The Donner Party Mountain Runners certainly had a presence this past weekend at the Tahoe Rim Trail Endurance Runs. Twenty-five of our very own Unafraid runners made the starting line on Saturday morning, split amongst the three different race distances of 55 kilometers, 50 miles, and 100 miles. That is an impressive critical mass of like-minded mountain runners […]
Western States 100 – DPMR’s showed the Unafraid spirit!
The Western States 100-mile Endurance Run did not disappoint this year. The race always promises heat and competition, and it wasn’t short on either. Temperatures were in the 90’s in Auburn, which means the canyons were smoking, and the competition was fierce, especially on the women’s side. In the front of the women’s pack, first time WS […]
2015 Western States 100 Preview – UNAFRAID! edition
The buzz is in the air, the snow has melted from the trail (didn’t take much this year), and the tapers are on… it’s time for the Big Dance. Year after year the Western States 100-mile Endurance Run boasts arguably the deepest US field of female and male 100 mile runners. At 5:00 AM on Saturday morning the feeling in […]