My Quest for 26.2

Miles. Not beers.  The beers come easy. Not the miles. There’s gifted athletes and then there’s me. Much more content drinking and writing about beer than pounding out the miles on the pavement. Still, from somewhere unknown comes a primeval need to compete.  Not against others. Against me. For me, actually. I’ve written before about…

Missoula (Beer) Runners Raise $5,400 for Raramuri

Stretched out along the length of the Higgins Avenue Bridge Wednesday evening, more than 110 runners set out on Run Wild Missoula’s monthly beer run for a chance to run with Micha True, better known in running circles as Caballo Blanco.  The run preceded an “interactive discussion with beer” led by the man himself to…

Speaking of Beer Runners . . .

Don’t forget about this special opportunity for a beer run with one of the celebrities of the running world. Caballo Blanco (Micha True) of “Born to Run” fame will be in Missoula next Wednesday, October 27, 2010, for an “interactive discussion with beer” as a fundraiser for the Tarahumara Indians and the Copper Canyon epic…

Run Wild Missoula Beer Run Rocks Kettlehouse

Run Wild Missoula’s new monthly beer run is proving to be quite popular.  More than 35 runners turned out on an unusually hot September evening for a four mile run and the great rewards that awaited. Chancellor of Libations Pat Cross led us on a circuitous route along the riverfront trail, through the university and…

Run Wild Missoula Beer Run

For the same reason I didn’t buy great running shoes until I knew I was going to stick with it, I was reluctant to call myself a runner until I’d trained for and run my first race – and decided to keep running afterward.  Well, that happened this past Sunday when I completed the Missoula…