September 15 Wassup next?

With the Dipsea, Double Dipsea and Bridger Ridge Run in my 2016 rear view mirror, this is a fair question, right?    No obvious answer, which is good!.  But here are my current ramblings (aka crazed mumblings) as to what may or may not be my next running adventure: The Trans Atlas Marathon (Morocco):  a cousin […]

September 1: Running to work over GG Bridge

In a new wrinkle, a few of the Saturday morning crazies are running into the city from a trailhead just west of HW 101,  near the Waldo Grade.  After a series of rocky switchbacks made trickier by the darkness of a 6:00am start time, the Morning Star trail climbs 500 feet to join the Alta Trail, […]

August 21 Say Hello to the AT

Just a week after the challenge and excitement of Montana’s Bridger Ridge Run, I find myself in Roanoke, Virginia for a niece’s wedding, and scout out a place to squeeze in a run.  Bonus!  I should have remembered this from my college days in central Virginia, but the Appalachian Trail, or AT, runs along the […]