After many years of wanting to run this race, a few weeks ago I traveled to northern Minnesota to run the Arrowhead 135. While this race prides itself in being in the coldest part of the country at the coldest time of year, I could tell from the upcoming forecast that we were unlikely to […]
At the end of January, I’ll be running the Arrowhead 135 in upstate Minnesota. I’ve been interested in running this race for probably 6-7 years now, but while my kids were younger, the logistics were more difficult (especially since the race starts on a Monday, which basically means I have to take the whole week […]
I recently had the pleasure of being a guest on the Golden Hour Adventures podcast, where we talked mostly about winter ultrarunning. One of the hosts, Justin, is a fellow Alaskan ultrarunner from Fairbanks, best known for his Instagram persona @running_in_stache. We had somewhat known each other before, but we first officially met back in […]
Coming up this weekend will be my 5th year running the Susitna 100. After shortening the race to 50 miles last year due to COVID, it will be great to be back to the full course this year – although COVID is still complicating things, closing one of the primary checkpoints, and causing a large […]
So, you could say it’s been a while… 🙂 Much like the rest of the world, I’ve had my life turned upside down for nearly the past 2 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. My running has had its’ ups and downs during that time, and I’ve been racing less since so many races have […]
