One of our favorite fall events is back and scheduled for 3 days of running fun on Oct 1-3!Come lend a hand at the Broken Arrow Skyrace- we have 2 unique volunteering opportunities to choose from. New this year is a pancake breakfast and DPMR will be flipping flapjacks and earning tips. Or head on […]
Races
Race Report: Western States 2021, by Steve Rowbury
June 27, 3:50am This is it. The culmination of more than 18 months of anticipation and preparation. I can’t quite believe it but I’m climbing out from Robie Point and feeling strong. 18 days earlier I had run this section, visualizing this moment with 3 main hopes: that it will still be dark, that I […]
My First Ultra – TRT 55K
One of my earliest memories is of my mom yelling at me “ Carol, don’t run in the house!!” At some point, I took it out to the streets, and eventually to the trails, and have been out there ever since. It’s almost religious although I prefer to refer to my time on the trails […]
Getting back to Racing during COVID
It is exciting to see trail races returning to our area after so many cancellations due to the COVID pandemic. Over the past few months, race directors and medical directors are working with public health officials to figure out ways to bring racing back without creating superspreader events. While numbers are looking good in Nevada […]
Castle Peak 100K Registration is now open!
Mark your calendar and start training for one of the most epic races out there- the Castle Peak 100K. Proudly produced by Donner Party Mountain Runners; race date is set for August 14th, 2021. Your finish will earn you 4 UTMB Points and a WSER qualifier for 2022! There’s a new course for 2021, more […]
2020 Halloween Hill Climb
Holy Hill Climb Batman- that’s a whole lot of vert! DPMR members racked up an amazing 150,000 collective vertical feet of climbing at the 2020 Halloween Hill Climb! Congratulations to the woman’s winner Dia Davis with an impressive gain of 9,193 feet and men’s winner Caleb Armstrong, the true monster of climb, with an amazing […]
Donner Summit Challenge
Save the Date: October 10, 2020 Donner Party Mountain Runners is happy to announce a new fall event- the Donner Summit Challenge! We’re planning a full day of events at Donner Ski Ranch including a 1/2 marathon, hill climb, 10K and kid’s fun run. The new Donner Summit Challenge will be open to anyone who’d […]
COVID Thoughts
By Dr. Andrew Pasternak, Silver Sage Sports & Fitness Lab One of the biggest questions I’ve been getting in the past few weeks is what ultrarunning is going to look like once we start racing. My short answer: I have no idea. We still have way more questions about COVID 19 than we have answers. We […]
Racing Gnome 2020: A test for the Unafraid
The Racing Gnome 5k & 10k snowshoe races, put on by the Donner Party Mountain Runners at Auburn Ski Club, took place on a very cold and blustery Sunday, February 9, 2020. The event was organized by Helen Pelster and Peter Fain as co-Race Directors, and Peter once again designed the course, with optimal suffering in […]
DPMR Member Race Recommendations
As DPMR members plan their race calendars for 2020 (and beyond), we are assembling a list of favorite races from around the Sierras, the country, and the world to share with each other – trail or road, short or long – all are welcome. And, we plan to keep adding to this list over time. […]
