Listen now: Download Today, we talk about trail running with USATF Certified running coach, author, and speaker, Mike Ehredt about trail running, shoes, socks, and being pragmatic in competition. No shoe is made for all runners. We have to take things like running conditions, the terrain you’re running on and your own biomechanics to choose […]
Cross Training for the Best Performance of Your Life
Listen here: Download As I get older, I start to feel like a used car with a laundry list of faulty parts: “Ow, my knee, oops, my shoulder feels tight. Oy, my achilles tendon..” It is always something, and it often keeps us from doing what we want to do, and from getting better. Today we’ll talk […]
Preparing for Worst-Case Scenarios: What’s in Your Backcountry Ski Backpack?
Listen here: Download Sometimes the tiniest most seemingly inconsequential piece of metal can be the difference between a slog in the mountains and a great day out in the woods. Years ago I was on a mountain bike ride with a group of friends in Mazama, Washington. About halfway into it, and perhaps the furthest […]
Backcountry Ski Series Pt 3: How to Find True Love. In Your Backcountry Skis
Listen here: Download When we set ourselves up for success in life, we succeed. Having the right tools at our disposal is so important. For example, I have been telemark skiing for about 10 years, when a few years ago, I decided I really missed alpine skiing. I made the switch back a bit reluctantly, […]
Backcountry Ski Series Pt 2: Alpine touring bindings and being a grown-up in the backcountry
If the right gear makes or breaks the day, why do so many of us not give much thought to the AT ski bindings? I tried boots on for months, going into shops whenever I was out of town. I demoed skis. I researched, talked to people, and when I got the boots and skis lined […]
Backcountry Skiing Pt 1: How To Get More of Something you Want in Life
Skip the blah blah blah and listen now: Download Here’s the “blah blah blah:” For awhile, I’ve wanted more backcountry skiing in my life but I wasn’t sure how to go about doing that. I love the idea of getting away from the crowds in the resorts and finding peace in the snowy mountains, skinning […]
The Hard Part of Ideas: Making Them Happen
Introducing The Gear Show Podcast I had an idea of New Years to launch a podcast on outdoor gear. I had spent the better part of the holiday with visiting friends talking about gear – skis, boots, bindings, what’s in your backpack… Inevitably, the conversation always pivoted to discussion of gear, working and not […]
Storytelling and Narrative: Why is it such a Big Deal?
I’d like to tell you a story to prove my point about the importance of story in proving points. This month I became Level One Avalanche Awareness certified after 24 hours (not consecutive) of study. Two evenings of classroom study and two days in the field digging pits and studying snow, looking at risks that cause […]
How to Stop Effing Up Your Email Marketing and Make More Connections
I received the following email from LogMeIn recently with the following subject line: “Important information about your account.” But I don’t have an account with LogMeIn so I ignored it. When I received it again – maybe even a few more times, I thought I better look. That’s when I realized I do have a LogMeIn account. […]
Why I create a three-year vision instead of New Year’s resolutions
In 1999, I had a pretty good job in downtown Seattle. On Monday mornings, during my commute, I’d contemplate the great adventure I had the previous weekend and would plot out my next weekend. When I realized I didn’t want to live for the weekends anymore. I got on the bus one morning, sat down, […]
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