Put backpacking and trail running together and what do you get? Fastpacking combines ultra trail running with lightweight backpacking, allowing deeper exploration into the backcountry. You don’t have ...

There’s this place Brian Beckstead likes to go. The trailhead is an hour’s drive from Beckstead’s house in Heber City, Utah. From there, it’s 12 miles and one huge mountain pass of rough country to a ...

Running with a backpack can be the perfect storm of chafing and discomfort, or it can be the ideal way to tote snacks, a change of clothes or a much-needed water supply. With a properly fitted pack ...

I’m covered in mud. Wet, sticky, mud. And blood, and salt from sweat and tears. But I’m still moving. Hobbling like I’m headed to breakfast in a nursing home, but moving, nonetheless. The wind blows ...