Running Up the Mountain: Northern Arizona Altitude, Lumberjack Attitude, and the Building of a Distance Dynasty
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The true story of how a small Arizona school built a mindset of success that turns talented individuals into a team at the pinnacle of its sport.
"Running Up the Mountain is a blueprint for how to have success in the sport of running, with lessons that are surprisingly universal in their appeal." –Matt Fitzgerald, author, Running the Dream: One Summer Living, Training, and Racing with a Team of World-Class Runners Half My Age
Long before Flagstaff, Arizona, became an altitude mecca and a trai...






















