“Every meaningful action, interaction and personal achievement starts with an intention.” Creating intentions in our lives leads to outcomes that align with our dreams and goals. Running works in just the same way, except we often forget the micro goals and baby steps that we can take on the way to our bigger goals! We […]
Second Annual Trail Running Conference announced
Event Director Terry Chiplin has announced that the 2nd Annual Estes Trail Ascent – Trail Running Conference will be held October 9-11, 2014, hosted at the historic Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. After a successful inaugural Conference in June 2013, attendees and fans of the sport were canvassed to help determine the program for […]
Triathlon training camps with Active at Altitude
Triathlon is becoming big business – races sell out quicker year on year, race entries increase just as sharply, and more and more athletes turn to triathlon, try it, like it, and stay. The sport demands a lot of dedication, especially if you have committed to a full Ironman – 140.6 is a very long […]
Inertia, by Melody Fairchild
Melody Fairchild, my good friend, running buddy, and member of the coaching team for Active at Altitude and Running Vacations, crafted this beautiful piece a few weeks back on her thoughts about training at this time of year – Inertia. With her permission, I recreate the words on this post – enjoy! INERTIA As […]
Interview with Nick Clark – 2010 review and prospects for 2011
I had the great pleasure to spend a few hours with Brit ultra runner, Nick Clark, now based in Fort Collins, Colorado. Nick first introduced me to his local trails on Horsetooth Mountain Open Space, taking me out for an 80 minute run on a glorious clear December day. Luckily for me he was on […]
Running vacations – your dream comes true!
Running continues to be a booming fitness activity in the USA, with race registrations in 2009 increasing more than 15% over the previous year. More than 72% of running events experienced growth in registrations in 2009 when compared with 2008. The data comes from Active Network, the largest provider of sports registration software in North […]