This just in: Skaggs kills Waldo! Olsen wins Master’s race and finishes fourth overall!Also, following the Waldo report, a report from lofty Leadville, CO and the 100 Mile footrace that just happened there.Rogue Valley Runner Erik Skaggs wins the 200…
The SLC Alta Crest Millcreek SLC Loop
It’s been three months since it snowed in the Wasatch. In celebration of a recent dusting, Noah and I set out on a little biking adventure. Noah proposed this route: We generally followed the route pictured above, except that rather than riding ove…
Cowbell?
Spectator at the Pierra Menta
Seven weeks in Europe
My seven week trip to Europe as begun! Normally we do not spend this long of trip during the summer/fall months here but this is a special trip for a very special year… The final year of the quadrennium is upon us. Six months till the games in Vancou…
TOU Fan Kit
“Mom, why is dad talking to the mirror and jumping on the bed with some bells?”
2009 Lithia Loop Trail Marathon Entrants Update
As of mid-August, here is where we stand for entries for the Lithia Loop Trail Marathon; 2009’s USA Track and Field National Trail Marathon Championship. Don’t see your name? You can enter the race here on Active.com. Here are the 54 entrants thus f…
Chilkoot
Hopped on the ferry on Friday and ran the 33 mile Chilkoot Trail with some friends yesterday. 8 hours total time. A mellow pace for me but I was the only one in our group who had ever run more than a marathon. It was fun to run with some folks who w…
New technology
Testing out the post by BlackBerry function. I stayed home from work today because of a lingering cold. Every day I keep thinking it will be better, but it gets worse. I’m starting a course of antibiotics. Since I’m down and out I spent some time worki…
Haulin’ Aspen Trail Races
Well, we’ve certainly found out what you all love to comment about! Running with alcohol or winning Western States: Both worthy topics indeed!!! For now, we’re going to return to our more typical content.Aaron Brian on his way to a 16th place finish…
Alpine Addiction
I don’t think I have ever been this tired from so little mileage. Over the past 3 weeks my mileage has been hovering around the 70 mile per week range, but over 90% of this has been climbing up and down steep mountains and traversing mountain ridges. …