Run Coaching, Stories From The Trails, and Adventures From Beyond
Runners at all stages of fitness usually get to a point where they are thinking "How can I get faster?" Running is a system of many moving parts- literally and figuratively- that all need to be trained. It doesn't happen overnight, but it does happen. The trick is to be to be smart about how … Continue reading A Faster You
This article is inspired by my most recent racing blunder in hopes that you don’t make the mistakes that I did on race day. I made a lot of them. Here is my story, and this is what I’ve learned. See if you can count the mistakes. I raced the Salida, CO Run Through Time … Continue reading Fueling Better For Top Performance
Whether you are going for the podium or a PR, it is likely that you’ll get to the point where you want to start running faster. And why not? Being human, we are hardwired to pursue the better self, not to mention those oh-so-good endorphins
-A photo recap of 21 miles of popping aspen, red dirt, and towering rock outcroppings in Colorado's Staunton State Park- I've lived about 20 minutes from Staunton State Park for about 2 years now, and have dismissed the thought of going for a run there up until today. I mean... how exciting can highway 285 … Continue reading Through the Colors: Staunton State Park
https://youtu.be/CRRlRjSo1hg Citadel ˈsidədl,ˈsidəˌdel/ noun: 1. a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege. 2. any strongly fortified place; stronghold. When used in storybook writings and folklore, citadel is bound to provoke imagery of a hilltop castle, skies of fire, and … Continue reading The Citadel
They said if I think I can make it, Mayqueen knows and can get communications out to search and rescue. Ashton bundled his pack up with extra food and warm clothes, and I threw on a pair of tights. I may be beat up, even broken, but I’d be damned if I was going to quit while laying on a cot in the comfort of a fireside sleeping bag.
My adventure from Leadville to the near-top-of-the-USA, to Mt. Hope, and back down. https://www.strava.com/activities/1054423222 I started heading up Mt. Elbert at 4:15am from the Halfmoon trailhead in Leadville, CO. There was a refreshing chill in the air, a contrast that I welcomed compared to the near-one hundred degree stretch the Denver area had experienced that … Continue reading Short Shorts, Tallest Peaks
By Brandon Yonke IG@brandon_yonke_running Watch the adventure: Quandary Peak in 4K https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qJBWRrFWEs As the new year approached, I knew I wanted to start the year up in thin air. I had freshly acquired a zero degree sleeping bag that needed to be broken in; my urge to be in the mountains remains regardless of the … Continue reading Frost and Fire- A Quandary Adventure
"How do you feel?” I asked. His reply was straightforward and agreeable. “It’s hot.” The only response I could think to say in that rocky, barren landscape, completely absent of shade, was “Welcome to Hell.” I looked down at my watch to see it reading 98 degrees, which, assuming accuracy, had broken the day’s all time high by four degrees. There was still 50 more miles.
I thought to myself, okay is a relative term. By most standards, probably not. In this situation at this time of night, certainly not. I replied “you know, I’m in the mountains, which is perfect, but my hopes of hitching a ride back to the top of the pass have been shattered…”
Brandon Yonke 