Last weekend was the hottest on record in Arizona. Friday hit 117º, breaking the previous record for the day (8/14) by four degrees. Saturday hit 115º, breaking the previous record by three degrees. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights all recorded 93º as the low temperature, breaking the previous records of warmest low for all three… Continue reading Pemberton Loop: Long and Hot
Month: August 2015
Pass Mountain Trail: A Rematch
I am NOT coming back here again. I’m starting to feel like I could retire if I had a dollar for every time I said that and turned out to be wrong. This time it was about Pass Mountain Trail out at Usery Park. Once upon a time, I was a mountain biker. For a… Continue reading Pass Mountain Trail: A Rematch
Vertigo Trail Race: One Year of Trail Running
“I’ve been running far enough that I should be able to handle a 10k without too much trouble.” I forget exactly how it went in my mind, but it was something like that. It was what I was thinking when I signed up to run Vertigo in July of 2014. Vertigo, run out at White Tank Mountain… Continue reading Vertigo Trail Race: One Year of Trail Running