by Gabe Joyes | Jul 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Back when I was working on my geography degree in college, I’d often eat my lunch in the map library geeking out on the Gannett Peak USGS quadrangle. I was an awe of the vast ice sheets and ridiculously steep and rocky peaks—I dreamed of adventuring in the high...
by Gabe Joyes | Jun 20, 2018 | Racing
Back on a warm sunny morning in June of 2012, I vividly remember sitting in the wide, artsy alley just off of Sheridan’s main drag at the post-Bighorn Trail Run pancake breakfast, listening to Mike Foote talk about his big win in the 100-mile race. I was in awe,...
by Gabe Joyes | Feb 17, 2018 | Racing
“How fast is your slow, Gabe?” I thought to myself, as I was resisting the urge to keep pace with the few huffing and puffing speedy guys that blew by me on each downhill early on in the Orcas Island 100. The first 50k of a hundred mile race are all about...
by Gabe Joyes | Feb 4, 2018 | Racing, Uncategorized
The Wasatch 100 lottery gods looked upon me with kindness and favor yesterday, giving me another chance to run the sunny and steep ridges of the Utah’s Wasatch Front. I’ve been itching to go back after my 2015 effort at the race ended early at mile 87 with...
by Gabe Joyes | Dec 27, 2017 | Recovery, Training, Wind River Range
It’s completely dark out, with only a fading quarter moon to accompany my headlight as I run uphill. The temperature is cold, but very reasonable for a Wyoming December morning. I try to keep my cadence rhythmic as my shoes bite into the hard snow crunch crunch crunch...
