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 | Oct 19, 2017 | Recovery, Uncategorized
Some people like to go all in. I’m probably one of those people, most of the time anyways. I’ve never liked the idea of doing anything halfway, and often think of commitment like jumping across a raging, ice cold, boulder and log strewn creek. You don’t leap over that...
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 | Dec 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
All things have a beginning and an endUpon reflection, I’m certain that 2016 had to have been more than a year long. The first big change of the year was that I left my job as a social studies teacher on the Wind River Reservation and now I’m working as...
by Gabe Joyes | Aug 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Casper Star Tribune and Billings Gazette did an interview with me about mountain running and FKT’s:Marathon not hard enough? Try running peaks, and setting recordsSpeaking of Fastest Know Times, I set a new one for Wind River Peak — 6:56.33Check out the...
by Gabe Joyes | Jul 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
After Bighorn 100 I spent the next two weeks visiting family, traveling, and generally relaxing. It was good. But as we slipped into the heart (and heat) of summer, I started to have feelings of anxiety. It was already July and I had not even been...
