For about a year now, I’ve been conducting an unofficial toll of endurance riders. When asked what kind of pain troubles them most, the majority cite muscle soreness. (Joint pain comes in second,...

It’s a rare endurance rider who isn’t searching for the holy grail of stirrups. Can you put a price on comfortable feet, ankles, and knees when you’re riding anywhere from 4 to 24 hours in a day?  Apparently,...

Have you experienced shin pain while endurance riding? Many of us have, including me. In fact, there was a time I thought I’d have to give up endurance riding for good. I thought the problem was...

The first hints of dusk had begun to gather as Atlas and I slipped away from the noise and bustle, back into the silent wilderness. The world seemed somehow bigger now, more hollow and lonesome and mysterious....

It was in that stretch I suffered most. The descent at Eldorado was endless, the heat deeply oppressive. I later heard that it topped 110 degrees. I remember putting one foot in front of the other, telling...

Tevis. It was everything I expected. It was nothing like I expected. It was more and different than I expected. Experiencing Tevis firsthand replaced the coloring book rendering in my head with a high-resolution...

Preparing for Tevis is just like preparing for any other endurance ride. Okay, it’s not. Okay, it is…but it isn’t. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to get ready for Tevis, here’s a window into...

What does it take to get a good prospect to the starting line of the famed Western States 100 Mile Trail Ride? I sat down with Atlas and his owner, Layne Lewis, to ask.