Howling in the Desert
The semi annual, loosely unorganized, multi-day, fall Coyote running week has become a mostly annual tradition for us since we attended Coyote Moab 4 years ago. Chris Scott always does a great job planning great runs in amazing locations with … Continued
Kings Peak Run
In lieu of doing more races this fall, we decided instead to do a lot of fun runs that have been on our ‘tick list’. So far, we have had a great late summer of runs with the Ruby Mt … Continued
Double FKT on the Uinta Highline Trail
The Uintas are one of the only ranges to run east/west in the US and contain the highest peaks in Utah. I have always had an affinity for the Uinta Mountains for many reasons. Over the years I have had … Continued
Ruby Mountain Traverse
In the past few years I have read several great blog posts about skiing the Ruby Mountains. I had also talked with Roch Horton and he said that running the Ruby Mountain Traverse was one of the greatest long distance, … Continued
20th Annual Avalanche Party
The avalanche part has become an annual fall tradition for most of us. It marks the changing of seasons. We all start to get excited about ski season, we catch up with ‘winter friends’ and start to focus attention on … Continued
Hardrock 100 Video
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Kissing The Hardrock
Imagine looking over the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and how far down it is to the Colorado River. Imagine running down to the river and back up to the rim 8 times. After all that, imagine running an … Continued
Hardrock 100 – Tomorrow’s the Big Day
The meadows are absolutely beautiful. 
Wild flowers at their best 
Emily running from Cunningham Gulch to Maggie Gulch 
Matt, Emily, and Chad on Stoney Pass On Sunday, Emily and Brett Gosney had a run planned from Silverton to Grant Swamp Pass, then down to South Mineral Fork where I would park the car and then meet them on the trail near Grant Swamp. It was great to see this section as it allowed me to look into Chapman and across to Oscar’s pass which are a huge descent (Oscar’s is 3,090′ in less than 1.5 miles), then a technical scramble up to Grant Swamp. 
Brett on Grant Swamp Pass 
Emily and Chad above Island Lake We checked into our house we have rented on Sunday and got settled into our ‘home’ for the next week.
Photos from Running in the Pyrenees
Here are some more photos from running through the Pyrenees.
Training in the Pyrenees for Hardrock 100
My June has been absolutely crazy. We went to Pocatello on 31 May for Pocatello 50 the following day. I had a tough race battling stomach issues that prevented me from eating for most of the race. I ended up … Continued