Yearly Archives: 2017

July and August had been off months for me with a lot of transition and not much grounding. I had started questioning many things in my life including my relationship with running. For the first time in my racing life I was really struggling with motivation to run. Most of […]

9/18/17: ‘One Month Home’ GlenCoe Skyline SkyExtreme, Scotland

27 Sep, 2017 in Skyrunning by megan kimmel

Some people battle with injuries, I have mental breakdowns. Or maybe more like mental blocks as they are not to the point of zero function but to the point in which it does limit my ability to function to my normal capacity. And to simplify,I usually go hard in life, […]

8/5/17: ‘Tromso’-Tromso Skyrace Extreme Series, Norway

24 Aug, 2017 in Skyrunning by megan kimmel

Over the winter of 2016-2017 I noticed my first gray hairs. I had just captured my first Sky Series title in the 2016 racing season and I was deciding what to do for the next season. I had all intentions on moving towards longer distances and leaving the Sky distance […]

7/30/17: ‘Gray Hair’-Comapedrosa Skyrace, Andorra

31 Jul, 2017 in Skyrunning by megan kimmel

Some times the story is not about the race at all. This is one of those. If you have ever gotten bed bugs you will know you care not to think about that experience again. If you haven’t then nothing I can say will illustrate how uncomfortable they are. Yes, […]

7/9/17: ‘Bed Bugs’-High Trail Vaniose Skyrunning, Val d’ isere, France

11 Jul, 2017 in Skyrunning by megan kimmel

It started fast and ended slow. The details: Ida Nilsson was there…..meaning the first several miles of the flat start WAS fast 🙂 Then came the first climb into a misty mountaintop that continued to present a false summit on beautiful single-track. It was a repetition that became my favorite […]

6/25/17: ‘Fast to Slow’-Mont Blanc Marathon, Chamonix

30 Jun, 2017 in Other Races by megan kimmel

Zegama again! After last years frozen in place experience I was thawed out and ready for this year. Though I knew I was not in peak fitness, I thought I had plenty to have a good race here. The day after I arrived I went for a great 10 mile […]

5/25/17: ‘Disjointed’- Zegama Skyrace, Basque Country

30 May, 2017 in Skyrunning by megan kimmel

Of all of the places I have run of recent, this one is the most culturally interesting. And this was reason enough for me to come back after last year. My favorite thing about this area where these saddled motorcycles which to me represented the freedom and happiness amazingly still […]

5/3/17: ‘Freedom and Happiness’-Yading Skyrace, Riwa, China

5 May, 2017 in Skyrunning by megan kimmel