Podcast: Endurance as a Performance Art with Justin Simoni
Vlog: The Most Dangerous Ridge in the Sawatch: Birthday Peak to Mt. Harvard
iRunFar: Trailhead Vehicles: Justin Simoni and His Bicycles
I talk to Alex Potter over at iRunFar about my love affair with bicycles and how I use them to get the trailheads to run the trails in their Trailhead Vehicles series! Give it a read and make sure to follow them for their excellent race/running culture coverage!
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Mountain Trip Safety: What I Do Before I Go
I’ve put myself into some pretty stupid situations of my own making. It’s sometimes amazing even to me that I’ve gotten out of a few of them relatively unscathed. Like that one time I thought it would be absolutely brilliant to ride from Denver pedaling a completely overloaded trailer-laden bike with all my gear, then make my camp on top of a ridgeline at 13,000′ where an old mining road ended, 60 miles later:
Continue reading…Praxis – 10/20/21
Training Journal: 10/11/21 – 10/17/21
Longs Peak Duathlon: Northwest Gully
A good trip to Longs Neníisótoyóú’u on Columbus Indigenous Peoples Day. Left around 3:30am feeling fairly languid, but psyched enough to push up James Canyon/Overland Rd. (St. Vrain is essentially closed to bikes for construction). It’s a steeper route with more elevation gain, but it’s also actually shorter by a few miles. It’s also quieter – and there’s a few miles of well-sealed gravel at the top, what’s not to like?
Longs Peak Weather + Conditions Planning Resources
It’s that time again, where I’m looking for weather windows between systems to try to summit Longs Peak! I’ve summited Longs Peak in every month of the year by many different routes – usually with an approach by bike!
Continue reading…Training Journal: 9/20/21 – 9/26/21
Training Journal: 9/13/21 – 9/19/21
