I scanned my headlamp back and forth through the darkness. I panned to my light left and then right, searching, but seeing nothing that could be the source of the bizarrely loud country music. I was at Deep Creek Lake, below Wind River Peak, and the sun had gone down...

Note: I originally posted this article on the Ultimate Directions Buzz Blog Late last fall something bit me. It didn’t hurt, but rather it fired me up. The previous two running season (2017 and 2018) were really good ones for me that included lots of steep and...

This race report was originally posted on The Ultimate Direction Buzz. Everything was steep at the Lavaredo Ultra Trail—notably the 19k of long, grinding ascents and absurdly technical descents—but my greatest challenge in the Dolomites of Italy was the steep learning...