Heading out the door this morning I wasn’t really sure what I was going to run, only that I wanted to be out for a long time (four to six hours) and I wanted a couple of good climbs.  With that in mind, I tucked…

Lying in bed this morning I could already hear the rain falling outside my slightly open window. I have a bit of a head cold, so the sleeping hasn’t been the best, and I was awake before my 6:00am alarm. Full tights and rain jacket…

(Boulder’s mountain backdrop…missing Flagstaff and Sanitas to the north, however.) Driving into Boulder from the East, five peaks (well, more than that, but all of these have connected trails) provide the meat of the backdrop of town: 8549′ South Boulder Peak, 8461′ Bear Peak, 8144′…

Boulder is a city. Most of us live in cities. I’m finally becoming reaccustomed to doing so. Boulder, in many ways, however, is not a lot like other cities. It is the meeting point of the mountains and the plains, so its mountains–the iconic Flatirons,…