This Saturday will mark the 20th anniversary of the last time I ran Grandmas marathon in Two Harbors, MN at age 23. It was my second marathon. Leading up to the race in 1999, my childhood idol and older brother Mike was my coach. My verbalized goal for four training months was to break the […]
This essay is in response to a 3-1 Rochester Park Board decision to restructure and pave Rochester’s only free, public, 400 meter regulation track located in the heart of Rochester, four blocks from the world renowned Mayo Clinic. The Park Board wishes to pave the existing cinder track with hot asphalt and shorten it to create […]
On a typical day, my small-framed, tenaciously competitive 8-year-old son, Finn, spends his time playing hard, getting dirty, and competing as though he is in a professional combine at the Joyner household with his two best friends, Kai and Ryk. With no organized structure, it marvelously resembles old school play. Starting to play is easy. […]
Mid-July, two enthusiastic players from my U10 girls soccer team excitedly set off to a 5-day local day camp. Improving ball skills, preparing for the fall season, and having fun was the objective. After the second day, however, one player had a mysterious stomach ache and was picked up from camp mid-morning, while the other […]
Iconic. Legendary. Epic. World’s Best. Bucket List. Triathlon Mecca. The above adjectives largely contributed to the intrigue […]
