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There are a few races I keep coming back to, both because of the beauty of the course and the chance to travel to an interesting location. The Gorge Waterfalls races traverse a network of trails along the Columbia Gorge. All three of the ra...
I’ve been writing here on Substack long enough that this is the third time I’m writing about the Chuckanut 50K. I ran the race for the first time in 2024 and placed second with a time of 4:14:58. In 2025 I ran it in 4:22:41 and won during a...
The first crocuses arrived last Tuesday, bright gold flowers poking up from a pile of disintegrating maple leaves. A few steps away, even more: purple and white, and then another mound of white crocus striped with lilac streaks. I spotted t...
About the time I knew I would be dropping from the race. Photo by Gracie Hinz.
When we left BC in December, we anticipated being gone for a month. But a month turned into two. We spent the first month in Palm Springs, California (you can...
It’s possible that we became snow birds this winter. Like the sandhill crane that leaves the wetlands of British Columbia and heads south, following the Pacific Flyway until it lands in California, we left for warmer habitat. At least for a...
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I'm a professional trail runner for Altra, a writer, and an animal lover living in beautiful British Columbia.
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