekend.  After a 13.5-mile run along the Mississippi on Friday – it’s fun when you PR on a training run – Nick and I packed our swimbikerun gear and headed to…

    07/16/2014
  • lake superior ice caves.

    We’ve been cooped up in MSP the last month or so and since there isn’t a warm weather vacay on the calendar, Nick and I did the next best thing: Drove farther north to…

    02/10/2014