Rocky Mountain Runners

Solidarity ✊

Good luck to all the runners at the High Lonesome 100, which is one of our favorite races for many good and excellent reasons! The live tracking is here: www.opensplittime.org/events/2025-...

Congratulations to Marianne Hogan for her third-place finish at Western States! We 💚 you Marianne! www.instagram.com/reel/DLeRiA8...

We loved you since before you won Western States. Even though you moved to Flagstaff. 💚 🤣

Abby Hall winning Westrn States, headlamp on in the dark, holding the finish line tape over her head. The timer says 16:37:17

Congratulations to Abby Hall for winning Western States! We love you Abby! 💚

Trail runners and Arlo the dog stand at the summit of Green Mountain in Boulder, under cloudy skies. Don’t be fooled though, it was hot!

Tonight’s Green Mountain run was well-attended and everyone agreed to say that they had fun! 😘 #trailrunning #boulder

We had Bluesky sign-in issues for a while but our problems were limited to social media. In the real world we're doing just finnnnnneeeeeee

The men's podium at the North Fork 50Mile trail race in Colorado. The guys are all leaping in the air, holding their awards.

Congratulations to Ryan Smith who wins the North Fork 50M in an as-yet-still unofficial course record of 6:51:50! Congrats to Leonard Strnad for finishing second, and to Kyle Fulmer for not DNFing after he missed a turn and running > 57miles to complete the course fair and square! 💚💚💚

It's no longer DecemBear, but it can be JanuBeary 🐻

Anyone who doesn't need the sleep probably should, yes 🤔

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From the summit rock on Green Mountain looking down to some trail runners with headlamps. Big ponderosa pine silhouettes surround them. In the distance below are the lights of Boulder reflected by a flat cloudy sky above.

View of Boulder from Green Mountain tonight, with the @rockymtnrunners.bsky.social

The lights of Boulder and a big moon behind clouds laid out below trail runners standing on the summit of Green Mountain.

A group of runners gathered in front of the summit rock on Green Mountain. It's dark, but they're illuminated by a bright headlamp worn by the photographer.

Runners descend Green Mountain by headlamp in the dark, between ponderosa pines.

Last night's run up Green Mountain. A good time was had by all. 💚

YouTube video by Allie Ostrander How Much Prize Money I Won as A Pro Runner in 2024

Here's a nice summary from Allie Ostrander about the prize money she's won this season. (TL&DR, it's not an insane amount of money.) youtu.be/VAwgdSY5I8s?...

We have heard that the 2025 race was full within about ten minutes after registration opened. 🐻

I am 95% sure we will be moving to a lottery for 2026... we really didn't want to do that but I think we must. Working out what that looks like. Will announce on our website when it is finalized. Ugh.

Facebook post from Cody Draper, RD of one of the best hundred-mile races in the western US, the Bear 100:

Every Monday at 5:30 pm from Chautauqua Park in Boulder. Rain, shine, or snow. Light or dark.
every.
monday.
💚
Run with us if you're in town!

If the world is a mess, and I think it is, I think a tremendous part of the problem is that we've quantified, or attempted to quantify, everything. How much money can you make? How many likes does your post get? Does the dating app think this potential partner is optimized for your desires? Is that 0.2 drop in your GPA going to ruin your chances for a job? I reject this. It's poison.

What's your Green Mountain descent time? In snow? In dry conditions? We reject this. It's poison.

Runners on the summit of Green Mountain on snow, in the dark

Runners on the summit of Green Mountain. Once again, it's snowy and dark.

We are gathered here in the dark in Chautauqua Park in Boulder, after having run up and down Green Mountain.

Build your subculture.

We've talked about the death of cohesive subcultures. That's tied to the collapse of the middle ground of cultural production. You can, with a lot of conscious work, revive the middle ground, or a version of it, through the rebirth of subcultures. I don't mean that you need to become a punk or goth. Your subcultures might not look like mine. They might not look like subcultures at all. The first step is stumbling into something new. Go to a show at Cat's Cradle or a rave at The Fruit. Go to a goth night at Chapel of Bones. Watch some weird movies or find a new band. Film your own weird movie or start your own band. Put up some flyers, pick up a skateboard. Do something you haven't done before and find some joy with others doing the same.

Run up Green Mountain with us on Monday night in Boulder. Run with us on Wednesday or Friday morning. Even if you don't have La Sportiva running shoes, you can participate in our subculture. If you bring your dog 💚🐶 #trailrunning flaminghydra.com/issue-216/#h...

YouTube video by The Serious Show Bad Coloradan

Listen to the tale of the Bad Coloradan. Legend says he is still roaming Colorado, refusing to conform to our culture, or to purchase more than one pair of skis... youtu.be/DnTfYhdBelI?...

Tune in if you appreciate Matt Choi jokes like we do 😇

YouTube video by The Serious Show Serious Group Ideology

In this week's episode of the Serious Show, two running clubs with different ideas find common ground against a common enemy: running influencers 🤣 youtu.be/55KMZW8ehSw?...

Here's a short account of our club from iRunFar (who isn't on Bluesky yet but will probably be, eventually) www.irunfar.com/rocky-mounta...

You can also follow us on Instagram www.instagram.com/rockymountai...

If you've been at races in Colorado and across the West, you've probably seen our green kits out on the course. Be sure to say hi! We love that shit. #trailrunning

A group of runners and dogs approach the camera along a snow-covered trail. In the background are trees with yellow leaves, pine trees, and a mountain with rocks and snow slopes.

Our runs are almost never canceled for weather. Come find out how fun it is to run the in the cold, in the dark, or both!

If you are in Boulder (or even JeffCo), we have weekly group runs where all are invited. Come run with us!
Monday: 5:30pm at Chautauqua park for a loop up Green Mtn
Wednesday: 6:00 am, route varies weekly
Friday: 6:00 am, run up Chimney Gulch trail in Golden from hwy 93 pull-off

Hello, Bluesky! We are a trail running club in Boulder, Colorado founded in 2014. We love trails but won't turn up our nose at road running! We love all distances and our members range from front to back of the pack. Pro-dog and cat. 🐶🐱 💚Admin by @careycuprisin.bsky.social and others as needed.

Six trail runners in front of a 'condolences' poster. I'm in the middle holding a sign that says 'Ibiots united.' The people to my right and left are holding cutout dodo birds on sticks. We are all happy and misery-free. The happiness will continue.

Trail runners draping themselves around a gnarled fallen juniper in Betasso park near Boulder. Bright sun, brighter vibes.

The RMR aid station crew at the bottom of Gregory Canyon in Boulder. It's about 2 am. It's very cold. Everyone's wearing Guy Fawkes and cat masks. They're standing on an area rug equipped with a bright floor lamp and a digital clock that says it's just after midnight, and which does not actually change with the passage of time.

Three trail runners on the summit of Mount Sanitas on their way around Boulder's greatest hits (marshall mesa, walker ranch, betasso, boulder reservoir, boulder skyline).

I come in
"where you been?"
I've been out under the sky
-- All Them Witches, 'Warhorse'

Spent the weekend running around Boulder with the best people on the planet 💚
@rockymtnrunners.bsky.social and IG www.instagram.com/rockymountai...