Footfall by Mike Kratzer
Trail running is built from footfalls — raw, rhythmic, sometimes sloppy, always sacred. Each one is a little act of defiance against gravity, asphalt, and the chaos you left behind in the city.
Trail running is built from footfalls — raw, rhythmic, sometimes sloppy, always sacred. Each one is a little act of defiance against gravity, asphalt, and the chaos you left behind in the city.
There’s a moment — always — when you're grinding up a switchback, lungs on fire, and some guy on a mountain bike glides past you.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Mike Kratzer runs. See for yourself. RUNNING THOUGHT is Mike’s writings in response to someone giving him only one word of inspiration. ‘Lazy’ supplied by Josh Rosenthal Trail running is the antidote to lazy. Not the kind of lazy where you skip chores or sleep in. I’m talking about the lazy that creeps into your soul — the psychic rust that eats away at your edges while you pretend your life is “balanced.” Screw balance. You don’t drag your ass up a mountain at dawn because you’re chasing symmetry. You do it because the couch tried to kill you slowly and you saw it happening. There’s
Hydration is everything when it comes to ultras. Get it wrong on race day and all of your hard work and prep is potentially out of the window. The unfortunate thing is, it’s really easy to get it wrong. Thankfully, in multi day events, there is usually enough time to turn the ship around.
I am a sucker for a lightweight hoodie and the Pyrenees T19 Hoodie checks so many boxes. A lot of sun hoodies are technical fabrics that can be clingy and usually stink so bad within 24 hours.