After running the Sheep Mountain 50k in August, I knew wasn’t quite ready to wrap up my season just yet. Originally, Ben, Brian, and I had planed to run the Devil on the Divide 50k in September. But, well, you know the drill. That race got cancelled, just like all the rest. Or, should I say, almost all the rest. Keep Reading…
The Mummy Mania Traverse (aka the Mummy Kill, aka the Mummy Marathon) is one of those routes that had been on my list for years and years, but I had just never gotten around to actually doing it. I neglected it for so long, in fact, that it sort of took on a life of its own in the time I ignored it. What was once an obscure, all-day challenge in a remote area of the park has turned into somewhat of a classic the past few years. Keep Reading…
I thought about opening this trip report by adding up how much money I’ve spent on races this year, almost all of which have been cancelled. But then I realized I don’t actually want to know the answer to that question.
First it was the Dirty 30 in May (pretty early on in the pandemic, so understandable, I suppose). Then it was the San Juan Solstice in June (second year in a row for that guy, oof). Then it was the Devil on the Divide in September (seriously, F Clear Creek County for that one). Suffice it to say, COVID has not been easy on the wallet for those stubborn enough (i.e dumb enough) to try to do what is arguably the single most anti-COVID activity (health wise, at least) in existence: running races. Keep Reading….
With the Sheep Mountain 50K coming up on August 1st (possibly the only trail race I’ll end up running in 2020) it was time to ramp up the miles and get some longer days in. This summer I’ve really tried to take advantage of the diversity of trails accessible from relatively close to home and explore some new routes to keep things interesting. In the spirit of continuing that I decided to head over to Snowmass Village and check out a cool route known colloquially as the “Three Pass Loop”. Keep Reading…