Last week we met up with my family for vacation near the Tetons. The week before, I decided at the last minute that I could run a 10-mile trail race the morning of the day we left for vacation. I ran the same race 2 years ago, so my goal was to finish in about […]
Mountain adventures
Backpacking to Garnet Mountain Fire Lookout
The Garnet Mountain fire lookout is a Forest Service cabin previously used, as the name implies, for watching for signs of wildfires. Now the FS rents it out for overnight camping (or does this count as glamping?) It stands on top of Garnet Mountain at 8,300′, and is only accessible by trails. We hiked up […]
Type 2 fun: week in review
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 – […]
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 […]