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The Race of My Life

The Race of My Life - Wild Duluth 100k I'm not sure how I go from a race for my life, to a race of my life in a month and a half, but it happened. I'm still trying to fully comprehend what took place and can't thank enough all the many great friends that believed in me and supported me to make it to this point.  I have never been one to place high at a race and have never considered myself to anything more than an average middle of the pack runner. I'm great at placing 200th when there is only 100 runners racing.  Most all my running friends know my race strategy to be go out hard, crash and burn, and hang on for dear life just to finish. This race that all changed. I became a contender!  I signed up for Wild Duluth during a low point after finishing my first hundred miler at Superior 100. Much of what I was battling leading up to that race was still haunting me. In my mind, the only thing to make it better was to race more After I signed up, I never gave
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Unfamiliar Places In-Yan Teopa 10 Mile

Unfamiliar Places In-Yan Teopa 10 Mile In-Yan Teopa was a last minute decision for me as I was not confident I was recovered enough from Superior 100 just 2 weeks before or even in the right head-space. After several friends said they would be there, I figured what the heck, I'll give it a shot and enjoy some great company! The afternoon before, I was with my friend Arielle and we were discussing how to approach the race. Should I go back to my normal and go out hard, crash and burn and hang on for dear life? Around that time, my Superior pacer Jayna text me to let me know she was going after it slow and proceed to list off her busy week day by day, with the highlight being Wednesday - "ate cake". This made me laugh! Ok, fine! I'll just enjoy some miles with all my friends who all said they were going to take it easy. Friday night was another sleepless one for me so I got up a bit earlier and got ready and headed to Frontenac State Park. I had heard many grea
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Running For My Life

Running For My Life- Superior 100 Race Recap This is the first time I have ever written a race recap, let alone written anything I have felt the desire to let anyone else see. I'm going to get a little deeper into who I am than I have ever let on, but I think it's necessary to talk about it rather than always hiding it. I have dealt with depression and anxiety as far back in my adult life as I can remember, but have never publicly talked about it. It has been a high stress year for me with work and some kid stuff.  I don't even know where to begin with this but I guess this journey really started in 2015 after completing the 50 mile distance at Superior and then decided this has to be my first 100. I made my first attempt in 2016 and failed miserably in the heat and humidity after I could not keep anything down or stop the excruciating cramping in my legs. This really haunted me for a year... I went into 2017 with a much different mindset and a bigger determination to
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