ac100

Silver Moccasin Trail

The Silver Moccasin Trail begins at Chantry and ends at Vincent Gap. Comprised of a series of somewhat distinct trail segments, parts …

I took a pretty good spill running AC100. Running along the ridge after cresting Mt Baden Powell, around Throop Peak, somewhere around …

Build up Looking through the last 6 months of entries into this blog, I see that almost all are about the build-up …

The climb up Baden Powell has 41 switchbacks. As you climb, looking forward, you look into nothing but air. The drop-offs are …

There are ancient limber pine at the top of Mt Baden Powell. Limber pine are subalpine trees, usually marking the edge of …

We started at Islip Saddle at about 5:30am, after having stashed water at stops along the way. The run began with a …

I am confident that I am physically ready for AC100. What I’m not as confident about is that I am mentally ready. …

I picked the first day of trailwork because I reckoned the temperatures would be lower, and because we would be working on …

This week was a step-back week – what should have been a relaxed 76 miles that somehow still managed to have some …

They’ve assigned bib numbers for AC100. My bib is #123. When I saw that, my heart started pounding. It became much more …

Maggie and I took a run from Inspiration Point to to top of Mt. Baden Powell and back, part of the AC100 …

Angeles Crest 100. 100 miles through Angeles Forest and the San Gabriel Mountains, starting at Wrightwood and finishing in town in Alta …

Angeles Forest. The idea was to head down a singletrack that I’ll be following during Mt. D. but Kista & I could’t …

Sun, fog, hot, cold, inquisitive deer, snarling bobcats, 2 mountains, 7,300′ of climbing. Saturday I decided to try a heat & sun …