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  • Fargo Marathon 2025 Race Recap

    I wrote this the day after the Fargo Marathon, but it took until now (end of July) to post it. I am preserving my immediate post-Marathon thoughts as they were then, although time has lessened some of the sting of this marathon performance. I am still wondering if this marathon is evidence that I am Read more

  • CentraCare Earth Day Half Marathon 2025 Race Recap

    Race morning dawned windy but with a manageable temperature for Minnesota, in the high 30’s/low 40’s. The CentraCare Earth Day Half-Marathon begins in downtown St. Cloud in front of the convention center. Unbeknownst to me, the start was in front of the Courtyard by Marriot, which was the hotel I’d booked for the night before Read more

  • Lake Wobegon Marathon 2024 Recap

    Lake Wobegon Marathon 2024 Recap

    This race report is coming almost a year after this race happened, and I am not exactly sure why it took me this long write about it. It was a marathon PR – 3:14:06 and good enough for 8th woman, 4th in my apparently more competitive age group (as compared to 30-39). But it was Read more

  • Sheyenne National Grasslands FKT

    Sheyenne National Grasslands FKT

    Since moving to North Dakota in fall 2020, I’d wanted to do two things: 2) Run the entire Mah Daah Hey Trail (and set a FKT), and 2) establish and set the FKT for crossing the Sheyenne National Grasslands. But, whether due to COVID or to other factors (or both), I didn’t race or do Read more

  • Manitoba Aqua Tech 50k Recap

    Manitoba Aqua Tech 50k Recap

    The decision to do the Manitoba Aqua Tech 50k (part of the Manitoba Marathon races) was a last-minute one, but the decision to run a 50k the weekend of June 17 had been on my training plan for months. I just couldn’t find the race that ticked all the boxes: affordability, geographic location, and distance. Read more

  • Lake Wobegon Trail Marathon (2023) Recap

    Lake Wobegon Trail Marathon (2023) Recap

    When I finally registered for the Lake Wobegon Marathon, it was mid-March. We were deep into a North Dakota winter, but an early May marathon seemed hopeful. Surely it would be warm(er) come early May. But as winter dragged on and dragged on, not just with cold temperatures but also with big city-closing blizzards, it Read more