Activities
What I do when I'm not at a desk
Five of them. Running and lifting go all year; the rest take the months that suit them, which is most of the reason there are five.
The year
What's in season
A year, roughly
Running is the constant: a mile a day minimum, whatever the weather is doing. Around it, Minnesota does the scheduling: skis from December, trails and a tent from spring through fall, pickleball once it is properly warm, and lifting underneath all of it.
| Season | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Running | ||||||||||||
| Nordic skiing | ||||||||||||
| Hiking & camping | ||||||||||||
| Pickleball | ||||||||||||
| Lifting |
Filled = in season · the highlighted column is this month
Next start line
Superior Fall Trail Race, 100 Miler
100 mi · Lutsen, MN · September 11, 2026 · 37 days out
Running
All year
Running
More →At least a mile every day for four years, and occasionally a hundred at once.
It started at the Superior Fall Trail Race marathon in 2023 and has gone up in distance every year since: 50K at Afton, the Superior 50, then a hundred at Massanutten in 2025. Underneath the racing is a streak: at least one mile every single day for over four years. In September 2026 I go back to the Sawtooth Mountains for the Superior 100.
- Run streak
- 4 years
- 1 mile minimum, daily
- Ultras finished
- 5
- 2023 onward
- Longest effort
- 100 mi
- 34:45:24
- Grandma's Marathon
- Every year
- including one double
Nordic skiing
Seasonal
Nordic skiing
More →Three American Birkebeiners, and the reason a Minnesota December is bearable.
- American Birkebeiners
- 3
- completed
Hiking & camping
Seasonal
Hiking & camping
More →Spring through fall, usually with a tent at the end of it.
Pickleball
Seasonal
Pickleball
More →Summer, and the only thing on this list with no endurance argument behind it.
Lifting
All year
Lifting
More →The year-round baseline that keeps everything else running.