This past Wednesday, Fritz, Roo, and I trudged up Salt Lake City’s Grandeur Peak for sunrise and enjoyed a bottle of Mutt Chandog in honor of Roo’s 100th summit. I decided I need more celebration in my life so I bought a bottle of stuffed bubbly and dragged Fritz out of bed at 5am on…
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Monday Mojo Volume 17, Home of the Brave & Trump Highway
I am totally mesmerized by Scott Carrier’s voice. I remember him from the early days of This American Life and until recently had no idea he had his own podcast. I’ve spent the last 2 weeks literally listening to every episode of Home of the Brave. His stories are powerful and poignant and exactly what…
Monday Mojo, Volume 15
I’ve spent a lot of time on Grandeur Peak these last weeks prepping for the 24 hour Running Up For Air run. There’s something about spending multiple mornings in a row on the same peak noticing all the little changes in the snow and the trees and occasionally scoring one of those sunrises that makes…
Monday Mojo, Volume 13
Just got back from a weekend exploring Utah’s Comb Ridge, which is now entirely protected within the Bears Ears National Monument, well for now it is. I’ve been trying to put into words my feelings about the Monumental Utah War over Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, but this is a very complicated issue…
Monday Mojo, Volume 12, Eclipse Style
“Total Solar Eclipses occur somewhere on Earth every two years, or so. So just calm yourself when people tell you they’re rare,” ~Neil deGrasse Tyson They are calling it the eclipsolypse. Grocery stars near the line of totality had run out of food days before the eclipse and people are panicking about gasoline shortages. And…
Monday Mojo, Volume 11
Lots has happened since my last Mojo – trips to Montana, a whirlwind CANADA tour, a pace gig at the Hardrock 100, Roo’s eye bludgeoning incident, and lots of wildflower Wasatch wanderings. I also got braces 4 weeks ago and literally want to rip my teeth out of my mouth. Pretty sure the only thing holding my…
Monday Mojo, Volume 10
One hundred degrees in the forecast for SLC so I am thinking about fleeing to Canada next week. Looking for suggestions in the Canadian Rockies? I may never come back… I am reading Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime right now and am totally blown away by his stories growing up in South Africa during the…
Monday Mojo, Volume 8
No mojo last week since I was finding mojo real time in Southern Utah with two of my favorite ladies! Explored several slot canyons in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and went on a super fun route finding adventure in Lower Death Hollow. We missed the prime cactus bloom by about a week, but spied a…
Monday Mojo, Volume 7
We had a very special week of weather in Salt Lake last week. Waking up to snow in our yard, I abandoned all responsibilities and took my dog up my favorite local peak to photograph the wildflowers covered in snow. Was a totally magical morning, but sadly all the wildflowers are now dead. Frustrated with…
Monday MoJo, Volume 6
I’ve decided to turn Monday Motivation into Monday Mojo mostly because “mojo” just sounds more fun! I’ve been having some trouble finding my running mojo so this Ultrarunner podcast on Mojo, Motivation, and Burnout was a timely listen. This past week I went to the live taping of Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me in Salt Lake…