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 […]
Three Hours North from Orange County, California lies 1,865 miles of Sequoia National Forest. I was fortunate enough to spend three days in the Southern region. Here’s a list of my top three experiences: Trail of 100 Giants The Trail of 100 Giants is an absolute “must-hike” in Sequoia National Forest. This world famous hike […]
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 […]
6am. Mike, my brother, the ultrarunner, sends me a text message asking if I want to go on a hike. “How far,” I ask. He tells me “not far. I have to leave for work at 8:20am.” I say, “ok” and tell him “I’m on my way.” We drive over to the Anaheim Hills trails. […]
A couple Saturday’s ago, I went with my brother, the ultrarunner, and a group of friends on a hike up the Skyline drive trail in Corona. We had never been there before but we had heard that it was a pretty nice hike. We got there close to noon and it was HOT! None of […]
(Updated 2/9/2015) Back in 2011, I signed up for my first Tough Mudder, which is a 12+ mile obstacle course race. This race was held on a ski slope in Big Bear, California. We had assembled a team of 7 people, including my brothers, and some of their friends. I was training really hard for […]