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Colorado Trail - Day 13
The last and final day was both jubilant and frustrating. Today’s assignment: Segments 3, 2 and 1. Over the years, I’ve done each of...
Bill Watts
Jul 14, 20171 min read
Colorado Trail - Day 12
Today’s prescribed mileage was 28.8 miles, covering segments 5 and 4. Breaking camp at sunrise, I cruised effortlessly through these two...
Bill Watts
Jul 13, 20171 min read
Colorado Trail - Day 11
Today’s plan was to just cover segment 6, the longest of any segment on the CT and a little over 32 miles. Up to this point, I had been...
Bill Watts
Jul 12, 20171 min read
Colorado Trail - Day 10
Segment 8 Anticipation of Segment 8 left me restless and uneasy all night, not because of fear, but because of excitement. When I woke up...
Bill Watts
Jul 11, 20172 min read
Colorado Trail - Day 9
SEGMENT 10 (Northbound) On most nights, I'd been able to fall asleep and stay asleep quite easily. But during the early hours o...
Bill Watts
Jul 10, 20172 min read
Colorado Trail - Day 8
SEGMENT 12 (Northbound) Today I began my run from the Silver Creek trailhead, on what looked like a beautiful Rocky Mountain summer day....
Bill Watts
Jul 9, 20173 min read
Colorado Trail - Day 7
SEGMENT 14 (Northbound) Traffic - something I haven't heard in a while. It wasn't a lot, but enough to know that I'm still in the...
Bill Watts
Jul 8, 20174 min read
Colorado Trail - Day 6
SEGMENT 16 (Northbound) I was awakened about 4:45 this morning by something a few yards away from my tent. Something big. Something...
Bill Watts
Jul 7, 20173 min read
Colorado Trail - Day 5
SEGMENT 20 (Northbound) On this segment , I only ran a few miles from where I was dropped off. I covered only about four miles in this...
Bill Watts
Jul 6, 20173 min read
Colorado Trail - Day 4
It's never easy to get off the horse once you're bucked off. The body hurts, the pride hurts. The mind is cautious, but the heart is...
Bill Watts
Jul 5, 20172 min read
Colorado Trail - Sick and Tired
Today's Report - 7/4/17: After months of planning and training, I made the difficult choice to leave the Colorado Trail for a couple of...
Bill Watts
Jul 4, 20172 min read
Colorado Trail - Day 3
Today's Report - 7/3/17: After a very long but successful 63 miles in the detour area, segments 26 and 25 were behind me. I got done with...
Bill Watts
Jul 3, 20172 min read
Colorado Trail - Roses and Razors
Reflecting back on the wild rose thickets of July 2nd: Roses and razors , brought to you by the letter "F" Visibly different, but alike...
Bill Watts
Jul 2, 20172 min read
Colorado Trail - Day 2
Today's Report - 7/2/17: I was able to cover the rest of the detour of segment 27, and all of 26 and 25. I started at 6:25 a.m. instead...
Bill Watts
Jul 2, 20173 min read
Colorado Trail - Day 1
Today's Report - 7/1/17: I only got 23 miles in today. Had a few equipment failures that literally cost me about 5 hours. I have...
Bill Watts
Jul 1, 20171 min read
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