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 | Jul 28, 2017 | Racing
The first climb up Dives-Little Giant Pass (photo credit: iRunFar) As I stood at the starting line in Silverton, listening to the buzz of the crowd and media, and the nervous chatter of all the runners, I found myself surprisingly relaxed. Maybe relaxed isn’t the...
by Gabe Joyes | Jul 9, 2017 | Racing, Uncategorized
About eight years ago I had this really ridiculous idea that I should sign up for one of those really long mountain races. You see, I just finished up a long and competitive college soccer career and was looking for a good challenge. I enjoyed spending a lot of time...
by Gabe Joyes | Jul 30, 2016 | Racing, Recovery
Shin Injury On Monday, July 18th, I gave up on running the Never Summer 100K. Eight days before that during a big training weekend I decided to run up the unnamed peak adjacent to Roaring Fork Pass for some extra vert and altitude training. After all, the Never...
by Gabe Joyes | Jun 6, 2016 | Racing
I’ve been fortunate to have some pretty good races the last year or so, but I’ve always left thinking I could have done more. Maybe I could have paced myself better, or hydrated better, or I could have been more patient, or not taken a wrong turn, or not...
