I’ve been really really looking forward to the first big snow of the season … sometimes the first snow takes the form of drizzle or freezing rain mixed with snow, but this snow was wintery picture and running perfect! I watched the weather report for a few days prior to when the storm was scheduled [...]
Route: Elf 10k Race Ocononowoc (Race Results) .. A race and benefit for Children with Cancer Activity: Run Google Maps URL:http://j.mp/hIy0Zn Started: Nov 28, 2010 9:00:42 AM Run Time: 45:51 Stopped Time: 0:00 Distance: 6.32 miles Average: 7:16 /mile Fastest Pace: 6:49 /mile Notes: So this is more like it ! This race was great and [...]
Try the Kettle Moraine Blue Loop or any of the many trails in the Nordic Kettle Moraine ! I went running in the Kettle Moraine today as kind of a whim… Didn’t really think about handling hills more aggressively yet or the extra 1.6 miles above my 7 long ( while still adjusting my tendons [...]
The race course for the 6th annual Turkey Trot 5K & 10K (sign up!) has been GPS plotted! For those of you interested in running the course prior to the Turkey Trot race: 1. Check out the course below (add to your GPS device to see yourself as you run it) and/ or 2. Run the [...]
The last day on Coronado … A fun morning, out at Sunrise. The tide was high so the slant of the beach was a bit steep which is kind of hard on the feet and legs but it was ok as I go back and forth a mile at a time. The waves splashed in [...]
The sixth annual Turkey Trot at the Big Foot Beach State Park is November 20. Hosted by the good folks at Clear Water Outdoor and Friends of Bigfoot, the “Trot” brought in over 500 runners to the event last year! The proceeds raised from The Big Foot Turkey Trot support the beautiful park and it’s [...]
Today I continue to feel the amazing gratitude that comes over me when I run. It seems that when we feel that we need to crazily control our surroundings or our destiny that things indeed do seem to fall apart. After all, there really is no such thing as control .. but somehow or for [...]
The Turkey Trot 5 and 10K (register!) races are just weeks away. Clear Water Outdoor, Don Armour, and I are forming a Running Club dedicated to the Turkey Trot runners. Below is the schedule that we plan to follow. The goal is to bring runners together, get familiar with the race course, share good times [...]
Transitioning to barefoot or Vibram running from the traditional running shoe involves some time. The number one requirement is Patience, especially true for those of us who are used to going out and sailing through miles of trail at a time. I’ll tell you what …, after being patient (or kind of patient) now for [...]
It’s here with much more than my competitor’s (AM) guide has for $50… Mine is just $35 and contains : 30 page printable PDF with GPX files to load into your GPS device, KLM files to SEE the lay of the land before you get to Bosque, photography tips on how to photograph the birds of [...]
Download your Alkali Trail guide here! (Includes a printable PDF guide, gpx files for your GPS device, and KLM files to view your trail in google earth or google maps!) Overview: Enter White Sands National Monument and drive the scenic loop about 8 miles to get to the Alkali Trail. The drive itself was one [...]
I pulled up to run the Kettle Southern Nordic Trails and was instantly greeted with treats that didn’t stop. It was the 50th wedding anniversary of a couple and friends had gathered to celebrate by running a 50K (thats 31 miles) in the Kettle trails. So, you ask, if it’s their 50th anniversary, how old [...]
Route: Kishwauketoe Varient 4 Activity: Run Google Maps URL: http://maps.google.com/?q=http://share.abvio.com/3302/7a27/4b65/7a5d/Runmeter-Run-20100825-1141.kml Shortened Google Maps URL: http://j.mp/a7XeXL Started: Aug 25, 2010 11:41:33 AM Run Time: 35:58 Stopped Time: 0:00 Distance: 4.04 miles Average: 8:54 /mile Fastest Pace: 6:42 /mile – Yah! My pace is coming back! For years I have felt like I’ve been “plodding” in big heeled running [...]
Bryce CanyonTrail Guide Bryce Canyon Fairyland Hike – Bryce CanyonTrail Guide … Images from Bryce Canyon … Tee-shirts and Memorabilia … See all things Bryce Canyon Turn the pages in the flip book below to read the trail guide! Click the book to see it in full screen click the book cover to the left [...]
Lake Geneva Shore Path – Wisconsin The People’s Path – 21 Miles Purchase the Lake Geneva Shore Path trail guide here Enjoy! .. Cheers! .. Kristen – Take a Hike! Feel Good … If this little story has you chomping at the bit to take on the challenge of hiking the Lake Geneva Shore Path and [...]
The second trail of the day … And much longer than the first. So when you see two blog posts from today, don’t scratch your head wondering if I’m just catching up. I’m not… I’m actually crazy enough to have run/hiked/photographed 2 trail systems enroute back today from the Chippewa Moraine… Levis Mounds is one [...]
I gave a talk at the Chippewa Moraine Ice Age Trail Headquarters last night and fell asleep last night, a guest of Pat and Richard, to the serenade of loons and barred owls. Oh, it was one of the best night’s sleeps ever! Thank you Pat and Richard for opening your home to us and [...]
Wisconsin Richard Bong State Recreational Trails – Kenosha Trail Description: Mostly prairie and some wooded sections make up this trail system. Come prepared for bugs (deer flies in the prairie and mosquitos in the woods) in the summer time. Trail use for running, hiking and mountain biking. Great Cross Country skiing in the winter time. [...]
Wisconsin Southern Kettle Moraine – Nordic Trails Trail Description: Mostly wooded trail system, which makes for cooler running or hiking in the summer months. However, come prepared for mosquitos in the summer time. Great Cross Country skiing in the winter time. These trails are for running and hiking (no mountain bikes) when there is no [...]
I’ve tracked trails now two times in order to record the six loops at Bong. The horse flies were horrendous the first day as well as today. However today I got there just about an hour later and by the time I was on the last loop (and my last leg.. I was tired today) [...]
I was tracking oodles of loops today in the Nordic trails in the Southern Unit of the Kettle Moraine.. exactly 5 different loops to be exact .. all for fun and also for the purpose of having all the tracks here tracked for the purpose of my “Take a Hike” trail guides with GPS tracks! [...]
Kenosha, WI: Double story today as I tracked both the red and the orange loop at Bong State Recreational Area, near Kenosha, WI. We started at 7 am and ran the red 8 mile loop and then traded running for hiking to almost repeat what we had done on the red minus a few miles [...]
Coyote Buttes North to the Wave Buy your guide here Where? Bordering Utah/Arizona Trail Description: Incredible off the beaten path trek! No marked trail though footprints in the sandy areas will clue you in as to where you want to go (or where you don’t!). Once you have a permit you are allowed to go anywhere you [...]
Story: Ive done this segment before but found out that biking doesn’t count towards completing the 1000 plus miles of the IAT, so today I’m out here to put in the foot miles on the 12 or so that Ipreviously did on my bike. I’m now 9.5 miles into this today and feeling discouraged. The [...]
This shows where I got lost on March 13 and spent the night in the canyon .. here are the tracks I made before my Iphone GPS trails stopped tracking me. It was difficult to track with the tall canyon walls as well though Call of the Canyon – Oak Creek Canyon between Sedona and [...]
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First the lottery .. they only allow 10 day permits / day. You go in to the BLM office between Kanab Utah and Page Arizona, on Highway 89. .. You must be there by 8:30 AM and they do the drawing at 9. I was one of the first ones there and it looked like [...]
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