I recently wrote a post on the Allure of the Marathon, where I talked about what draws me to competing in the marathon. For those of us that know the power of delayed gratification, the marathon is a perfect event for this.  The build up to a marathon is a balancing act of pushing your body to reach for new limits and fending off injury and set backs for a...

TreeHouse Youth is an organization that is focused on providing support for at risk teens within the Twin Cities metro area.  I have been a part of TreeHouse for more than two years now and have go to see first hand the impact that it has on the youth.  When I first started volunteering there I was truly astonished at some of the stories that some of the kids...

Despite a late start to the season I kicked off the racing year with the Get In Gear 10K.  I had originally planned to run the Get Luck Half Marathon early in the year but due to injury I had to pull out, so this was my first test of 2012.  Having run the race last year and living only about a mile and a half from the course I am quite familiar with the route, so...

What if I told you that you never had to buy another sports drink, sodium pill or electrolyte replacement ever again.  The mere thought of this might make some runners cringe, I know it was a bit shocking to me.  As an endurance athlete we have been well trained to believe that we NEED electrolyte replacements, sodium supplements, enhanced fluids in order to allow...

As the Zumbro 100 approaches I can’t help but get excited.  I have a number of friends running in the 100 mile and 50 mile race and it should be an amazing event.  I have found the these types of events draw an unique crowd of people and because there is not a lot of us we tend to stick together and you start to see a lot of familiar faces out on the trails...

Part II as promised.  As the first big 100 mile for us Midwesterners approaches, here are a few more words of advice for those of you setting out on your own 100 mile adventure this weekend at the Zumbro 100.  These are words of advice that I had to learn the hard way so hopefully now you’ll be better off. 1.  Managing the Low Points At no point in the...

I certainly learned a lot from the three 100 milers I did last year and could probably make a list of 100 Things I wish I knew before running my first 100 mil race but I decided to stick with ten.  Ultra marathons are great events a 50k, 50 miles and 100k races will test any runner, but as I found out a 100 mile race is in a completely different category.  Last...