Platte River Half Marathon 2013
I was having a drink with my cousin Ian when I asked him about a half marathon I knew he had coming up. Ian: “I can’t run it. My knee’s jacked. Brittani [his GF at the time] might not run it since I...
View ArticleVasque Pendulum – Initial Thoughts
I had been waiting for these shoes for months since first hearing about them on iRunFar.com. The expected release date came and went and I still couldn’t find them anywhere. FINALLY, they showed up on...
View ArticlePikes Peak (via Crags Route)
I finally got up into the mountains for a decent climb for the first time this summer. I decided to try the Crags route of Pikes Peak for the first time. I’ve climbed the Peak many times before but...
View ArticleMy First Mountain Bike Race
Two months ago I got a ridiculous deal on a mountain bike at an REI garage sale that I couldn’t pass up. I’ve been riding about 3 times per week since then–mixing it up with my running. I discovered a...
View ArticleMt. Evans Summit Attempt
I’ve been wanting to get some more 14er summits in for a while now (I’ve climbed Pikes Peak numerous times but no other 14ers yet). I decided that I’d try to get Mt. Evans and Mt Bierstadt in one day....
View ArticleBack to Mt. Bierstadt and Mt. Evans
The start of the Bierstadt Trail Last weekend my wife, brother-in-law, and I had an unsuccessful attempt at summitting Mt. Evans–we got turned back by bad weather (blog post). I decided to return on...
View ArticleMt. Herman
All the time I’ve lived and hiked in the Pikes Peak region, I’ve never hiked Mt. Herman. I just never think of it I guess. But, today I was online and somehow I came across a trip report for Herman...
View ArticleGog Rock Hike
I’ve been wanting to get up to Cameron Cone for a while now. After reading many trip reports (here, here, here), I knew for sure that the trail would be somewhat difficult to find (even though I was...
View ArticleBook Review – Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness by...
If you follow ultra running then you are aware of Scott Jurek (if you’re not then you should do some research). In addition to winning Western States seven consecutive times he also won Badwater twice,...
View ArticleCameron Cone Hike
After 1 ‘failed’ attempt to summit Cameron Cone (I ran out of time), I decided to give it another go. This time with my brother Todd. We hit the trail around 8:30 am and the temperature quickly...
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