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Jade BelzbergStories on trail and ultrarunning, animals, nature, and all of the threads between.
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Rediscovering Joy in a Sport That's Changing
A few weeks ago, I was supposed to be in Quebec, racing the short trail Canadian Championships at Quebec Mega Trail. Instead, I cancelled our flights, Airbnbs, car rental and pet sitting and spent six days doing whatever sounded fun in term...
A Hodgepodge of an Update
It’s been exactly two months since my last post, which is the longest I’ve gone without publishing an article here on Substack. That’s not because I haven’t had anything to say, or because nothing has happened—quite the opposite! I feel lik...
Gorge Waterfalls 30K
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...
Chuckanut 50K (take three!)
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 Delights of Spring
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...
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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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