Last year, Ryan McDermott (a local Salt Lake ultra runner) and I started talking about either running or fast packing the Highline Trail.  We were not able to fit this into our schedule last year, but the idea of it continued to linger in my mind. ...[Read More]

I fell in love with the Leadville area when Chad completed the Leadville 100 mountain bike race in 2004.  The mountains, streams, and lakes are so phenomenal in this area.  In 2008 we went back to Leadville for a 4-day weekend of training on the c ...[Read More]

Not long ago, Jared Campbell (a great local SLC athlete and winner of 2010 Hardrock 100) put together the ultimate Wasatch route.  100 miles through the Wasatch with 44,000’ of climbing.  Much of the route is on very little used trails and some of ...[Read More]

Once again we will be having a semi-disorganized Wednesday night run in Summit Park.  For those of you that ran last year, we will have almost the same course.  We will be adding 1 additional descent and ascent this year which will add around 1 mi ...[Read More]

Chad: Big Horn 100 – Sheridan, Wy After pacing Mark at Big Horn last year, I was eager to run the race this year.  The Big Horn Mountains are in eastern Wyoming and are a stunningly beautiful mountain range.  The Big Horn 100 is an out and back ...[Read More]

Well, what can you say when a race goes so horrible.  We went to Pocatello 3 weeks ago to pre-run the Pocatello 50 course.  It is a fantastic course, one of the hardest 50 milers in the country.  For 1, it is closer to 54 miles, then add in the ...[Read More]

We couldn’t think of a better reason for a 6 day spring training running trip than cousin Sue’s wedding in Palm Springs/Rancho Mirage.  We started the trip right with a Wasatch dawn patrol on 14” of fresh April Powder.      After a short sto ...[Read More]

Our race schedules have quickly filled up.  Chad did not get drawn for either Hardrock 100 or Wasatch 100.  Due to that, I had to revamp my race schedule.  It will be a busy summer of races.  It will also be interesting.   I am running Big Horn ...[Read More]

On March 14th we completed another successful Powder Keg.  With the new race venue and course, there was no shortage of work in getting everything ready.   We had another set of phenomenal sponsors this year.  Brighton Ski Resort, Voile, Black D ...[Read More]

This used to mean that I started training hard for the Wasatch Powder Keg ski race (www.wasatchpowderkeg.com).   For the last 2 years, it has meant that Emily and I along with our friends Mark and G spend 4 months getting ready to put on the rac ...[Read More]