Introduction by Bruna Bradford, DPMR PresidentRachel has been chasing her goal of qualifying for the Boston Marathon, and she saw the California International Marathon as her moment to make it happen. While my own goal has been to run only the major marathons, Rachel convinced me that CIM is a true classic—and since I live […]
Race Reports
Race Report – Rio Del Lago 100 Miler by Angela Stark
Article by Angela Stark, Donner Party Mountain Runners Vice President Rio Del Lago round two. Hundred miler number three. You would think I’d feel like an expert by now, but nope. Still a solid novice with strong opinions about blisters and the meat grinder. What was different this time is that I finally showed up with a […]
Race Report – Inaugural Class of The Mammoth 200
Article by Chris Smallcomb After three years in a row participating in the wonderful Mammoth TrailFest 50k, I could not pass up the chance to be part of the inaugural class of The Mammoth this year. My first 200 miler. This 214 mile loop course is stunning, always changing, and rarely repeats with minimal out […]
Kodiak 50K Race Recap – Finding Family on the Trails
Article by Bruna Bradford After running my very first ultramarathon — the Lost Sierra 50K last year with my best friend Garrett pacing and talking to me the whole way — I knew my second ultra would be a different kind of challenge. This time I would be at higher elevation, running solo, pacing myself, […]
Race Report – Grand Traverse 2025
Article by Julie McGee The Grand Traverse trail run is one of three point to point races between Crested Butte and Aspen, CO. The other modes of racing include skiing in the winter, and mountain biking the day after the trail run. On August 31, myself and some other unafraid souls from DPMR (Aude Hoflietner, […]
DPMR at UTMB
Six members of DPMR competed at UTMB during an exciting week of racing.
Race Report – Andrei runs his First Marathon at Pt Mariah
Article by Andrei Soroker I joined DPMR in February 2024 as a non-runner, having absolutely no plans of ever racing anything, and running a few miles on the bike path. Then, when winter was mostly over, they started running on trails? By August 2024, my dog Sirius and I were comfortable enough with trail running […]
Betsy Nye’s 20th Hardrock 100
2025 marks Betsy’s 20th finish of the Hardrock 100 Miler. She shared a few thoughts about the race and what these 20 finishes have meant to her. Betsy first heard about Hardrock in 1998, after completing her first 100 Miler at Wasatch 100. She was a climber and thought that Hardrock would be a perfect […]
Running Hardrock 100 just 12 days after Western States — Amber Monforte
Intro by Aude Hofleitner I first met Amber (in real life) during the Golden Hour of Western States. She was hanging out under a tent with Lesley, Helen, Lynn and a few others. After chatting a bit with her husband, I realized she had also finished the race. She looked so fresh, it was hard […]
Lesley Dellamonica’s Western States
Introduction by Lynn Tsai Lesley was the first friend I made through running, and that comes with some pros and one con. The con is that if you follow along with her running adventures, your perception of “normal” running is vastly skewed. I think it took at least a year to realize that crushing Black […]
