Monthly Archives: September 2011

I would like to bring your attention to this site which is awesome:
Why didn’t I think of that?

White Pine Lake trail; Wasatch Range

Who wants a tram heading up just south of Red Lover’s Ridge on the Wasatch 100 course?

Sure as hell not me. As we all know, just what the Wasatch Crest trail needs is some lift-served mountain biking. What could possibly go wrong?!
Here’s the skinny. (via straightchuter.com).

According to ESPN, Lance Armstrong will be racing at the XTERRA National Championship at Snowbasin, Utah on September 24th.
Via sock-doc.com
Of course, most people reading this will probably be somewhere else. Maybe we can convince Lance to ditch the skin suit and come and try his hand against Karl Meltzer? ;]

Killyon Canyon, Sunset

Some people might know that I’m a huge data-viz nerd. Consequently, I was blown away when I saw this by Jeff Pflueger.
Well done, sir!

Neffs Canyon, below Mill B. Looking toward West Slabs of Mount Olympus.

In addition to the seven 100 mile races currently available in Utah (Wasatch, Bear, Moab, Salt Flats, Pony Express, Buffalo, Slickrock), there appears to be a 7th joining the ranks in 2012:
The inaugural Zion 100 will be held May 11th and 12th, 2012 in Springdale, UT.
Update: I originally posted this with only 7 races, leaving [...]

12:58 Locals Christian and Erik just came in.
12:57 Runners arriving more frequently now.
12:24: Karl is through looking focused and on the hunt. He’s a machine.
12:13: Luke Nelson at Big Mountain.
12:10Evan Honeyfield has reached Big Mountain.
11:40Evan Honeyfield has overtaken Timmy Parr as of Swallow Rocks. All leaders within minutes of each other.
11:37 AM Leaders passed Swallow [...]

Inside Trail posted their predictions for the Wasatch 100 on Friday.
Go read it and let ‘em know what you think.