Run Journal

How to Develop Strong Trail Running Hips

With Ian Ramsey Ian Ramsey is an ultrarunner, writer and educator who splits his time between Maine and the Pacific Northwest. He directs the Kauffmann Program for Environmental Writing and...

Intro to Nordic Skiing

WITH IAN RAMSEY Our good friend, Ian Ramsey is giving us a look into the world of nordic skiing in a video he has created for us.   Ian breaks...

How to Stay Inspired as a Trail Runner on Social Media

By Aaron Burrick Last fall, I unfollowed everyone on Strava. In a virtual world where there is always someone faster and more adventurous I was struggling to manage what I...

Winter in the Midwest

By Brian Grissom    Seasons. It’s something that as a midwestern trail runner…we receive 4 times a year. Common trails put on different clothes every 3 months or so. Just...

Easy Miles

By Brian Grissom   “Soren Kierkegaard speculated that the mind might function optimally at the pedestrian pace of 3 miles an hour…” The Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane. I had in...

There’s Gold in the Hills

Photos & Video by Nick Danielson Written by Doug McKeever On a crisp day one early October I hiked to Scatter Lake in the Entiat River drainage in Washington’s Cascades...