Tag: hiking

  • Durability After 50: How I Train for Endurance in Sport and Life

    Durability After 50: How I Train for Endurance in Sport and Life Endurance Training After 50 | Trail Running, Zone 1–2, Aerobic Decoupling, and Aging Well I’m 59, I trail run in the Black Hills, and have stopped chasing speed. This post is about durability and aging — and what it means to an aging…

  • La Sportiva Jackal vs Bushido: A review from an aging trail runner

    La Sportiva Jackal vs Bushido: A review from an aging trail runner Wider toe box, rock plate, and cushion—without losing trail feel. An alternative to the Bushido. I’m 59. I don’t chase race calendars—aside from one Montana ultra at summer’s end. These days, I love heading out with my La Sportiva Jackals as I run…

  • Winter running trails in Spearfish

    Lookout Mountain is a good place to trail run, and ride, dirt all year So here it is, the end of November. Local cross country ski trails and fat bike trails are groomed and riding in The Black Hills of South Dakota. Terry Peak ski area just opened, it’s earliest in several years. And here…

  • Fit at Fifty

    Who is Rob and what is it fit at fifty? Half Life was supposed to be about me, living on the backside of fifty, trying to be fit and understanding the world around me. What my body is doing to me and how I’m dealing with it. What good training is and how, as a…

  • Best winter running traction, and it’s cheap and easy

    Find out the best way to get traction on snow and ice when running in the winter – it’s cheap, easy, and doesn’t require Yaktrax or other expensive devices!