Almost road trip time! Your hosts are discussing plans for their trip down to Tahoe for the Broken Arrow Sky Race. Doug also gives a detailed play-by-play of his recent crash on the trails where he tripped downhills and fell flat on his face. Glad he’s okay! This is a great time to remind everyone of the importance of bringing your “10 Essentials” and proper protection when heading onto the trails. Be safe out there, guys!

With less than two weeks to their first big race of the season Douglas and Mathias compare final notes and training runs thus far. When will tapering begin, what are their plans for nutrition on race day, and what shoes will they be wearing?

Also: A first look at some planned adventures in the mountains once the final snow is melted and they are fully recovered from their race in Tahoe.

Douglas takes a road trip to Badlands National Park and Mathias wakes up early to run up Mt. Rose, twice – finally. Training for Broken Arrow is going well for the both of them and they are pushing themselves to keep up their mileage and elevation goals. Mathias bought new shoes – thank you REI anniversary sale, and Douglas has holes in his running socks.

Hungry as always Mathias and Douglas continue to dig into their training routine leading up to their next big race: Broken Arrow Skyrace at Lake Tahoe. They discuss diners in middle America, the best use of poles while attacking hills and why trail running is vastly superior to city marathons.

Mathias is frustrated about buying running shoes, Douglas’s hamstrings are sore, and neither of them are wearing tights because it’s Springtime. Also, grizzlies, good training routes to get elevation and planning for upcoming races.

In this week’s fine installment of our audio experience Douglas and Mathias are in full on nostaglic mood. For the anniversary of their epic run of the fabled R2R2R route at the Grand Canyon they remember the good times, and laugh about the bad ones too. Do you hear that Phantom Ranch, do you, do you?

Doug and Mathias, and Trixy (sady not featured on this fine audio experience) climb Mt. St. Helens. On the popular Worm Flows Route they encounter snow, sun, professional glissaders and get sunburned.

Inaurgial episode of our new trailrunning podcast: ‘SINGLETRACK with Douglas Scott & Mathias Eichler’. It’s going to be a hell of a run. Buckle up!

There’s so much to do, see and enjoy all around the Olympic Peninsula.

From glacial alpine peaks to crashing ocean shores there’s a lifetime of outdoor adventure opportunities around every turn.

The end of summer doesn’t mean the end of Olympic Peninsula Enjoyment. On the contrary! The weather is optimal and the pace – is more RELAXED!

Hey, we made a shirt.
It’s beautiful dark grey with a dark orange/red design of a panorama of our two favorite mountains. And it’s on Teespring for a limited time.
Featuring a panorama of Mount Ellinor, our home mountain on the Olympic Peninsula and it’s taller, steeper, and harder to climb sibling Mount Washington.