Getting Ready

September 6, 2010

Preparation seems to be the word of the week for me this week. Mike and I are preparing to go to IM Wisconsin for him to race and for me to volunteer. That means that we are also preparing to leave the kids at home with grandparents, so getting the kids organized and the house in order is [...]

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Long Run and Minneapolis Duathlon

August 29, 2010

Marathon training is a good thing. Racing my first duathlon is a good thing. Doing one right after the other is still good, but very tiring.
It doesn’t work out very often, but occasionally I run with my gym’s run club. This Saturday, they had a supported long run for fall marathon training. With a nice [...]

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13.1 Marathon Minneapolis- Race Report

August 22, 2010

Lately, it seems like the things I plan for turn out terrible and the things I do last minute turn out great. In June, I ran the Minneapolis Half and it did not go well. I had signed up early, trained hard, and had my worst half marathon ever. Today, I ran the 13.1 Marathon Minneapolis which [...]

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13.1 Marathon- Minneapolis

August 17, 2010

 
 
There’s a new race in town and I’ve decided to give it a try. It’s 13.1 Marathon- Minneapolis and it coming up quick! The race is this Sunday, August 22 and there is still time to register online before the deadline on Wednesday. 13.1 Marathon is a series of half marathon races in various cities, reminding [...]

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Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot

August 9, 2010

Ya, it was hot. We spent a few days in St. Louis, MO and then a few in Evansville, IN. In both cities we were greeted by a loving family and extreme summer weather. In St. Louis we had temperatures over 100 and in Evansville we had jungle-like humidity, something that people in Minneapolis complain [...]

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Road Map to Where?

August 1, 2010

This morning, we loaded up the car for a trip to see family in two states. When running was my only focus, packing up the running shoes and the Garmin was easy enough. Now that it’s the middle of triathlon season and marathon training, it’s a lot more complicated. While I could probably get by without [...]

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Heart of Summer 10K Race Report

July 28, 2010

I ran for a couple years before I started doing any racing. For my second marathon, I hired a coach and he was shocked that I hadn’t done any racing in preparation for my first marathon. In his mind, this was one of the many reasons I had a lousy performance. Once I started racing, I [...]

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DC Tri Wrap Up

July 23, 2010

Last weekend, my 15 year old son also did the Door County Sprint Tri. It was his first triathlon and we have been open water swimming and biking together to get ready. The morning before the race, we were looking at the swim course map. It looked like you were supposed to swim on the right side of the first yellow buoy, [...]

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Door County Sprint Tri

July 19, 2010

Waiting for the triathlon on Saturday to start, I had made the comment that having a good race was wonderful, but the best stories always come from the bad races. The silver lining of race mishaps and tragedies is that you can rehash the gory details for a very long time. What is there to [...]

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It’s Time

July 15, 2010

When it gets close to race time, it’s natural for everyone to ask, “Are you ready?” With a long race like a marathon or a long triathlon, that question makes sense since the body has to be physically able to go the distance. My race this weekend is so short, that unless I get hurt [...]

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