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Choose Joy Over Gatekeeping | A Lesson from Baseball Run Tri Bike Everyday Athlete

I love baseball. I love watching and following the game – especially the Chicago Cubs — and covering minor league baseball for 15 seasons as a sportswriter was one of the most fun and rewarding things I’ve done in my career. Playing baseball was what I did growing up. I was a decent player, but […]

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Mike Knapp Contributor to Run Tri Bike The Premiere Voice of the Everyday Athlete

Mike Knapp is an author, writer, and content creator from Bartlett, Illinois with his wife, Darcy, and best rescue boy Boomer. Mike loves to travel, and go for runs when he gets there, having run in 10 countries on three continents. When his two sons were in high school, Mike served as a volunteer assistant coach for the Aurora Central Catholic track and cross country programs. One of his 2025 goals is to become certified as a running coach and help others reach their goals. He’s also finished his first novel, The Long Run Home, and hopes to have it published in the spring.

Mike has run 10 marathons, including the 2024 New York City Marathon, and has run lots of half-marathons, which is his favorite racing distance.

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