’Tis the season to don costumes and eat treats at the annual surfing festivities, otherwise known as Surf the Murph trail races. This was the year to pack your personal kite in your costume and propel yourself in the mig...
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As the 50-mile runners toed the line in the early morning darkness, they were greeted by flickers of light in the sky. What was a beautiful showcase of lights overhead was lightning that quickly changed into a loud, thun...
Pink was a popular color at this year’s running of Surf the Murph, as the race was dedicated to raising awareness and funds for fighting cancer. The Pink Panther (aka race director Les Martisko), complete with his pink e...
For the first time since the conception of this race, the course during Surf the Murph was wet, very wet. Usually the upper Midwest experiences dry weather during late October (Mother Nature usually uses autumn as prepar...
In the early dawn hours of the Saturday before Halloween our runners were greeted by unseasonably warm temperatures. Some of the costumed runners were even showing some leg, albeit fairly white leg. Who would have thunk...