The Inaugural Donner Party Half Marathon & 10k took place on Saturday, July 14, 2018, and drew a great cross-section of runners from first-time trail racers to runners training for 100-mile races. This free event was a full race experience designed to introduce newer runners to the trail experience, and it seems that we did just […]
Introducing Connie
Connie, short for Conestoga, is the new wagon of the Donner Party Mountain Runners. She was named by founding member Paul Sweeney as he was reading “The Hunger,” a fantasy novel based around the historical Donner Party story. The reinforced storage trailer will serve as a base for race and group run gear throughout the […]
On becoming Trail Mom
This month I have been crew (Bishop High Sierra,) aid station captain (Broken Arrow Skyrace,) fundraising chairperson (Tahoe Donner Summer Concert,) pacer (Western States 100,) and race photographer (all of the above.) But most importantly, I’ve been true to my nickname: Trail Mom. As a very busy month came to an exciting close with the […]
The Sum of Our Parts: Missing Julia
Donations to the Julia R. Millon Memorial Scholarship at the Yolo Community Foundation, can be made by clicking here and selecting “YCF-Julia R. Millon Memorial Scholarship” from the donation dropdown menu. The whole of our running community is so much stronger than the sum of our parts. The inverse is also true: the loss of one member […]
Memorial Day Picnic & Runs presented by Tahoe Mountain Sports & On Running
Calling all running friends to our 5th annual FREE Memorial Day Picnic, Kids Trail Race, and Group Runs!! This is a friend-raiser ~ all are invited to join us on Monday, May 28, 2018. We feed you free food, so please RSVP if you can (if not, no worries!!) so we know how many hungry […]
Truckee tackles track snow!
The call came out via a Facebook event: an opportunity to help clear the Truckee High School track. Since many of us enjoy training on the beautiful new track, lending a hand was an easy sell! A solid crew of DPMR members showed up along with dozens of other community members to help clear the […]
2018 Racing Gnome Report
The Racing Gnome Snowshoe Races miraculously came together on February 4, 2018, despite snowpack under 15% of average. The 5k and 10k races are produced by the Donner Party Mountain Runners (DPMR) at Auburn Ski Club on Donner Summit. The low snow conditions didn’t detract from the fun of the course at all, as Auburn […]
DPMR Snowshoe Run :: Family Edition
We didn’t plan it that way, but it turned into one of those fabulous family events where I couldn’t put my camera away. DPMR member Ben let me know that his teen daughter would be joining us. Then, the night before, I heard that Ryan and Amber were planning to join with their little one. […]
Remembering Britt Praker
Britt and her husband Ben Praker have been running and volunteering with DPMR since they first heard about the first Roller Coaster Half on Facebook. Britt grew up in Colorado and especially loved the mountains. She told Ben, “the mountains are my healing place for all the treatment and pain.” Unfortunately, Britt knew too much […]
Rewards of snowshoe running
Biting cold wind at the trailhead didn’t deter the dozen souls who showed up to initiate DPMR’s brand new Atlas Run snowshoe fleet (compliments of Alpenglow Sports in Tahoe City!) We met up at Van Norden, first crossing the frozen meadow to access the snowy forest. There, out of the wind, Coach Peter helped everyone […]
