Lower elevation summits are finally starting to thaw, so it is finally time to start getting those gnarly “hill” climb training runs going! My favorite includes 3200 feet of gain in less than two miles, a buddy, and a shuttle [...]
Boston Bombings: A Loss of Innocence What will happen to big-city marathons’ openness? By Roger Robinson; Image by Reuters Published April 15, 2013 Earlier today bombs killed and injured people at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. I feel [...]
I finally got around to watching the documentary “Forks Over Knives.” First, it was very interesting. Second, very eye opening. In nine days I will achieve my one-year anniversary of being cancer free. Along with being grateful and thankful that [...]
Have you ever run a trail and wondered about how it got there? Who constructed it? Who maintains it? If you’re like me, a lot of the time you take “your” trail for granted and just kind of expect it [...]
Guest Post by Becky Stoker “FREE race entry? Sign me up”! That’s what I said last year when I first came across the RUN website and saw their volunteer = free race entry option. I’ve been an avid runner for [...]
Spring is Utah is a sly devil. It teases you with a several days of warm temps. Just warm enough to bust out your tank top, short shorts, and you get to ditch the beanie for a ball cap or visor. [...]
March 14, 2013
Many people ask me how the Park City Trail Series came to be. Actually, every time I tell someone about the events for the first time the first question is inevitably, “How did you get into that?” I am the [...]
I can remember back to that fateful day, the day when I got my first taste of the drug that would shape the rest of my life so dramatically. I remember the feeling it gave me, that rush of blood [...]
Last week at the Winter Market Outdoor Retailer Show I was fortunate enough to meet the awesome folks at Kahtoola. I told them about R-U-N? Events and our mission; I learned a lot about theirs as well. They have some [...]
As runners we tend to neglect our upper body muscle groups, especially when training for a higher mileage race. We are doing cardio and our legs feels strong, but this isn’t enough. A strong core and upper body are very [...]