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Got a GoPro. Many Running Videos to Come
I’ve been wanting a GoPro camera for about a year now but never felt like pulling the trigger to buy one. With the announcement of the Hero3 dropping the price of the Hero2 by $100 (33%), I finally...
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Snowmobiling Near Salida
My family and I spent New Years in Buena Vista. On December 30th we rented some snowmobiles in Salida and headed up Marshall Pass (10,842 ft.). The weather was great all day only getting a little...
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Training Week Ending Jan. 13th 2013
I’ve decided to try to stay committed to posting training summaries for every week no matter how slow or low the mileage may be. Previously I only posted summaries for weeks in which I did a decent...
View ArticleLongs Peak Webcam Time Lapse
Someone on 14ers.com notified us all that Rocky Mountain National Park moved the Longs Peak webcam to a much much better location. This motivated me to work on a little project that I’d been wanting...
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Training Week Ending Jan. 20th
The Summit of Pikes Peak from Barr Trail. Surprisingly little snow for January. Monday Jan. 14th – 8.06 miles – 01:28:00 – 564 ft. elevation Nice easy run up the North Santa Fe Trail. It was around 20...
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Shoe Review: Vasque Mindbenders
I don’t do too many shoe reviews on the blog mainly because I’m not sponsored nor do I have pairs of shoes sent to me by manufacturers for review. So, any reviews I do are of shoes I’ve bought myself....
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Training Week Ending Jan. 27th 2013
Monday Jan. 21st – Nothing Tuesday Jan 22nd – 4.01 – 00:47:17 – 427 ft gain Easy run. Wednesday Jan 23rd – 20 miles – 04:23:00 – 1232 ft gain I had originally planned on summitting Pikes Peak today...
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Mt. 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...
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Gog 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...
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Book 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,...
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Cameron 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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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...
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Vasque 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...
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Pikes 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...
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My 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...
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Mt. 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....
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Back 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...
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Mt. 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...
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Gog 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...
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Book 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,...
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