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Wagner: Setting goals helps maintain focus 
Bemidji, Minn. - About this time every year, I like to take a few moments to reflect on the past year and, more importantly, set goals for the coming year.
By Steve Wagner / Forum Communications Co. , December 09, 2012
Wagner: Preparation key to race-day success
Bemidji, Minn. - In the early morning desert air, thousands of spectators line the Mill Avenue bridges, high above the athletes in the water below.
By Steve Wagner / Forum Communications Co. , November 18, 2012
Wagner: Focusing on time can be a useful training plan
Bemidji, Minn. - The days since the Twin Cities Marathon were adding up, and I was on my self-imposed break from running. This past weekend would bring the first steps back for me after my longest break from the sport.
By Steve Wagner / Forum Communications Co. , October 21, 2012
Wagner: Falls offers a variety of running conditions
Bemidji, Minn. - Autumn’s volatility provides for one of the interesting guessing games for runners.
By Steve Wagner / Forum Communications Co. , October 14, 2012
Wagner: Early morning runs can be inspiring
Bemidji, Minn.
Five miles into my run, I reached a river crossing to find an expanse of sky opened up among the tower pine, elm and birch.
By Steve Wagner / Forum Communications Co. , July 22, 2012
Wagner: Running for a cause brings added purpose to training
There are numerous traits I admire about runners.
By Steve Wagner / Forum Communications Co. , June 24, 2012
Wagner: Area runners vie for trip to London at U.S. Trials
Later this week, a half dozen athletes with ties to the area will compete at the U.S. Olympic Trials.
By Steve Wagner / Forum Communications Co. , June 17, 2012
Wagner: USA running trials an inspiring event
Bemidji, Minn.
Once every four years, track and field takes center stage across the globe as the top athletes from more than 200 countries gather for the Olympics.
By Steve Wagner / Forum Communications Co. , June 10, 2012
Wagner: Plenty of notable races on this summer's calendar
Bemidji, Minn.
With the unofficial start of summer here with the Memorial Day holiday, it gives us runners plenty to get excited about.
By Steve Wagner / Forum Communications Co. , May 27, 2012
Wagner: We can't control the weather, but we can prepare for it
As a runner, there are a lot of aspects of our sport we can control.
By Steve Wagner / Forum Communications Co. , May 13, 2012
Wagner: Adventure race an enduring experience
We stood beneath a gray sky as the wind hurled gusts of 25 mph at us.
Months of planning and anticipation had led to this moment, and we still didn’t really know what was in store for us.
By Steve Wagner / Forum Communications Co. , April 29, 2012
Options open with new workout components
So I finally pulled the trigger. To satisfy my intrigue with cycling, and determined to add a new component to my endurance training, last week I visited a local bike shop.
By Steve Wagner , March 25, 2012
Wagner: Changing workouts brings new challenges
The other day I was driving on a lonely stretch of road between Fargo and Bemidji.
The ribbon of asphalt, stretched to the horizon, was marked by long, gradual inclines, the type of hills that force you as a runner to slow the pace as your hamstrings start to burn from the work.
One day, I found myself saying, I will run this stretch of road just to say I did it.
By Steve Wagner , March 18, 2012
Inspiration aids in accomplishing goals
Three simple words have carried me through some rough spots.
Simple, but succinct, the words were spoken by Chief Dan George, an actor in “The Outlaw Josie Wales,” to Clint Eastwood during a poignant moment in the movie: “Endeavor to persevere.”
Often, I’m struck by what comes to mind while running. Those words have popped into my conscience more than once.
By Steve Wagner , March 11, 2012
Participation numbers for 26.2-mile distance increase
Each year Running USA tabulates marathon statistics and surveys runners to track changes, trends and attitudes in our sport.
And the 2011 numbers show the 26.2-mile distance continues to grow, albeit at a slower rate than the past few years.
By Steve Wagner / Bemidji Pioneer , March 04, 2012
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