If you’re really submerged in the depths of ultrarunning, or if you live on one very specific block in New York City, you may have heard of… Read more “3100: Run And Become | A Short Movie Introduction & Where to Find It”
Author: Pina Marek
Dreamer.
Mike Wardian Is Running Across the U.S. & I Just So Happened to Pick His Brains About It
Before you ask; yes, this is really happening—Mike Wardian is on his way across the continent right now—and yes, this really happened—I interviewed him for the San… Read more “Mike Wardian Is Running Across the U.S. & I Just So Happened to Pick His Brains About It”
The Last Run | Goodbye, Mount Tamalpais
Plans don’t always work out the way we want them to but sometimes the alternative is just as good or even better. That day, the alternative was… Read more “The Last Run | Goodbye, Mount Tamalpais”
Running Through the Wall | Book Recommendation
Neal Jamison Running Through the Wall: Personal Encounters With the Ultramarathon is an older book but still very worth a read. It’s a collection of short essays… Read more “Running Through the Wall | Book Recommendation”
This is not a happy post.
If you’ve been around for a bit, you know that I tend to laugh at my misfortunes, make jokes out of my setbacks, and move on with… Read more “This is not a happy post.”
Goodbye Point Reyes, My Love, My Home
Objectively, this was hard. This past weekend was my last weekend as Trail Patrol in Point Reyes National Seashore. I’ve spent hundreds of hours and hiked hundreds… Read more “Goodbye Point Reyes, My Love, My Home”
HURT Trails Hurt: A Northener’s Stab at the Round Top Preserve Trails on Oahu, Hawaii
I grew up in the north. You know, dry air, snow, and swimming in ponds when it’s 68°F because that’s hot already. I’m also very, very white—my… Read more “HURT Trails Hurt: A Northener’s Stab at the Round Top Preserve Trails on Oahu, Hawaii”
Way Too Cool 50k: Moh’s Scale—Diamond | Race Report
Way Too Cool. Way too hilly. Way too painful. Way too awesome. Way Too Cool is a lot of way-too things, both objectively and subjectively. Objectively, or… Read more “Way Too Cool 50k: Moh’s Scale—Diamond | Race Report”
Note to Self: Vacations Are Supposed to Be Relaxing! (Weeks 1 & 2)
Okay, okay, if you know me, you’re probably saying something along the lines of “but you don’t even know how to take a ‘real’ vacation!” to which… Read more “Note to Self: Vacations Are Supposed to Be Relaxing! (Weeks 1 & 2)”
Out Of the Office
And so it happens that, for the first time ever, I get to send out an Out Of the Office email. It also so happens that I’m… Read more “Out Of the Office”
Hit the Road with Me 