RIDING THE WIND

(Looking south from Hope Pass: 14ers Oxford, Belford, and Missouri on the left.) . I awoke this morning with an ache in my legs. I burrowed ...

The public radio station (91.7FM, out of...Golden? Maybe?) is broadcasting the fantastic music program, World Cafe. Wisconisin band Bon Iver...

Sometimes you must wait. I had planned on doing this run on the Colorado Trail on Saturday, but when I awoke the day was cloudy and dark eve...

The past two days have granted me the fortune of many a summit view. I am often queried by folks for advice regarding running training, usua...

(Was a mountain ever more appropriately named?) Running up a big mountain is dramatic on so many levels. But, Mt. Massive sneaks up on you....

(14,421' Mt. Massive watching over the town of Leadville) This morning, on my jaunt down to Turquoise Lake, I noticed that the leaves on...

Mountain stream water is not supposed to be orange. Yet, the water flowing out of the Commodore Mine’s Nelson Tunnel portal and into West Wi...

I started running 14 years ago. I was mostly just an 11 year old kid who wanted to do well at the Presidential Physical Fitness Test's 1...

Mon-am: 2:20 Stratton Open Space. 1000' vertical pm: :44 barefoot Tue-am: 2:34 Barr Camp. 4000' vertical pm: :33 barefoot Wed-am...

Today I ran from my doorstep (always my number one preference) to the Bear Creek Canyon area here in southwestern Colorado Springs. The star...

Today was a tough run. The weather was gorgeous; I ran shirtless the entire way, even at 10,200', but my legs just didn't have anyt...

Mon -2:15 Garden-Red Rocks-Intemann-Bear Creek Tue -2:30 Barr Camp. 4000' vertical Wed-am: 2:30 Barr Camp. 4000' vertical pm: 33mi...

I took yet another trip up to see Neal and Teresa today. The little mini-storm that pummeled me in my evening jaunt last night left the trai...

I ran up to Barr again this morning. The 4000' of climbing on the way up went without undue stress, but once I got there I knew it was t...

I made it up to Barr Camp again this morning. I'm currently living a 10 minute or so bike ride from Memorial Park (where the Pikes Peak ...

Pikes Peak, EIGHT THOUSAND feet of vertical. This past week is the first one of the year in which I have logged 100 miles or more. Of cours...

I ran up Ostrich Peak this morning, for the second time this week. Ostrich is a perfect example of the fantastic trail/mountain running oppo...

Prompted by an internet blogging "tag" to divulge my 2009 racing plans, I return to posting. Although I haven't done any rece...

First, sorry about being so late with this post--it's been a busy couple of weeks. This run was typically haphazard of me. The Grand Can...

Just a quick note from here in Flagstaff. I did the classic R2R2R route (Kaibab Trail on both Rims) today completely solo in 7:16:54. I'...