It is more or less agreed upon that Eric Horst is the go-to authority on climbing training. This book is a prime example of how he earned that reputation. To be clear, this is not a “Climbing 101”-type book. I first picked this book up when I was very new[…]
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During what percentage of your training runs do you find yourself uncontrollably grinning the whole time? For me, that percentage is extremely low, despite how much I love running. Yesterday happened to be one of those days though. I work for the University of New Mexico, and most of the[…]
Read More »I needed a bit of down time from running in November, after a punishing August and a busy race schedule in September. I wasn’t feeling the pep in my legs and didn’t want to push it. Consequently, I spent most of the month training in my local climbing gym instead.[…]
Read More »“A race on my home trails? Piece of cake.” That was my thought going into the race. It didn’t quite turn out to be true. Like most trail races, the start of the Dirty Half was fairly informal. The group of 80-90 runners just kind of huddled around the base[…]
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