Blog

  • 2014 Trail Rail 50-Mile Recap

    2014 Trail Rail 50-Mile Recap

    The Trail Rail Run, my first 50-mile ultramarathon came on the heels of a learning year. After DNFing the END-Sure 100k, I had a crisis of confidence inmyself, in my ability to run, in my ability to persist, despite hardships. In retrospect, with insight that only time and distance can give, I entered my first Read more

  • 2014 Fargo Marathon Recap

    2014 Fargo Marathon Recap

    A marathon is never easy. Or, a marathon is never easy for me. But some races are easier than others, and the Fargo Marathon falls right smack in the middle of my marathon experience. It wasn’t the hardest (that award goes to Windermere last year) and it wasn’t the easiest by far (that award goes Read more

  • Who put a train in the middle of my 100K? (2014 END-Sure Race Recap)

    Who put a train in the middle of my 100K? (2014 END-Sure Race Recap)

    I’m not kidding about the train. The night before END-Sure, I stayed with one of my favorite North Dakota people (okay, favorite outside of NoDak too, but that didn’t sound as fun) who was gracious enough to let me come late Friday, totally mess up their dinner plans, go to bed at 9 pm and Read more

  • 2013 END-TRAILS Ultra-marathon Race Recap

    2013 END-TRAILS Ultra-marathon Race Recap

    Less that a week before the race, I found out about the 12-hour ultra-marathon called END-TRAILS (run by North Dakota grassroots racing organization ENDRACING).  Since my longest run since my marathon in May has been 16 miles, with my highest mileage week between 45-50, I said “that’s crazy” and moved on.  But I love racing.  I’ve Read more

  • 2013 Tri-the-Heights Triathlon recap

    How did you spend your last runner vacation? I did a triathlon. I kept the Tri the Heights sprint triathlon under wraps until after the race (called a sprint triathlon because of the distance, typically a shorter swim, 10-15 mile bike, and 5k run). I hadn’t trained much (okay, at all), and I wasn’t sure Read more

  • 2013 Windermere Marathon Race Report: Almost a DNF

    Originally published on Salty Running. Was I overtrained? Yes. Did I carb-load enough? No. Did I peak too soon? Yes, for my PR in the Hurricane Half Marathon three weeks ago. Was the course unexpectedly hilly? Yes. Does that explain why it took me over 4 hours to run 26.2 miles? No. Not exactly. Why Read more