We're the kind of people who plan vacations 6 months to a year in advance (thanks in large part to the races we sign up for, which require registering 6 months to a year in advance). We're also the kind of people who mostly just travel to go to races. So when facebook kept taunting me with pictures of our previous trips to Breckenridge, and I asked ( Read more... )

The original plan had me running the 25 miler, and Matt running with me, and then Matt turning around and running back to complete the 50 miler. The reality is that we got caught up in helping Kate train for her first triathlon, and training for our first triathlon in years, and maybe neglected some of our longer run/trail training.


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Matt is signed up for the Leadville 100 Trail Run this year. Last time, he came up early to acclimate, and I just flew up at the last minute to crew for him. A week alone, especially with all the nerves before a big race, wasn't the best for his head, so this time I came up with him, and we brought the dogs. I knew we'd have some runs on our ( Read more... )

When Matt decided to run the Collegiate Peaks 50 miler this year to help prepare him to run in high altitudes for the Leadville 100 in August, I thought, "Oh! I want to run there! I bet it's beautiful!" After having done two 50k runs this year already, I even thought maybe I'd do the 50 miler. It would only be my second 50 miler, but what an ( Read more... )