I spent a few days in Grand Junction, Colorado recently. For anyone not familiar, Grand Junction is on the west side of Colorado – up and over the mountains from Denver, about 4 hours to the west. I got out for a run in the Colorado National Monument, which is just west of town. I […]
Trail Running
My First Half-Marathon
I ran my first half-marathon this past weekend, the Bear Chase Race half-marathon on Sunday. Here are a few thoughts on the race itself. If you don’t want to read any further, I’ll sum it up by saying that I had a great time and I’d recommend this race to anyone. Pre-race. Prior to the […]
Four Days to First Half Marathon!
My first half marathon is four days away! I’m running the Bear Chase Race trail half marathon on Sunday in Bear Creek Lake Park in Lakewood, CO. I’m a little torn on my feelings for it. On the downside, I feel very over-fed and under-trained for it. I wasn’t able to run nearly as much […]
Not Much to Say
This past week was fairly uneventful. I didn’t run much – one four mile trail run on Friday. With back to school events and packing for a weekend hunting trip, I just didn’t make the time to get out. The four mile run was really nice, though. It was at about 10,000 feet in the […]
Active fun coming up
Just some events coming up that could lead to some good exercise: The Denver Rugged Maniac obstacle course race is coming up on August 6th at the Thunder Valley moto-cross track. I’ve done this event twice, in 2014 and 2016. It’s a good time, for sure. It’s much more fun to do with a partner […]