Obsessing over winter, we recently visited Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah. Bryce Canyon National Park With over 35,000 acres, Bryce Canyon National Park makes for otherworldly winter hiking through white snow and colorful red and orange rock structures. Bryce is most notably famous for its distinct geological characteristics that include arches, bridges, and hoodoos. The hoodoos are colorful […]
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Chasing Winter Sunsets While crowds of Black Friday Shoppers were congesting the outlets and malls, we were chasing Winter. We hiked up Mt Baldy to see the sunset from the San Gabriel Mountains. Ski Lift Up I normally don’t take the ski lift up, but I can’t resist the thrill of riding up when it’s snowing. […]
Hi, if you’re just tuning in: My name is Justin Flores and I’m obsessively getting ready for Winter. I’ve run my last Ultra Marathon for the year, which you can read about here and now I’m ready to hit some trails. As we’re getting ready to start this year’s snow season, we take a look back […]
Opening Ceremonies The Opening Ceremonies began at the 100 Mile Club Headquarters atop a big hill in Norco, California. The ceremony was led by Ed Ettinghausen, a badass ultra-runner who holds the world record for completing the most 100 Mile (or more) Ultra Marathons in a year. It was said, that only 3 people in […]
“Partying, horsing around, someone out there at the same time is working hard, someone is getting smarter, someone is winning.”- Arnold Schwarzenegger. Recently, I went to the gym after a long day of work to burn some calories and some stress before going to a barbecue. I ran into an old “party friend” there who […]
NOTE: This post is written as a short follow up to our recent article Black Star Canyon- Urban Legend Normally I don’t write about Urban Legends or paranormal activity, I’d rather write about awesome waterfalls and rainbows like HERE Or about trail running and racing like HERE But for our Halloween special, my older brother […]
If you grew up in Orange County, chances are you’ve heard the legends of Black Star Canyon: Hooded creatures, KKK, ghosts and demons. You know that you’re not supposed to go there at night…and yet, you go anyway. I first heard about the place when I was a senior in high school way back in […]
We’re all familiar with Arnold’s six rules of success. Many of us have applied them to our own lives to reach our goals. We decided to take a look at the life of our favorite “Bad guy”, Tony Montana aka Scarface to see if the six rules helped him achieve his success. We’ll also tell […]
Recently, both my brother John and I signed up for California’s toughest 50k: the Los Pinos 50k which boasts 31 miles and 9,000 feet of elevation gain. You can read John’s post here. Here’s my race report: San Juan Trail (Miles 1-12) The race started at 6:15am. I relaxed the first 45 minutes […]
In the olden days, brave knights would set off on quests to slay the dragon terrorizing their town. Brave knights who trained and dedicated their whole lives for adventures like these; brave knights hardened from battle. Then there were the guys who didn’t train quite as hard as they should have but showed up to […]
If you were a kid in the 90’s, you know that the coolest martial arts action star in the whole world was Jean Claude Van Damme. The “Muscles from Brussels” had the coolest spinning jump kick ever seen on the big screen. He had a cool accent, cool hair, and he always got the girl […]
With countless victories in the UFC and MMA fights everywhere, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is on the rise and becoming a great sport worldwide. The purpose of this article is to introduce the North American Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation and the Sport Jiu-Jitsu International Federation, to those who have not heard about it. The North American Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation began in […]
The Backstory Let’s start with the story of Captain Jack Sands, an American Prisoner of War held in Vietnam’s infamous Hanoi Hilton. Captain Jack was held captive for 7 years in a 6’x6’ cell. He was unable to leave his cell or communicate with any other prisoners. To keep from going insane, he would visualize […]
On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 we loaded up the car and took a little road trip to Joshua Tree to watch the Perseid meteor shower. The peak of the shower this year was August 12-13, and it was predicted to be a good one to catch due to the fact that it would be a […]
We recently took a road trip to Yosemite, Big Sur, and Monterey. This a great video our buddy made during the Yosemite part of our recent road trip. In case you missed the article you can check it out here. Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook!
There’s a poster hung up on the wall right next to my computer monitor. It has a Vince Lombardi quote- “Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing!” Walt Disney also said “the difference in winning and losing is most often… not quitting.” Thinking back on my races, I realize that I have developed the […]
Back in October, I crewed for both my brothers in a 100 mile race. I was so inspired by how they kept it together the whole way (injuries and all) until they finally crossed the finish line less than 30 hours after they started. Watching them succeed made me want to do it also. So […]
No sleep, no food, little water, trying to make it out of the Grand Canyon before sunset when temperatures were expected to drop to freezing. It sounds like a story of survival, but actually, it was just a Friday off from work. My brother, Justin, and I made the 7 hour drive from California to […]
I got up at 4am Saturday morning so that I could get ready and make the drive over to Glen Helen Raceway for this year’s SoCal Tough Mudder. This was my 3rd time competing in Tough Mudder, and my first time ever at this race course. My wife and I headed over to the event […]
A friend of mine sends me a picture of the weight bench almost every morning telling me how much he was able to bench press that day. This friend is regularly setting PR’s (personal records). This motivates to me to get up and go to the gym. I haven’t been consistent with my weightlifting routine […]