On December 15th, DMPR hosted a fun social event at the Craft and Logic Taproom downtown – a slideshow and talk from Helen Pelster and myself (Renee Elsdon Jacobs) about adventuring in the High Sierra, with a focus on cross-country travel in the High Sierra (approximately the area between Yosemite and Mt Langley). We know […]
Educational Series
Adventuring in the High Sierra with Renee and Helen
Join us for a fun, informational and inspiring evening. We’ll have plenty of time to socialize and hang out and will learn from Renee and Helen about adventuring in the High Sierras as they walk us (literally?) through their three day cross country trip from Bishop Pass to Taboose Pass. When:December 15, 2025 @ 5:00 […]
Summer Speedwork Recap
One of the best ways to improve cruising speed on the trail is by hitting the track, particularly the Truckee High School Track at 6000(ish) ft above sea level. That’s exactly what a hardy group of DPMR runners did every Tuesday morning at 6:30am from April through September. I’d say we did it rain or […]
Event Recap – DPMR Season Kick-off at the Trail Running Film Fest
Did you join us for the Trail Running Film Fest hosted by Alibi on April 11th? For this Members only event, we had over 90 people join, including lots of new members, current Board Members and founding members. It’s fair to say that the excitement about the upcoming trail season was palpable. The conversations about […]
Nutrition with Janel Ferrin Anderson – Nectar of the Gods
If you want to optimize how your body functions, or if you care about easy and free ways to impact every body system, or if you want to address one of the root causes of aging well… bone broth might just be the nectar of the gods you need more of. First off, our gut […]
Passionate About Protein? You Should Be!
By Janel Ferrin Anderson, a Personalized Health and Nutritionist at Mountain Rebalance Of all the macro and micro nutrients I think protein is the one that people feel most passionate about and debate the most- including nutritionists, researchers, athletes, environmentalists and any mindful eater. And I get it. There are a lot of considerations and […]
The Best of DPMR Webinars
When the pandemic hit in Spring 2020 … and it kept going into the summer months … and races were falling off the calendar on a weekly basis, the DPMR board rallied to pull together a series of online video chats and webinars. The aim was to keep us connected and motivated, celebrate accomplishments, and […]
Even In Drought, Thunderstorm Season Is Here
Chris Smallcomb is a DPMR member and a Meteorologist at the National Weather Service – Reno. Hey everyone! Well, welcome to summer. We’ve already had a couple rounds in the furnace and even though we’re in a serious drought, summer thunderstorms can still be an issue for us out in the mountains. To that point, […]
Virtual Chat: First Aid When You’re Out on the Trails
Webinar Date: April 21, 2021 DPMR board members Jack Macy and Steve Rowbury sat down to chat with member, runner, emergency medicine physician, and medical race director John Anderson about managing first aid issues while on long trail runs and ultra adventures. John shares insights from his own adventures and also covers off on topics […]
Backcountry Navigation with Caltopo: a Virtual Workshop
February 2021 DPMR Board Member Renee Elsdon Jacobs of Caltopo.com led two virtual workshops on backcountry navigation for beginners using the free online mapping tool, CalTopo. In this workshop, attendees learned the fundamental tools on CalTopo, including how to create routes. Renee discussed in-field navigation using the Caltopo app, Avenza app, or a Garmin device (such as a watch […]
