Author: Pam Solberg-Tapper

This has been the first year since 2009 that the ice on Lake Superior has been safe enough for foot travel to the Apostle Islands Sea Caves near Cornucopia Wisconsin. Saturday March 8th was the perfect day for a long training hike at the Ice Caves. The day was sunny with beginning temp around 10 […]

On April 9th, 2014 I will be among 48 people from around the world, including seven Americans, competing in the 12th annual North Pole Marathon. It’s a full 26.2 mile race on top of the world touted as the “world’s coolest marathon” with temperatures -22 F to -34 F. I will be running on an […]

Just got back from a hike – not a run – I tried running but couldn’t. It was too tough to plow through the 16 inches of snow we received over the past day and a half. I was happy that I got out before the snowplow cleaned the roads so I could test the […]

This maxim is really helping me as I prepare for the North Pole Marathon . Every morning I decide what I need to do in order to be true to myself to move my goals and dreams forward. It is easy to get caught up in the busyness of life and lose focus on my […]

The temperature was -20 F with winds out of the west at 17mpr resulting in wind chill of -44 F. Our schools were  closed for the second day in a row. There was a wind chill advisory in effect with warnings of frostbite in only a few minutes for exposed skin. It is hard to believe that […]

It was -23 F in Minnesota. The Polar Vortex gave me perfect conditions to test out some gear before my first appt at 8:30am. I knew that if I didn’t get out the door early, I would miss my opportunity to train today. What a morning, not much of a wind factor yet, the moon […]

  This blog will provide a place for me to write about my experiences and thoughts as I prepare for the North Pole Marathon (www.northpolemarathon.com ) slated for April 9, 2014. This event represents the peak of my running career.  It will be much more demanding than past marathons as far as mental and physical […]