After Ragbrai
As I reported in my previous blog post, last year my friend Cam persuaded me to participate in Ragbrai – a weeklong bike adventure across...
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Len Joy
Sep 47 min read
The Writing Life at 21
Twenty-one years ago, in September 2003, I received a mailer from the University of Chicago’s Graham School, inviting me to sign up for...
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Len Joy
Jul 2311 min read
Ragbrai
I don’t want to bury the lede. This story doesn’t end well. Last summer my friend Cam asked me if I would be interested in a weeklong...
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Len Joy
May 9, 20234 min read
My First 100 Races
On July 9, 2005 I entered my first multisport race – The Splash, Pedal, Dash Sprint Triathlon in Schaumburg, Illinois. Earlier that year...
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Len Joy
Mar 16, 20233 min read
Do Not Go Gentle...
I ran in the very first Shamrock Shuffle on March 16, 1980. It didn’t look like that picture. We ran through Lincoln Park and there were...
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Len Joy
Mar 9, 20221 min read
The Tom Sumner Program - Interview with Len Joy
March 8, 2022 - Len Joy interviewed on the Tom Sumner Program about his new novel, Dry Heat. Click here for the recording: ...
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Len Joy
Sep 11, 202116 min read
Casualties
This short story was originally published in The Short Story Library. Casualties The waitress refills my coffee. It’s five after eight...
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Len Joy
Aug 19, 20217 min read
And Somewhere Men are Laughing...
With the Cubs having traded away all of their star players their prospects for the remainder of the season look bleak. Not bleak, like...
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Len Joy
Aug 9, 20212 min read
USAT National Championship: Outcome
Yesterday I raced in the USAT National Sprint Championship in Milwaukee. It rained most of the night but the weather was perfect by the...
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Len Joy
Jul 29, 20212 min read
USAT National Championship: August 8
Since 2009 I have qualified and competed in USAT National Championships for Olympic and Sprint Distance Triathlons in Tempe, Cleveland,...
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Len Joy
Jul 13, 20211 min read
Dry Heat: Coming March 2022
My new novel, DRY HEAT, will be published March 2022. Check out the book trailer!
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Len Joy
Jun 25, 20211 min read
Everyone Dies Famous - The Book Trailer
Check out the new book trailer for Everyone Dies Famous: https://youtu.be/_GtXmYJimbA
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Len Joy
Jun 20, 20214 min read
"Where Your Treasure Is..."
This is a piece I wrote for Father's Day a few years back. I thought I would recycle it here in memory of my father and father-in-law,...
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Len Joy
May 24, 20211 min read
Countdown to Tuscaloosa: Race Day #2
My countdown is now officially over. I got lucky with this race photo – my race number is on more or less straight, my running form is...
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Len Joy
May 22, 20213 min read
Countdown to Tuscaloosa: Race Day #1
It has been 18 months since my last multi-sport race and 11 years and six months since I raced in Tuscaloosa. That was my first USAT...
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Len Joy
May 21, 20211 min read
Countdown to Tuscaloosa: 1 Day
Yesterday was the longest workout I've had: a 12 hour drive from Evanston to Tuscaloosa. It would have been under 11 hours but coach...
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Len Joy
May 17, 20211 min read
Countdown to Tuscaloosa: 5 Days
Just a few more days of workouts. Today we did a lot of stretching and flexibility work. This is a pike press exercise where I walk my...
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Len Joy
May 15, 20211 min read
Countdown to Tuscaloosa: 7 Days
Today is my 70th birthday and one week from today I will be racing at Tuscaloosa, so I thought this would be a good day to look back at...
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Len Joy
May 11, 20211 min read
Countdown to Tuscaloosa - 11 Days
It was a beautiful sunny day for my bike workout, except it was only 48 degrees, which is thirty degrees cooler than Tuscaloosa. The...
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Len Joy
May 7, 20211 min read
Countdown to Tuscaloosa: 14 Days
In two weeks I'll be in Tuscaloosa getting ready for the weekend of racing. Yesterday's workout was a practice duathlon at shorter...
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