For the Love of The Forests - Wildfire season and the burning away of New Mexico's ponderosa forests
Healing Waters in The Adirondacks
A quick overview of my time on the trails climbing 13 peaks in The Adirondacks as I become well-acquainted with Water, crossing slick granite slabs, flowing trails, and SO MUCH MUD
Why run a 100 miler?
A short series on thoughts between making the initial crazy decision and running the thing
A series of journeys through The Superstition Wilderness (and surrounding AZ trails)
On Running & Rising up from the fires
Dancing In The Light - Having some fun along the trails
Lessons in health & life from a week-long trail-running vertical challenge
On Monday, March 22nd, I started a week-long trail running challenge to gain as much vert as possible! The following chronicles the journey, along with tales from the trail and lessons learned along the way.
Part 1 – Embracing the challenge to chase some upward slopes
Part 2 – Day 1, on enjoyment of the journey
Part 3 – Day 3+ on always moving forward (even when you don’t feel your greatest)
Other Mountain and Trail Running Adventures
A trip up a mountain – thoughts from the top of Arizona
Chasing The Needles and Grenadier Range – A San Juan Trail Running Adventure Series
Part 1 – My favorite place on Earth
Part 2 – Searching for Peaks
Part 3 – The Needles (and other mini adventures)
A 100K San Juan Mountail Trailrunning Race Report
A tale of Chasing Upward Slopes – 60 miles of them! – across the San Juan Mountains, including how a particularly challenging section reveals an important lesson for all of us out here #ChasingUpwardSlopes
Setting Up For A Rim To Rim To Rim Adventure
On April 10th, 2021, I finally took on a long-time coming adventure and ran 50 miles back and forth across the Grand Canyon. The run, itself, was spectacular. The Big Ditch never fails to take my breath away (visually and because of those long climbs!)
What I wrote about – it’s not always so much about the event itself, but the journey there.