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Rim Trail

North Side of Mount Wilson

The sun was setting as I approached Mt. Wilson on the last stretch of trail. By the time I reached the top, it was dark, and a brilliant almost blood red sunset stretched across the horizon, interrupted in the middle by a low blue cloud.I'd…

Mount Islip

The temperature finally dropped. The air has changed, and the days are getting shorter. Fall is here.With this change of seasons, I always feel like hunkering down, a sort of slowing, like hibernation.I took a run up from Crystal Lake. The…
My shoes, after the race

Mount Disappointment 50K

Sat. August 13. This is said to be the toughest 50K in So. Cali. We started at the top of Mt. Wilson, headed down, up down, up, down, up... 7,403 feet of climbing says my Garmin. Probably a dozen stream crossings. Long exposed climbs. Because…
My shoes, after the race

Feet on the Ground

This week I did a handful of gentle, exploratory runs to test how the foot is healing. The runs felt great, each a little better than the last.This week's pictures are not from any of those runs, but from a 50 miler on the San Gabriel River…