Higher aspirations were goading me on toward the mountains. Along with so many others in my running community, I was training for one of Flagstaff’s seasonal rituals: the Imogene Pass Run.

The Imogene Pass Run is an institution in Colorado. Back in the early 70’s, Richard Trujillo (Geol’70) was the first man to run what would become the annual race from Ouray to Telluride over Imogene ...