Cover Girl

I shot the cover of the latest issue of Northwest Runner Magazine. My second cover photo for the mag in which I have been writing for since 1999. My wife, Heather once again posed as model. She has made more hiking and running shots now for me than I can recall. Anyhow, this month's photo was taken in Fort Borst Park in Centralia, Washington. A great little running destination and highlighted in this issue's Northwest on the Run.

Trailing News

Here's a nice little write-up on the Orcas Island 50 and 25K Trail Run held last month at Moran State Park on Orcas Island in Washington's San Juan Islands. The story ran in the San Juan Islander accompanied by photos shot by moi. I ran 15.5 miles with my camera, stopping in various places to get a few good shots. Not the first time I have run and shot at the same time-kind of like a biathlon-except no skis and no gun! Enjoy the story. Next month I run the inaugural Eugene Marathon. Hope I'm ready for it! Sigh.

Never mind Fat Ass-it was a Freezing Ass!

I spent the last two weekends in the San Juan Islands working on my latest hiking guide book for the Mountaineers. While on Orcas Island I thought that I could recheck some trail data by running in the Orcas Island 25K Fat Ass Trail Run. So I entered! From Cascade Lake to Mountain Lake-up and over Mount Constitution-down to Twin Lakes and then back up again a shoulder of Constitution via the North Side Trail-down to Cascade Lake and around it via the lagoon. Oh boy! Over 3,500 feet of elevation on that 15.5 mile course. I covered it in 3 hours 49 minutes and it was quite the adventure. Especially on Constitution where we contended with a couple of inches of fresh snow. Yes, this has been one hell of a winter in Western Washington this year. Even the San Juans are giving me a hard time with my book research. Never-the-less it was a great experience.