Erica and I met during a Newbies Run last spring. As the pack of runners settled into a rhythm, we found we had a similar pace and also realized we had similar goals. Erica had run the Tahoe 100K the previous September and qualified for Castle Peak 100K in August. I had just signed up […]
Member Highlights
Member Highlight – JJ Liston
Introduction by Jenelle Potvin “You’ve got a course marker – permanently!” – JJ to Peter Fain, upon finishing the 2019 Castle Peak 100k. A wrong turn 9 miles in, early-on bonus miles, and a shot stomach led to an incredibly brutal day. JJ, unable to eat or drink without puking from Devil’s Oven to the […]
Member Highlight – Jesse Ellis
I’ve known Jesse Ellis throughout my competitive running life – like most of us, my first encounter with Jesse occurred as I was turning a particularly aesthetic corner 2/3 of the way through some race with my HR pinned at something like 180 BPM. Somehow, Jesse snapped a photo that made everything look awesome, and […]
Member Highlight – Steve Woo
There’s a funny saying that’s been circulating around our area for awhile now, that I learned by making the mistake of attempting to introduce Steve Woo to an acquaintance of mine. As I started to introduce them, the person immediately responded back at me, “Oh, I know Steve!” followed by the now commonly repeated joke, […]
Member Highlight-Karen Kimble!
I met Karen a couple of years ago when she and her husband Adam attended a Donner Party Mountain Runners kickoff season event. We got to talking about running (of course, what else?) and that she had never run anything further than a marathon and neither had I. We both wanted to run our first […]
Member Highlight – Michele Thomas
I am not so sure introductions are needed here since Michele has volunteered or captain’d an Aid Station at nearly every race within a 100 mile radius. For those of you who don’t get out much, meet Michele Thomas, our February Member Highlight. A recent Reno/Tahoe transplant, Michele and her husband Chris are familiar faces […]
Member Highlight – Jack Macy
New Years is a time for reflection and to set goals for the year to come. If you’re looking for some inspiration to add to your list of running resolutions, let me introduce you to Jack Macy, our first Member Highlight to kick off 2020! Originally from Nebraska, Jack and his family heard the calling […]
Member Highlight: Jon Murchinson
Jon Murchinson has been an active club volunteer since 2014, DPMR Board Member since 2017, the main force behind the DPMR Instagram page for the past few years, and is also going on three years of serving as chair of our Retail Committee (thanks for all the awesome swag, Jon!). When not volunteering for the […]
Member Highlight – Robert Schwartz
Introduction by Renee Elsdon Jacobs: Robert has been increasingly involved with DPMR over the past couple of years, so if you haven’t had the pleasure of meeting him yet on a group run, at a DPMR social event, or in a race, it probably will not be long before you do. Although his love affair […]
Member Highlight: JoAnn Ellero
If you’ve spent any time in the medical tent at the Tunnel Creek aid station of the Tahoe Rim Trail Endurance Runs OR at the Peachstone/Cal 2 Aid Station at Western States, you may have been on the receiving end of the superstar medical treatment of Dr. JoAnn Ellero or her husband Dr. Andy Pasternak. […]
