A key component of mountain running, regardless of how fast you are, is the belief that Type II fun is actually fun. Fortuitously, the mountains themselves encourage this belief. The mountainous Type II fun Last Tuesday I hiked/ran (but mostly hiked) Mount Baldy. I’m in a local running group on FB where some people – […]
Mountain adventures
Charging up for the weekend and a bizarre cat story
To be honest…I spent most of last week in a fog of fatigue. While I like almost everything about Montana, I could do without the excessive number of daylight hours we get during the summer. It’s difficult for me to get to sleep or stay asleep when there’s even a tiny bit of sunlight. And […]
More trails, please: week in review
After my foot’s little freak out last weekend, it decided everything was fine by Tuesday. So things were back to normal this week – except for some of my garden plants, which I left in the afternoon sun too long while hardening off. They got whatever the plant equivalent of sunburn is. It’s looking like […]
Expedition 12K recap
This race went about as expected – which is to say I was undertrained, am very sore today, and finished in about 1:45. Ok, so my actual finish time was 1:50, but I think I predicted it pretty closely considering I’d never run these trails before. But first we need to back up to the […]
Shuffling along: week in review
Let’s start this review with the weekend. Saturday night we went to the Snowshoe Shuffle, an event put on by the local animal shelter. We snowshoed a short trail around the ski resort with a pack of other humans and dogs. Somehow, I missed getting a picture of Kara with any of her 50ish new […]
5 (more) weekday Bozeman trails
Last year I posted about some of my favorite near- or in-town Bozeman trails for a quick weekday hike or trail run. There are so many trails within a 20-minute drive, though, that I decided that post was in dire need of some additions. So here’s part 2! All these trails are a 10-20 minute […]
Should you set a running goal 6 months out?
This post will not answer the title question for you. I did, but that doesn’t mean you should. It also doesn’t mean I should…check back in 6 months to find out. Oh, you want to know about the goal? It’s a 38K trail race at the beginning of July. It would be the longest race […]
Trail running with your dog
If you’re a runner with an energetic dog, you’ve probably found that running with your dog is a great way to tame that energy. So once you’ve started trail running, it only makes sense to bring your dog along on the trails, too. If you’re ready to try trail running with your dog, here’s how to get […]
Crosscut 25k recap – are you sure this is a trail?
I have officially completed my longest distance race. I’m still not sure what to say about it, so…I’m just going to start this Crosscut 25k recap and see what comes out of the keyboard. The race start/finish is at Bridger Bowl ski area, and one of the lodges was open for warm ups/bag check/bathrooms. I […]
Backpacking Hyalite Creek trail
Do you need a (relatively) easy overnight backpacking trip in Montana? Yes; if you didn’t know before that you needed it, now you do. So here’s a recap of our trip last weekend, plus some useful things to know for backpacking Hyalite Creek trail. Hyalite Creek trail follows Hyalite Creek for 5.5 miles to Hyalite Lake […]