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Running with the Big Boys (and Girls): The 2012 Clinton Lake 30 Mile Race Report
Image courtesy of http://laphampeaktrailrunners.blogspot.com My recent Kettle Moraine 50K trainer grounded me so into the earth with brute, relentless force that the next day I started to wonder, why...
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Transitioning into Ultra-Drive
Last fall I cut more than 12 minutes from my previous best marathon time. Part of the reason for such improvement was due to increased core and leg strength. The rest, I am convinced, was because of...
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Purposeful Pacing: Some Thoughts on Getting Your Runner to the Finish Line
Hanging with Jen at the Kettle Moraine 100 finish line. (Image courtesy of Martha Manzo-Walker) It’s been over 72 hours now since I watched Jen Birkner cross the finish line at the Kettle Moraine 100...
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Living the High Life: Pacing the 2013 Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run
If you aren’t living on the edge, you are taking up too much space. – Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mt. Everest Running opens the door to infinite adventure. Each test against the clock,...
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Meet the Meat Grinder: The 2013 Minnesota Voyageur Trail Ultra 50 Mile Race...
(Image courtesy of Kirsten Pieper) In this year’s comeback from last fall’s IT band injury, I have been doing a lot of sparring at the gym. It’s a good thing I have been doing so, because the only...
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2013: A Year of Patience, Perseverance and Perspective
After a 2012 that saw me break beaucoup barriers and dream of crossing the marathon finish line with a 2-hour-something time, it would be easy to assume that 2013 was a letdown year for me. I didn’t...
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Busting Quads, Skulls and Silence in 2017
Oh my god let me check Facebook again. And again. And Instagram. And my blog ohmergerd. And my YouFace my FingerTag my Ramma-lamma-ding-dong. One of my goals of 2016 was to stop spending so much time...
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Golden Hour Dreams (or Nightmares): The 2017 Western States 100-Mile...
A LONG TIME AGO… Before I had even run a full marathon, I was a bona fide Western States aficionado. It was the summer of 2010, and having drastically changed my life (and appearance) by quitting...
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