“To stand upon the edge of this stupendous gorge, as it receives its earliest greeting from the god of the day, is to enjoy in a moment compensation for long years of ordinary uneventful life.” – John Stoddard 1898 If you enjoyed Char and Fred Thompson’s account of their Grand Canyon R2R2R adventure, I have [...]

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The final race of this years Rogue Trail Series took place within the 1300 acres of Reveille Peak Ranch located within Texas Hill Country, a short drive from Austin, Texas. The final 10 km and 30 km series adventure is called The Ranch and  included some rocky rugged terrain and Hill Country views. As a [...]

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After sorting through 240 photos and 83 video segements from last weekend’s Jemez 50 km adventure I decided to use some of this media goodness as my race report. So like most ultra race reports…this video is ultra long…hopeful it is also ultra cool. I ran this race with my buddy David Pearson, who was [...]

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Beautiful day and inspired feet led to course records and special memories in the Jemez Mountains at the challenging high altitude Jemez Mountain Trail Run in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The half marathon race was once again part of the La Sportiva Mountain Cup series. There were over 600 trail runners registered to play in [...]

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I had yet to wear a Nathan hydration pack until the last couple months which have included several 10-17 mile trail adventures in the self-purchased Nathan Endurance Race Vest. As a runner that will often carry some stuff (camera, additional calories, electrolytes, etc) during longer trail runs, I was most curious to test out the [...]

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Last weekend over 400 runners enjoyed some in-the-dark trail fun at the El Chupacabra de Houston 10 km trail run, located within the Lake Houston Wilderness Area, a short 30 minute drive north of downtown Houston. Light source and glow stick attention required – start time was 9:00 PM. One distance – 10 km! One rule [...]

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“The glories and the beauties of form, color, and sound unite in the Grand Canyon – forms unrivaled even by the mountains, colors that vie with sunsets, and sounds that span the diapason from tempest to tinkling raindrop, from cataract to bubbling fountain.” – John Wesley Powell (Led the first expedition through the Grand Canyon) [...]

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