Last year Grandma’s was a goal race for me, but in the last 3-4 miles it slipped out of my fingers and I decided to goof off. It was a reminder that I do this for fun. This year it was not a goal race, and a couple friends had some travel issues and we…
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Grandma’s Marathon 2016
Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota. Hot day instead of the cold, or at least rainy I was expecting. Thanks to Juli Seydell Johnson for making a bib available from her family. I owe you one. Nice race along the lake and a bucket list race crossed off. Other people I saw but didn’t have the…
Med City Marathon 2015
24-MAY-2015 Rochester, Minnesota, USA State 35, Minnesota, the Gopher State. Med City Marathon in Rochester (home of the Mayo Clinic), cold and wet, rough race for me today. Fun fact: Minneapolis has a skyway system connecting 52 blocks (nearly five miles) of downtown, which makes it possible to live, eat, work and shop without going…