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I first ran the Devil’s Backbone Relay, an event put on by the Big Sky Wind Drinkers, in July 2021. I ran it north to south, from Hyalite...

Pre-race instructions In a race like Old Gabe, put on by the Big Sky Wind Drinkers in mid-June each year, I have to believe that our...

Atop Baldy with Forest This is more introspective and melancholier than what I usually write; just mixing it up a bit. I never wanted to...

Mount Baldy looms left of center in the background The Baldy Blitz, has a 30ish-year history.  The Blitz is a race up and back down Mount...

February, in Bozeman, is my favorite time of winter.  It is cold; the chill is inescapable.  The world is white; the land is buried;...

Gallatin Peak from Summit Lake October 12, 2024: We grunted our way up to the high ridge on Gallatin Peak.  It was me, my son-in-law,...

The current was strong; I held onto the clothesline that had been strung across the river to aid our crossings.  The river got deeper...

Mt Brown lookout Ed and I stepped off the trail to let the mountain goat pass by.  We were high up on Mount Brown in Glacier National...

Is it for the long ride in pre-dawn darkness on a chill August morn?  Is it the anticipation as we wait for the start?  Is it the...

There are three approaches to Granite Peak, none of them are short, none of them are easy.  At 12,799 feet, Granite is Montana’s highest...

Every distance running race is intense in its own way.  I used to race half-marathons on city streets.  In those races I ran hard on...

Those who line up at one of the many trail races around here will notice the crowd of 20, 30, 40, and even 50-year-olds milling about at...

View looking down Hyalite Canyon The Hyalites have always been one of my favorite outdoor venues around Bozeman. I have long considered...

The Ridge Run is now behind me. The intensive training is over. It’s time to use all this fitness I’ve earned and play. I’ve gotten...

After a long nauseating trip bouncing up Fairy Lake Road, we arrive at the starting area for the 2023 Ed Anacker Bridger Ridge Run, a...

The Ridge, looking north from Mt Baldy The Ridge Run is this Saturday, August 12, 2023. Tuesday was my last training run, and during...

Electric Peak in the distance I ran/climbed 10,969-foot Electric Peak in the northwestern corner of Yellowstone on Friday, (7/28/2023),...

I’ve felt this before, but never for this long. My body feels like it is in a state of Zen. Mellow, relaxed, healing; all those...

June 10, 2023. We had congregated behind the starting line for the Big Sky Wind Drinkers' Old Gabe 30K and 50K trail races at the Middle...

As I’ve gotten older, I have begun to understand the fascination with finding a fountain of youth. Tales have been spun of waters that...