A site about my life, woodside in Squamish
Reflections from trail running races all over the world!
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, …
Originally written December 11, 2014. (Wow, time flies!) On September 30, I got selected as one of the last team members to represent Canada for the World 100k, after running a 50 miler under the qualifying time of 7 hours at Elk / Beaver in May. The …
In November, I was 7 months pregnant and sitting in front of the computer downstairs at 7 am. It was Squamish 50 race registration day, and I was going to enter the 50k. It would be the perfect first post-partum ultra: about 7 months after …
Originally written February 7, 2015 I am finally attempting to revisit my “vacation in Hawaii” … the HURT100 mile trail race. Thinking about HURT makes me hungry, so I am eating peanut butter from a knife, and all the frozen perogies from my boyfriend’s house. Why??? …
Originally written June 16, 2015 Hey there! If reading isn’t your thing, cut to the chase and check out my photo journal from Worlds. Otherwise, only read this if you’re interested in making a national ultra running team, interested in what it’s like to have …
Originally written August 21, 2016 She came to me after running 100 miles, with a sparkly headband adorning her oversized trucker hat. At this point, Tara was in the lead for women of the Fat Dog 120, an epic long ultra race in Manning Park, …
Originally written October 18, 2016 On Friday, Tara and I jumped on a plane to Sacramento with a goal of making it to Auburn, California… a town which introduces itself as Endurance Capital of The World. We were going to run Ann Trason’s Overlook Endurance Runs, …
Originally written November 15, 2016 On my first step, I fell in love with Porto. Jet-lagged, disoriented, it didn’t matter. Porto totally seduced me at any time of day. This was totally unexpected, as I had just come initially as a stopping point to run the race. …
This race report was originally written June 24, 2018. It all starts with a beer… Mid-winter, sitting at Backcountry Brewing in Squamish, I had one beer too many, then signed up for the Mt. Baker Ultra. A bunch of BC friends (Shauna, Tara, Kerry) all …
Originally written March 8, 2019 Nearly a month ago now, I toed the start line of Aravaipa Running’s Black Canyon 100k near Phoenix, Arizona. A “golden ticket” race, the event attracts a super competitive field, as the top-two men and women get to run Western …