Meander to Manchester Brevet May 2022
Suzanne Rinehart, Claudia Langarica, Brian Farren and I got together to ride the 400 km (250 mile) Meander to Manchester, organized by Greg Smith. It […]
Continue reading »Author: Martin Gruebele
I work as a scientist at the University of Illinois. I enjoy ultraracing to stay fit. Wild Card training rides are a favorite treat. Racing highlights: 2011/12 season: podiums in all 200+ mile ultracycling races, with an 8:47 course record at Metamora 4x50; 2012/13 season: 3:11 Boston Marathon and 3d at Race Across America (RAAM) on a two-man team; 2013/14 season: 10 full Ironman triathlons with a 10:44/6th in age group, 19th in world ranking; 2014/15 season: a super randonnée series leading to the 1230 km Paris-Brest-Paris in 57:50 (7th/430 Americans), and USAT All American; 2015/2016 season: RAAM solo Master’s 50-59 winner; 2016/2017 season: 1st at Croom Zoom 100k run, and 3d with 100 miles in 17:53 at Houston Running Festival; 2017/2018 season: Badwater 135 qualifier.
Jay’s Fat Ass 2021
Time flies, and the first ultracycling race of 2021 is also the only one I did in 2020. This time, with people mostly vaccinated, I […]
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Lytle Park 2021
I did this spring Tri first in 2007. The days of winning overall are past, but I came in 4th overall in 56 minutes, 1st in AG, […]
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Jay’s Fatass 2020 edition
In the photo I am wearing a face mask holding my two trophies (Male Overall and Male 50-60 winner). I was one of only about […]
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Ironman World Championship 2019
IM Hawai’i is my Iron race #22. A nice round number, and my wistful goodbye to ordinary Iron distance triathlon. The siren of tougher races […]
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Ironman Boulder 2019
I was visiting Boulder to meet an alumnus of the Illinois Chemistry Department, but he unfortunately had an accident and could not meet, so the […]
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Eldridge 300k brevet – with Jay!
Martin’s report: Rikki, Ryan and I are qualified for an early Paris-Brest-Paris sign-up next year. This convinced Jay that he also needed to do a […]
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Eldridge 400k brevet
Report from Martin, Ryan and Rikki. On Saturday May 19, we ‘raced’ the 400k (249 mile) Quad Cities Randonneurs brevet in Eldgridge, Iowa, and came […]
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Ironman Texas 2018
I was in Texas for a few days for business, and signed up for the North American Championship for fun. No swim or bike training […]
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Calvin’s Challenge – 2018
Calvin’s Challenge, the venerable race in Ohio, has been rebooted by Maria Vazquez. Jay, Ryan, Rikki and I headed out to meet Collin Johnson in […]
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