Aid Stations, Drop Bags and Crew Locations. Blue Sky Trailhead, Horsetooth Mountain Park.

Thursday, January 14, 2016. 2015 also had me picking up my 7th 100-mile finisher buckle at the very challenging Ouray 100. That was really my only race in 2015. I did finish the inaugural Never Summer 100K. But made a point to never consider it a race since Ouray was just 6 days later. I look forward to volunteering this year at this great event.

Okay, that sounds like a logical and enjoyable way to spend an evening. Where do I sign up? Please, hear me out.

Tuesday, August 29, 2017. I clicked off my headlamp and looked at the swirling stars above. Then I leaned over the side of the trail and threw up. This had been going on for too many hours to count. Vomiting, but alive, and somehow I was managing to hang on. There was nowhere else I wanted to be and nothing else I wanted to be doing. Going into Lean Horse 100. I think I reacted to th.

Sign up for the FCTR Facebook Group for current updates. Every other Thursday at 6pm. Various locations on some non-Towers Thursdays at 6pm. Essentially a circumnavigation of Horsetooth Reservoir with routes from 21 miles to 36 miles.

One of the most popular ultrarunning blogs on the web today! Are Ultras For YOU? Wednesday, January 17, 2018. This time of year I get lots of questions from folks interested in taking up running. It is exciting to see folks interested in running. Questions are often about shoes, frequency of workouts, how to balance the demands of life, etc.

Friday, March 30, 2018. Spring has arrived on the Front Range and what better way to mark the occasion than running the Equinox Half Marathon. On the quiet country roads north of Fort Collins with beautiful views of the still snow covered Rockies. Where there was a great post race party with burritos, music. This was my first race as a Green Events.

Angels rush in where I fear to tread. Over the course of 3 subsequent weekends I was able to preview around half of the 65 mile course. Try to remember where the aid stations are. The descent was steep before it leveled out a bit and the cross country travel gave way to an actual trail before too long.

Who is Elevation Trail? August 13, 2015. Nick Clark returns to Elevation Trail for an interesting conversation on his evolving race career, race directing, sponsorships in ultrarunning, and pacing duties at Leadville 100 coming up next week with Mike Aish. Hope you enjoy the show.