A site about my life, woodside in Squamish
Reflections from trail running races all over the world!
It’s been a week and a half since I finished the 80k at Lavaredo Ultra, and I’m back home now in Squamish, Canada. This was my second trip to the Italian Dolomites, and just like last time, I come home in absolute awe of that …
It’s still early in the year, and many of us are likely starting to think about running and races now that the snow’s starting to melt up high. Ultrasignup says I’ve done 52 races, so I thought it would be fun to compile a list …
My heart aches to hear that the founder of HURT, John, has just passed away this week. Thank you John for creating such an inspiring community in paradise, a place where we can all go to test ourselves, and a second family that are the …
Originally written July 29, 2013 Before we went to Mongolia, we knew there would be a slight altitude difference from our sea level hometown, but we didn’t think much of it, because it seemed it would be much lower than the risk zone for altitude …
Originally written September 1, 2013 Until last weekend, Angel was a friend of a friend. She was this courageous, ballsy woman I had met who was training for her first 100-miler called Cascade Crest 100, even though none of us were ready to face that …
Originally written October 8, 2013. Is it ironic, that the day I complete a 100-kilometer trail race, my car breaks down on its turn to take me from the finish line home, less than half that distance? At the moment of my car breakdown, (of …
The Vancouver and Seattle crew and I looked forward to this relaxing weekend in Deception Pass for quite some time. Sure, we were running Rainshadow Running’s 50km on Sunday, but for us that’s synonymous with good friends, good food, beautiful trails, and fun– and what …
Call me obsessed, but I’ve done the Golden Ultra stage race 4 times: 2016, 2018, 2019, and after COVID caused many years of cancellations, 2022. It’s my favourite event for so many reasons. Why I love the Golden Ultra! It’s a 3-day stage race, which …
From April 9, 2014 For my second year heading down to the Rainshadow Running Gorge Falls races, I was looking forward to absolutely everything. How can it get any better than combining waterfalls, technical single track, awesome familiar and new faces, Portland, Hood River, some …
Originally written August 27, 2014 I wake up in the middle of the night to the intense roaring of a train. Mid-dream, I feel like I’m the protagonist of an action-adventure movie, until I realize, oh, ya… the race director had warned me about this! I’m in Easton, …