Running with Tonks

Beautiful night at Peak One Campground Dillon Reservoir Perimeter Trail This is a tough experience to process. It was just so ridiculous.  Wait, I am getting ahead of myself.  First, the drive out to Grand Mesa..... I was making the drive to Grand Mesa by myself in a camper van I rented; so, I decided to break it up. Thursday I drove to Dillon Reservoir and camped at Peak One Campground. It was a super nice place with clean bathrooms. I had a site with views of the reservoir.  To be fair if I was in a tent, I would not have been happy because normally I go camping to get away from people.  However, this was a different kind of trip. I stayed only about 15 hours and had a van to sleep in for the night.  In the morning, I did my shake out along the perimeter trail. It was beautiful and I was happy. From Dillon, I drove to Glenwood Springs, Colorado and made a mandatory stop at Sweet Coloradough for donuts and a bagel sandwich. This place is worth the trip! T...

I've had the pleasure of crewing a few times now.  First at the Dirty30 in 2019, then the Bear Chase 50k in September of 2021 and most recently at the NorthFork 50 miler in June of 2022.  All of them were very different experiences with varying degrees of responsibility.  _____________________________________________________________________________________ Dirty 30 June 2019    The Dirty 30 is a 50k trail race held in Golden Gate Canyon State Park each year.  With over 7,000 feet of climbing,  this race is a doozy. For this event, I was mainly  a driver and cheerleader.  I followed their progress  by taking the shuttles from aide station to aide station.   I helped out a little here and there when I saw them  but for the most part I cheered them on in my cow  and unicorn onesies.  Here is what I said about it on Facebook right after the event, "Today I experienced the cheering/crewing side  of an ultra. It was un...