2012 was a fun year for me and before I get into 2013 (am currently having a bit of a rest and dealing with a knee issue from Desert Solstice that I probably shouldn't have run on at Across the Years 24 hour) I wanted to reminisce, in roughly reverse order. It's mainly the people that made it so enjoyable but I'm thankful to have seen so many beautiful places.
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Running and walking through Across The Years 24 Hour with Dave James and Mike Arnstein. Photo: Aravaipa Running |
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Jon Olsen and Mike Arnstein running sub 13hr 100 milers at Desert Solstice . Photo: Aravaipa Running |
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The day before JFK50 on a run with CR holders Max King and Ellie Greenwood, plus Andy Mason being the guide extraordinaire. |
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Running around Mt Hood v2 with a bunch of speedsters - this photo has Ellie Greenwood, Max King, Steph Howe and Mike Palichuk. Was fun to do a training run with no less than 3 World Champs (Ellie, Max and Amy Sproston was the 3rd) |
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Running around Mt Hood v1 in sunny weather with Yassine Dibboun and Brian Donnelly (taking this shot) |
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Runs at Smith Rock, this one with an early winter snow for a day |
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Mountain running up South Sister with Steph Howe and Taryn Hand |
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Atop South Sister with Middle and North Sister in the background. It was shorts and T-shirt weather at the summit but cold back in town |
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Running down Middle Sister on the way back to the fiery parking lot on the day the massive Pole Creek Fire started |
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From the top of Middle Sister before we spotted the smoke |
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Rod Bien and myself with no idea we'd spend much of the rest of the day escaping the fire and just managing to get the car out on sketchy fire service back-roads |
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Starting to speed up when we saw the fire might be somewhere near the car |
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An ascent of Mt Bachelor looking at most of the Oregon Cascades |
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Hanging out post-UROC 100k after trashing our legs. L-R: me, Dave Riddle, Jorge Maravilla, ?, Nick Clark, Dave Mackey and Scott McCoubrey. Photo: Bad to the Bone |
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Pre-dawn running with Eric Senseman at TNFEC Madison 50-miler. Photo: TNFEC |
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Road marathons - this one was the Sunriver Marathon, close to home |
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My father-in-law crewing at the Tri Cities Marathon in Washington |
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Hiking at Crater Lake after the marathon there |
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Jumping around the day before the Crater Lake Road Marathon |
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The first road marathon of the year, running along with Devon Yanko (she was still Crosby-Helms at this point) at the Napa Valley Marathon. Photo: Napa Valley Marathon |
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After the sleep deprivation of the 216-mile Cascade Lakes Relay on the Footzone Mixed Team, it's not surprising my world was sideways. Frans Alajoki hands over to JJ Howard |
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Hanging out after the Mt Hood 50 miler with Pam Smith and Yassine Dibboun. Photo: Long Run Picture Company |
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In the foothills of the Pyrenees before the Zegama Marathon. L-R: Ian Corless, Mike Wolfe, Nick Clark and Marcus Warner |
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Skyrunning hospitality pre-Zegama. L-R: Bryon Powell, Sean Meissner and Mike Wolfe |
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Days before Zegama was the Transvulcania 83km race. Bryon's interviewing Darcy Africa and Nikki Kimball for irunfar |
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Transvulcania winner, Dakota Jones, swinging Nikki Kimball round at the party organized by the local Mayor |
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Running post-Transvulcania on the same island (La Palma). Nick Clark behind me then Dakota Jones. Photo: Joe Grant |
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UTMB stars Seb Chaigneau and Francois D'Haene running around on La Palma |
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Sunset at La Palma around Transvulcania |
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The huge Salomon contingent the day before Transvulcania. A few runners from other sponsors are dotted in there too |
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More La Palma running. Too many names for me to pick out but Joe Grant's in the foreground |
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My one UK run of the year at the Northants Ultra 35-miler, 2 miles from where I used to live when I was growing up. Photo: Amy Sharman |
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Badger Mountain 50k in Washington. The final outing of that particular Elvis suit. Photo: Glenn Tachiyama |
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Gorge Waterfalls 50k - my first finish of the year after a DNF at Rocky Raccoon. Photo: Glenn Tachiyama, I think |
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Multnomah Falls along the Gorge Waterfalls course |
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