Daring to Dream, Daring to Fail in the Tetons
September 8, 2009 by Bryon Powell · 17 Comments
I failed yesterday. Sean Meissner and I had planned to climb both the Middle and South Tetons. I did not summit either peak. I climbed from 6,800′ to within 500′ of the 12,800′ summit when I succumbed to a fear of heights. I was on loose rocky trail when I looked over at the neighboring [...]
Leadville 100 2009: I'm Either In or I'm Out
August 19, 2009 by Bryon Powell · 20 Comments
Oh boy, here I go again, but this time, maybe on my own. I will, for sure, be running the Leadville 100 on Saturday. There has been much uncertainty in my road to starting line, as I’ll explain below. There also still uncertainty in my race plan. I’m currently without any pacer for the run, [...]
Weak Weeks/Feeling the Heat/Depression
July 10, 2007 by Bryon Powell · 2 Comments
To start, after a few good training weeks, my two previous running weeks have been awful. I think I missed three days two weeks ago and am pretty sure that I missed four last week, including three in a row this week. Sure, I had stuff going on, but that’s no excuse. I’ve made time [...]
Who's Got the Funk?
March 14, 2007 by Bryon Powell · 10 Comments
I’ve got the funk…. or at least I’m in one. I’m in a running funk and I risk falling into a personal funk. This isn’t the first time I’ve fallen into a running funk and it won’t be the last. Now I’ve got to figure out why I’m in it and a way out. The [...]
