Category Archives: Beyond Colorado

The 2022 Bear 100

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I think the only reasonable way to make yourself sign up for a 100 mile race is to do it in a moment full of impulse, peer pressure, and some sort of other life high. A bold declaration of “f*ck it” helps too. Or at least, that was my experience. When I signed up for the Bear 100 back in late 2021, it took all of these things to make me finally pull the trigger.

 

I’ve been a runner and a climber for pretty much all of my adult life. Over the past few years I have discovered the joy of combining the two together. What began with an eye opening first 50k at the 2018 Dirty 30 quickly evolved into a slew of follow up races, long mountain running days, and many, many hours on the trails. By my count, I had run a marathon or longer 19 times before doing the Bear. So, in many ways, I definitely felt like I was ready. But 100 miles sure felt different. Because it is. Keep Reading….

Sun and Shadow: Winter in Canyonlands NP

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As the holiday weekend for the Rev Martin Luther King, Jr. approached, I decided to take PTO the Friday leading up to it and enjoy some freedom and solitude in the desert. I’d mountain biked portions of Canyonlands near Moab before, but had never visited the Needles District until this trip. Read more…

Moab and the Dead Horse 30K

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Earlier this year I signed up for the Dead Horse 30K thinking it’d make for a good excuse to head to Moab for a weekend in late-November. The Dead Horse Ultras put on by Mad Moose Events offers three distances – 30K, 50K and 50-mile – which all start from the same point and wind up and around through the Magnificent Seven Trails area northeast of Dead Horse State Park. The courses feature lots of miles running on red slickrock and through creek beds and sand washes, which lends to a true desert race feel. Keep reading…

November on The Big Island

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To kick off the month of November Anna-Lisa and I headed back to Hawaii for a week, to the Big Island this time around. Generally speaking November is a great month to go to Hawaii and it usually also happens to be a great month to get out of Vail as well, so it’s sort of a no-brainer. While there we did our best to channel the island vibe and relax a little, but also made sure to get out for a couple adventures in between. Keep reading…