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Joni Watkins

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(she/her) Wife 💍 & Fur Kid Mom 🐕🦮🐕‍🦺🐈🐈 Mountain & Ultra Runner 🏃🏼‍♀️ Wilderness First Responder ⛑️ Traveler 🌎 Hobby Photographer 📷 Proud Ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Pagosa Springs, CO📍

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Joni Watkins @jonisjourneys.bsky.social · Jan 17

My first podcast interview & first post to Bluesky! Thanks to Richard Gleave w/ Choose to Endure Podcast for having me on. We chat about my first 200 mile race & #fixedtimeraces
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🔗 Click the link below to listen!

#choosetoendure #ultrarunning #backofthepack #newepisode #podcast #acrosstheyears

First Time 200 Miles: Joni Watkins’ Inspiring 2024 Across the Years Journey

*Note: Hopefully it’s not too bad, but apologies for my last 10 minutes’ sound quality, I had a technical problem with the mic, but still wanted to keep the audio a…

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Joni Watkins @jonisjourneys.bsky.social · May 21

I guess you could say recovery from my race is going well. 2.5 mile hike with the dogs.
#colorado #ultrasky #ultrarunning

Joni Watkins @jonisjourneys.bsky.social · May 19

Thanks Wendy. It was fun to try something new.

Joni Watkins @jonisjourneys.bsky.social · May 19

DNF’d my first #backyardultra. ICYMI everyone DNF’s in a #lastpersonstanding event except, well, the last person who goes one loop further than everyone else. Huge thanks to volunteers and friends who kept me moving and smiling for ~30 miles and a weekend of fun in the mountains.

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Outdoor Alliance @outdooralliance.bsky.social · May 13

Last week, Republicans in the House advanced a bill that could put more than 500,000 acres of public land up for sale. Outdoor Alliance has a preliminary analysis of these lands, which shows that the proposed sell offs are places where people ride, climb, hike, and paddle.

Midnight Land Sales in Reconciliation Megabill — Outdoor Alliance

Lawmakers just advanced a massive budget bill with last-minute land sell-offs, attacks on NEPA, and conservation rollbacks. Here’s what outdoor recreationists need to know.

www.outdooralliance.org

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Joni Watkins @jonisjourneys.bsky.social · May 15

I have to google packing lists because it makes me so overwhelmed. There’s a lot of great lists out there.

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Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org · May 11

Every day, we wake up to new attacks on our community, new atrocities happening around the world, and we still have to get through our daily lives.

It can be a lot to manage, but remember: we have each other and will keep showing up for one another. www.everydayhealth.com/emotional-he...

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Coyote Gulch @coyotegulch.bsky.social · May 13

Early snowmelt “not what we wanted to hear,” rafters say: Warmer April temperatures have caused a significant decrease in #snowpack -- The #Denver Post #runoff coyotegulch.blog/2025/05/13/e...

Early snowmelt “not what we wanted to hear,” rafters say: Warmer April temperatures have caused a significant decrease in #snowpack — The #Denver Post #runoff

Russell and Andrea Shaffran, of Aspen, ready their boat for a float down the lower Roaring Fork River. Photo credit: Heather Sackett/Aspen Journalism Click the link to read the article on The Denve…

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Joni Watkins @jonisjourneys.bsky.social · May 9

Thanks so much. I’m excited!

Joni Watkins @jonisjourneys.bsky.social · May 9

My last longish run before my first #backyardultra! Another delightful beach run before headed back to the mountains.
#runsky #ultrasky #lastpersonstanding #running

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Joni Watkins @jonisjourneys.bsky.social · May 5

Snacks!

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Joni Watkins @jonisjourneys.bsky.social · May 5

This mountain woman is happy to be running on the beach. 10k to start the day!
#running #runsky #obx

Joni Watkins @jonisjourneys.bsky.social · May 4

Congrats to my friend Meg Eckert on her 6 day world record! So thrilled for her, and she still has 9 hours left to rack up the miles.
#runsky #megeckert #6dayworldrecord #runningsky

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · May 2

Stay tuned.

#FiftyFiftyOne #50501Movement #PeoplesMovement #ImpeachTrump

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Joni Watkins @jonisjourneys.bsky.social · Apr 30

The next protest in #PagosaSprings, #Colorado! Thursday, May 1 at noon at the Bell Tower.
#mayday #nokings #50501colorado #equalitypagosa

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Joni Watkins @jonisjourneys.bsky.social · Apr 29

13 miles on another beautiful spring day in #Colorado. Last week of high mileage before I taper for my race.
#runsky #running #pagosasprings

Joni Watkins @jonisjourneys.bsky.social · Apr 26

Well done! 👏🏽

Joni Watkins @jonisjourneys.bsky.social · Apr 26

6 miles of hiking today with my pups. Great way to cross train and regulate my brain.
#sanjuannf #hikesky #colorado

Joni Watkins @jonisjourneys.bsky.social · Apr 25

lol. I’m the last thing they want to eat out there, but I’d be lying if I said it didn’t cross my mind.

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Joni Watkins @jonisjourneys.bsky.social · Apr 25

8.5 miles up to the top of 8 mile Mesa with my two boys. Saw mountain lion tracks and almost blooming lupines. Beautiful day!
#PagosaSprings #running #runsky #ultratraining

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Joni Watkins @jonisjourneys.bsky.social · Apr 24

SAVE THE DATE: 2nd Annual Pagosa Pride Festival
Join us Sat, Jun 21, 11a–3p, Town Park, Pagosa Springs!
Celebrate 2SLGBTQIA+ BIPOC joy, community & equity.
Interested in sponsoring, vending, doing outreach?
Email: [email protected]
#PagosaPride #2SLGBTQIA #BIPOCJoy #ColoradoPride #PagosaSprings

Joni Watkins @jonisjourneys.bsky.social · Apr 23

Keep me posted when you decide to tackle 100. Glad to offer any advice and cheers that I can!

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Hunter Ten Broeck @jhuntertenbroeck.bsky.social · Apr 23

Let’s fight the Oligarchy and make every day Earth Day (4 more of my shots exploring our amazing unfolded fire planet) #earthday #fighttheoligarcy #saveouronlyhome

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Joni Watkins @jonisjourneys.bsky.social · Apr 23

Ugh. Sorry you got stuck with her. Your district will learn soon enough like ours did.

Joni Watkins @jonisjourneys.bsky.social · Apr 23

Yep. I slept 6-8 hours each night so broken up like that made it more doable.

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Joni Watkins @jonisjourneys.bsky.social · Apr 23

Thanks!