I sat in my car, watching it snow, as I chatted with my friend Dale, world renowned weather nerd. I was trying to get...
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Switzerland and Italy – Part Due
It was fitting that the one day it rained, my friend Linda left to head back to reality. It wasn't fun to bid her...
Switzerland and Italy – Part Uno
I can't say I'm a big fan of math, but I've found it helps pass the time when running a long distance. Trying to...
Grand Mesa 100 – The Redemption
As I sat shivering in the front of the truck, the heat barely cutting through my drenched clothing, snow began to mix with the rain. I was having a hard time feeling too bad about dropping from the race, but I knew the feelings would come. Stick it out and the misery...
The Long Lonesome Trail – Day One
I love trails. I love everything about them. To where they take me: tops of mountains, deep forests, sometimes nowhere in particular. From where they take me: people, troubles, worries, life. I love them for the challenge: the rocks, mud, roots, stream crossing and...
Frost Bit Butt
"You're slightly less incompetent than my last partner." This adventure was equally the most amazing and most awful experience of my life. I never thought i would actually climb Denali (Mt McKinley to many), but there I was, at 14,200ft, being berated yet again by my...
Check One Off the Bucket List …
Yes, it finally happened!! I successfully competed in my first trail triathlon. I consider it a success because I actually got up that morning and went forward with the plan....
Running Away
They say if it doesn't scare you to death, then your dream isn't big enough. As I stared across the abyss laid out at my feet, I knew this dream was big enough. The Rim2Rim2Rim, across the Grand Canyon and back, has every element that makes a run a nightmare. It...
Mountain Biking and Micro Brews in Beautiful Southwest Colorado
Over Memorial Day we did one of my favorite things in the world ... loaded up the Life Bus with our dogs, Daisy and Clover, and our mountain bikes and headed on a road trip to...
Cut Off: Tales from the Back of the Pack.
Of course I'm going to keep going. I mean, I made the cutoff by three whole minutes, I signed up for the whole race and, darn it, I'm doing it! Awesome! Fifteen minutes ahead of the cutoff. Now I can relax a little. Yes, thank you, volunteer, I am fully aware I'm...
My First Xterra Triathlon – A Bucket List Goal Getting Closer
A few months ago, I was in need of a physical goal to keep me from sliding into full winter hibernation mode. I had always wanted to participate in a triathlon but always struggled with the biking portion. As a 17...
Setting The Pace
I'm nothing if not selfish. Isn't life just too short to spend time doing anything that isn't bringing you closer to the Life Bus, or finishing off that bucket list? Work is compromise enough. Why would I waste any more of my life on anything that I just don't want...