2025 Bayshore Marathon
Thank you to everyone who followed along with my little adventure this weekend! These journeys mean a lot to me, and it’s a privilege to be able to share them with you. ❤️ 2025 Bayshore MarathonOfficial Time: 3:51:01 #RunToBayshore
2025 #RunToBayshore – Day 3
Setting out northbound from Cadillac before sunrise, my goal is to cover just over a marathon by late morning. If I time it right, I can get there just as Crystal opens the doors at the Buckley Roadside Bar. She tends the bar there, makes me a cheeseburger, and homemade Cherry Cokes. She’s even been […]
2025 #RunToBayshore – Day 2
I have a few policies that I stick to when I’m out on an adventure like this. One is to wash my hands, every opportunity that I have. Running all day, my hands get slimy with sweat, sticky with Gatorade, and covered in road debris kicked up by passing traffic. Afterwards, I’m really not any […]
2025 #RunToBayshore – Day 1
Over the last few months, life’s obligations have made training difficult. Work, family dinners, high school baseball games….. these things are extremely important to me. But they also mean that running may take a back seat at times. Now that this weekend has arrived, I’ve been a little nervous as I’m feeling far less fit […]
7th Annual #RunToBayshore
It’s Memorial Weekend!! I’ll see you in Traverse City….. ☔ #RunToBayshoreTracking.MattsStupidIdeas.com
2025 #GrandTraverseRide
It’s that time of year again….. time for Heather’s MIAAA Conference in Traverse City! For the second year in a row, while she makes the trip in the car, I rode my bike to meet her at the Grand Traverse Resort at the end of the day. I’m not going to lie, it’s a journey […]
13th Annual Groundhog Marathon
I can race hard. I can be competitive. I can push myself to run great distances, long after my body wants to stop. But this weekend isn’t about all that. This weekend is different. It’s seeing friends from across the state that I seldom have the chance to otherwise. Its running the same short loop […]
2024 Marji Gesick 200
Wednesday morning I set out on a journey I honestly didn’t know if I could finish. I had no idea how hard it would actually turn out to be. Its very difficult for me sometimes to try to put into words a summary of these adventures. There’s all kinds of stats available to quote; distances, […]
#MarjiGesick200
Last September, after three failed attempts, I finally finished the Marji Gesick 100 Mile Run on my fourth try. This year, I’m honored to say that I’ll be one of 8 people invited to take on the first ever running of the #MarjiGesick200. Tomorrow (Wednesday) morning at 8am, we’ll head out from Ishpeming with the […]