TDR Podcast #80 – March 2025 Rundown

Race results are in from the first YAF series race, the Fennessey 4k, from Grandma’s Marathon. Upcoming races include another YAF race, Fitgers 5k on April 12th. The Victory 5k in Hibbing is on April 26th, and the NMTC Spring Trail Race Series begins on April 30th. Trail Conditions: Closed. If it’s below freezing they … Read more

TDR Podcast #79 – Eric Nordgren Interview

Eric is a previous TDR Podcast interview subject, local Duluth runner/gravel cyclist/nordic skier, and had a tremendous race season in 2024 as a fresh 40-year-old. Eric had a foot surgery, and finished both the Day Across Minnesota 240-mile gravel bike race and Superior Fall 100 Mile trail run, all within 6 months! Listen in to … Read more

TDR Podcast #79 – February 2025 Rundown

Race results are fresh off the press from the Freeze Yer Gizzard Blizzard Run 5k/10k, Duluth Winter Trailrunning Series races Hartley 10k and Frozen 4 Hour/5k, and the infamous Arrowhead 135. The single early-season race we could find locally is the Saint Fennessy 4k in Hermantown on March 15, 2025. Registration is open! Trail conditions are … Read more

TDR Podcast #78 – January 2025 Rundown

Race results are in from the Gobble Gallop, and the Duluth Winter Trailrunning Series. There are two races left in the Series: Hartley 10k on 1/25 and Frozen 4 Hour on 2/15. Freeze Yer Gizzard Blizzard Run in I-Falls is 1/18, and dot watchers can enjoy Arrowhead 135 starting 1/27.  Trail Conditions have been utterly … Read more

TDR Podcast #77 – November 2024 Rundown

Race results are coming in hot from the Superior Nightmare 5k, the season finale of the NMTC Fall Trail Race Series which was at Hawk Ridge, and the North Country Trail Races “15x”. Upcoming races include the Gobble Gallop on Thanksgiving morning, and the Duluth Winter Trailrunning series kickoff at the Chester Rim 5k mid-December. … Read more

TDR Podcast #75 – John Vallez Interview

John Vallez is a local Duluth runner specializing in trail ultramarathons. A former soccer player, as well as high school and collegiate track and cross country runner, John has been living in Duluth and running on area trails for 10 years. A self-proclaimed “grinder”, John has embarked on several long-distance trail races up to and … Read more