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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

Preface (to this 3 race post): 2016 proved to be a great year for me. I had run well, I decided to sell my house and did with an offer on the first day it was on the market and that same weekend, I signed a contract to buy a different ‘dwelling’ […]

10/1-12/12/16: ‘Blue Collar’: Limone SkySeries Finale; Moab Marathon; TNFEC 50 ...

10 Dec, 2016 in Other Races / Skyrunning / Ultras by megan kimmel

The 4th of 4 races in 3 weeks……I was almost done racing for a month! The soreness from WMRC in my quads and gluts had given way to calf soreness and hamstring strain from the 3 fast flat sections of Beat the Sun 4 days prior. On top of that […]

6/26/16:’The Home Stretch’- Livigno Skyrace

29 Jun, 2016 in Other Races by megan kimmel

2016 USA Long Distance World Championship Team I was not prepared for this race but whether Antonella Confortola Wyatt was or not she looked it. At the age of 40 she was the boss out there and running with her at this race was my prize. While my legs […]

6/19/16: ‘A Queen’-World Long Distance Running Champs, Slovenia

19 Jun, 2016 in Other Races / World Mountain Running Championship by megan kimmel

I first found out about this race on the The North Face website in 2010. And ever since that day I had wanted to win this race. Summers grew increasingly difficult to race in through the years owning the Mobius Cafe. I did more observing than racing. In 2010 and 2011, […]

12/9/15:’White Horses’-TNFEC 50 San Fran, CA

15 Dec, 2015 in Other Races by megan kimmel

Ever since I started trail running, Sierre-Zinal has been the race of all races. It had become almost mythical to me after 5 years of saying no to the opportunity because it overlapped with the busiest season in my line of work. Friends went to the race […]

8/15/15: ‘The Crown Jewel’ Sierre-Zinal, Switzerland

15 Aug, 2015 in Other Races by megan kimmel

I had a cold. But I also had the Pikes Peak Ascent in two days. I figured the cold would be gone by then. Its difficult to treat a cold and run in an elite race (WADA tested in this case) at the same time because cold medicines can have […]

8/15/13: ‘What was I thinking?’ Pikes Peak Ascent, CO

16 Aug, 2013 in Other Races by megan kimmel

I was in Interlaken, Switzerland to run a marathon I had been training for in my spare time all summer. The course seemed a great challenge to me. The first half of it is flat road running (part pavement, part dirt) and the second half of it is an uphill […]

9/15/11: ‘This one is different’, Jungfrau Marathon, Switzerland

16 Sep, 2011 in Other Races by megan kimmel

Barr Mountian Trail Run is a great training run for the Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon and also just a great race on its own. Manitou Springs has always been a fun place to visit. I always look forward to my pre-race Italian meal and post-race crepes at the European […]

7/10/11: ‘Bailed’, Barr Mtn Trail Run, Manitou Springs, CO

10 Jul, 2011 in LaSportiva Mountain Cup / Other Races by megan kimmel

As usual I was rolling into town last minute for the race, unprepared, picking up my number and looking for dinner before figuring out where I was going to sleep the night. I went to the pasta place and order a simple pasta dish to go. Bada bang bada boom. […]