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Over a decade ago, a friend of mine mentioned something called "Rim to Rim to Rim".  At the time, it sounded like one of those "That's INSANE!  Buuuuuuut....." ideas. 

Until Tuesday evening, I was planning to hike Mt. Elbert - highest summit of Colorado's 14ers - on Saturday morning.

This summer has been BA-nanas (in the best sense of the word)!  So let's catch up a bit, starting with our trek along the Via degli Dei ("Way of the Gods") from Bologna to Florence....

I've done quite a few "centuries" in the past, and a bunch of back-to-back 4-5 hour ride days, but this was a whole new level of endurance cycling for me.  Endurance anything, for that matter.

Numbers 6 & 7 in the bag!

"Backpacker Magazine didn’t name the Pemi Loop the second hardest day hike in America for nothing"...

The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself. The resources of the graphic art are taxed beyond their powers in attempting to portray its features.  Language and illustration combined must fail.

- John Wesley Powell

I was initially planning to race Marin County Half Marathon this weekend - think it may have been the first event on the list of the 17

IRONMAN RACE COVERAGE ONCE AGAIN DISAPPOINTS – BETH LAMIE

Yesterday at Ironman Texas – the North American Ironman Championship – records were broken. It seems like records are broken all the time in this sport, and as the saying goes, that’s why records exist.

Last Sunday I ran the farthest I've ever run in one day.