I have gone through several pairs of shoes over the last season without finding any real standout do-everything winners. The most recent are the Feline Superlight and Feline Ghost courtesy of Dynafit. Long a manufacturer of sweet skimo gear, Dynafit recently entered the trail running game and developed the Feline Superlight shoe for the 2012[…]
Sunday I raced the final event in the Coast Mountain Trail Series called Survival of the Fittest. I was hesitant to enter the 18km race starting and finishing at Quest Univ. in Squamish but decided to go for it. The race features a huge climb off the start with several big ones to follow. The[…]
Saturday was my first trail running race of the year. I haven’t been running as much this year as last year but have been trying to ramp it up as ski season comes to a close. Loop the Lakes is a 22km race on the trails around Alice Lake Park including the Four Lakes Trail[…]
Taking advantage of a possible break in the forecast over the May long weekend, Stano Faban, Nick Elson, and I drove down to Mount Rainier National Park in Washington. We hoped for good conditions to try a speed attempt and had heard that the Disappointment Cleaver route was in good shape, following a direct line[…]
I had several packages to pick up at the PO box in Blaine Washington and had to drive down but figured I might as well make the most of the trip by skiing something so invited Nick along for a short day. We decided on a speed run up the standard route on Mt. Baker.[…]