On November 10th, 2018 I spent much of the day with a smile on my face. The weather was cold, much colder than a normal early November weekend, even for Illinois. As a Wisconsin girl, the cold didn’t scare me. The number of miles didn’t scare me and the amount of time I’d be running didn’t scare me. In fact,…
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Titletown Ultra Series – 8 hours in the furnace
So I haven’t been writing. Imagine that, this blog has always been a flurry of posts. Some month’s would be great, others not so great. Yet here I am trying again. I guess that’s something I also take into other parts of my life, like running and ultra running. Sometimes I’m not the greatest at planning and executing those plans,…
Lessons Learned
This year I’ve faced quite a bit of failure in my running life which is something I’ve never been used to. I feel like running has always come relatively easy to me, however the past few years have been quite turbulent. Maybe I should reword this, running is not easy, it never has been, but for whatever reason it has…
Her Madison Half Marathon 2016 – Race Report
I woke up early Sunday morning to raindrops, not just a few, a downpour followed by lightning and thunder. “Well,” I said to Andrew, “At least I’m not running 50 miles in this stuff…” Last fall, Door County was exactly 50 miles of this, minus the thunder and lightning. I checked for a storm delay on the Her Madison half…
Boston Marathon 2016 – Race Report
First of all, I’m struggling and having a hard time writing this. I want to tell you I had an amazing trip and that the race was simply magical but only half of that sentence is true. The trip out to Boston was a good one. I was able to spend lots of time with Andrew and Hailey. We got…
Lakefront 50k Race Report
LakeFront 50k – Race Report In December of 2014 I had two hernias repaired. After my surgery, I decided that the Lakefront 50k along Chicago’s Lakefront path would be a good race to build up some mileage. Even though most of my larger late spring races would be trails, I liked the idea of a nice flat road race. I…
Potawatomi Trail Runs 2013 – Race Report
Potawatomi Trail Runs 2013 – Race Report How can I sum up 11 hours and 50 miles into one easy to read and not boring blog? I seriously don’t know where to even start! So, here we go! Steve and I got up early 4:00am and we were still cutting it close. I was lucky enough to have Steve book…