Today we tackled Friday and Balsam Cap Mountains in the Catskills and boy was it awesome. A fun and challenging bushwhack for all levels, This is a perfect one to dip your toes in if you were thinking about trying out a bushwhack. Tumbles goes over the hike as well as has a mini TED talk on the importance of strength training.  Enjoy!

Hey R&R friends, we decided to head north this time and do a small section of Vermont!  Were there rocks?  Yes. Roots?  Yes. MUD?!  Oh hell yes. 

Hello intrepid listeners!  A full report on the beauty of southern Virginia on the AT!   We saw ponies, longhorns, highlands, untrained dogs, and much more on this episode!

Hi friends! 

A great after work uphill and downhill trail that has fun for everyone.  Have you been here?  Let us know!

Hey friends and a happy belated New Year. We missed you and hope you missed us.  We have been working hard training for our redemption ultramarathon taking place in less than 2 weeks!  Check out our adventure running Manhattan. Mucho mucho love. 

Heyo!  The duo discusses one of Tumbles’ favorite sections of the AT and its historic impact on the Appalachian Trail.  Crank goes into an unknown trail near the Zoo and Tumbles tries to not get sick. 

Hey y’all!  We got our booties out and traveled down to Virginia for some AT/Mau-Har Trail action!  It’s the height of foliage in western Virginia and we were blessed with great weather and even a rainbow!  Come check out the 3 Ridges Trail on this episode, known as one of the most difficult in Virginia!

Barefoot Ken joins us once again for a fantastic chat on his Ultra/Half Marathon run, the Shawangunk Ridge Trail Run!  We get into the logistics of this trail and what made him decide to co-race direct this awesome race!  We also go into some of Ken’s recent and upcoming races as well as New York/New Jersey Trail Conference updates. Thanks, Ken, it was fun to catch up!  

Check Ken out at thelongbrownpath.com

The lovely Tina Merritt joins us once again to talk all about her journey to the Grand Canyon. Not only that but Tina went to hike one of the most difficult trails out there, the R3 or Rim to Rim to Rim. That’s going from the south rim of the Canyon to the North Rim and back to the South Rim. Just shy of 50 miles, Tina talks about her experience with Project Athena, heat induced hallucinations, and a SNAFU at the North Rim which resulted in a 10pm dinner with a 12am wake up time. 

Check out Tina on Insta! @tinatreksne

Project Athena: www.projectathena.org

And they said it wouldn’t last, but we’ve reached 100 proper episodes on the Rocks and Roots Podcast!  We are thrilled to chat with ultrarunner and author Catra Corbett!  

https://catracorbett.com

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