Touch All the Lakes FKT

I went for an FKT this weekend, the Ancient Lakes Touch all the Lakes challenge. There are 20 named lakes in the Quincy Wildlife area, and the challenge is to physically touch them all as fast as possible. I tried the route with a friend the week before, but we missed a lake (my fault),

An unexpected night in the forest

Since summer has picked up here I’ve upped my training quite a bit in preparation for Wonderland Attempt 2.0. If you have been following my blog, you might remember my spectacular Wonderland DNF in 2020 due to a cougar encounter. Anyway, I completed (and CRUSHED), the volcanic Loowit Trail with a friend on the Fourth

Run your age!

My birthday was in the beginning of March, and while I’ve been low on blogging I’ve been high on adventures. I did something I’d never done before and took the day off work to run my age. What should have been 28 miles turned into 30 as I’m not good at maps. I have tried

When you can’t run, paint

Or do something you might not love but at least tolerate. I am awful at resting. I’ll be the first to admit I have a running addiction, but it becomes a serious problem when an injury comes along and I refuse to let my body heal. I had a bad ankle sprain in October, so

on hypothermia and learning from mistakes

I started getting much more adventurous with my trail running in spring and summer 2020. I like creating loop courses so much that I’ve gotten myself into trouble multiple times by underestimating the distance or elevation gain of a particular route. In late May, I decided to go out for a double (running in the

Up the ladder, down the ladder

It’s officially winter in the Pacific Northwest. Many of my favorite trails are covered in several feet of snow, and the closest local trail system closes from December through April to allow for mule deer migration. I have historically always hated winter. I don’t like driving in it, I don’t like running in it, and

Running the Loowit Trail

I’ve been feeling a bit stir-crazy lately. After my Wonderland DNF last month, I knew I wanted to do at least one more epic loop before snowfall. I considered the Wonderland North Loop (a 30-mile endeavor with around 10,000 feet of elevation gain), but I ultimately decided to try my luck running around another volcano,

Buck Creek to Spider Gap

In late August 2020, I completed the Buck Creek to Spider Gap loop near Lake Wenatchee, WA. This was my first solo adventure that involved traveling over an hour to my destination, and I pored over travel blogs, Trail Run Project app and AllTrails in preparation. I decided to attempt the loop in the clockwise

Wonderland DNF

Summer 2020 has been a time for crazy FKT (Fastest Known Time) attempts, new records, and virtual races. I participated in the Great Virtual Race Across Tennessee, logging just over 2000 kilometers over four months, and just a week after its completion I embarked on my most ambitious goal yet: circumnavigating the 93-mile Wonderland Trail