January | 2023 | EdgeofMountain

1/ COMPLETED- January- The Catawba Runaround aka Triple Crown Loop. I had done the complete loop in 2018 and had been wanting to do it again. Keya Price was thrilled to do the whole thing also. We had several others join in for sections of it. It was a cold windy day and North Mountain tried to blow us out. Overall it went as perfectly as we could hope for. We were both very happy about it. This was Keya’s first CRA. I was faster than my 2018 time, but we were not in “race mode”. Huge success!

Run

Sat, 1/14/2023

The Runaround

10:39:26

34.71 mi

9,583 ft

Check out the hyerlink for details and pictures.

2/COMPLETED- February- Mount Leconte self created ultra mountain trail run in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park I had a business trip in Nashville and arranged to stay in Pigeon Forge (free through the company) for a couple days after. I did most of this route 2 years ago but was not able to do the last trail due to major ice. I did not have spikes with me and there was no going over or around it. This 2023 edition went great! No issues at all. Took longer than I thought but a fantastic adventure.

Run

Fri, 2/24/2023

Mount Leconte summit x 2

10:24:28

32.37 mi

7,739 ft

1109

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Check out the hypelink for details and pictures

3/ COMPLETED- trail race March 25th- Hone Quarry 40 mile trail race in Dayton VA area. 8000ish climb. Inaugural race. First time race director and he was only 29 years old. This was a great course and race overall. I really enjoyed it and highly recommend it. https://www.honequarryultra.com/

Run

Sat, 3/25/2023

Hone Quarry 40

11:04:32

40.81 mi

8,258 ft

4/COMPLETED-April-The Catawba Run Around aka Triple Crown Loop Allison had asked me to do this with her months before we did it. This was her first time doing it. It was a big goal of hers to do it after healing from an injury. We had a great and fun day. Alice Katherine joined in the the Andy Layne/Tinker Cliffs portion. 8 consecutive months of a trail ultra run.

Run

Sat, 4/15/2023

Allison’s first Runaround

11:18:16

34.56 mi

8,750 ft

5/ May-Put on a Duathlon event in which participants cycle a 12 mile figure 8 type route with over 2000 climb then run a 5.6 mile trail loop.

Free/Underground/Fat Ass BnB group event that we put on ourselves.

Ride

Sat, 4/29/2023

Yee Haw Duathlon-bike

1:07:29

13.31 mi

2,075 ft

https://www.strava.com/activities/8980372283

Run Sat, 4/29/2023 Yee Haw Duathlon- run 1:04:03 5.76 mi 666 ft climb trail run 666 ft

6/May-50K Trail Run from James River Foot Bridge to Route 43

7/May-Wilderness Road 75 mile bike ride

8/May-Vacation with Maria – Pigeon Forge/Smokies/Bryson City

/UPCOMING/PLANNING for July – Katahdin Knife Edge loop. Goal of the year and first Maine visit.

Strava route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3033929450895716268

I am sharing a list and rundown of my largest adventures from the year. I enjoy sharing this stuff with anyone that is interested and for myself, so here goes.

I did not initially think I had a huge adventure year, other than completing my first 100-mile running race event and the Pemi Loop, but looking back through my Strava activities for the year, I did a ton of epic adventures. I may not ever have another year like this..hard to say. These are not ranked. There are too many variables to rank, such as views, difficulty, distance, area, people I was with or solo, etc. I was able to knock out a few adventures that I had been wanting to do for a while.

The list is in chronological order. Each event has a Strava link with route details and pictures.

1/ January-Chaos Fatass Event-Gravel-road running. I should have done 40 miles but I saw my friends go into the brewery. My discipline failed me on this one.

Sat, 1/15/2022

Chaos