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The Dam Challenge Triathlon 2014

October 4, 2014 Exercise
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Good Morning! From beautiful sunny and balmy La Farge, WI-oh that must of been my dream last night. It’ll be interesting to see of the 450+ people that signed up for the “Dam Challenge” triathlon race will actually show. My goal today is just to finish with not freezing off any of my valuable parts.

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Grandma’s Marathon 2014

June 23, 2014 Races
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I finished Grandma’s Marathon Saturday and survived, barely! This was definitely the biggest challenge of my life (to date), and as gratifying as it was to finish my first marathon, nothing was more gratifying then having my son’s support, and being there to meet me at the finish line-thanks Alex!!! Thanks to all of my […]

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Chippewa Challenge Triathlon 2014

June 15, 2014 Races
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What do you call 45+ miles of heavy wind, rain, mud, flooded roads, crawling under fallen trees, 2’ deep water holes, running into trees, falling in raging creeks…..an AWESOME time!! This was one of the biggest physical challenges of my life, “so far,” I placed 14th in male doubles. A special thanks to my brother, […]

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Root River Triathlon 2014

May 19, 2014 Races
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Saturday I completed the “Root River Triathlon”, the first of four scheduled for this year, and had a BLAST! I did better than I had expected, taking third place in my age division, and 9th overall compared to 57th overall last year. I couldn’t have done it without my wingman, Christopher Bolton, he did a […]

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MN Ironman Bike Ride 2014

April 27, 2014 Bucket List Adventures
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I finished another new adventure this afternoon, the MN Ironman bike ride, unfortunately I only able to 60 miles instead of the 100 miles I intended to do. It had a little something to do with the rain, 20 mph gusts of wind, and the 40 degree temperature-but there’s always next year. I have no […]

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Hill City Triathlon 2013

July 24, 2013 Races
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This race was tough, the hills were absolutely brutal. At least this time when I fell out of the canoe we were on shore, although it did feel like I was flopping around like a crappie.

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