DPMR August Newsletter No Images? Click here Inform. Inspire. Connect. Donner Party Does Diamond Peak - by Helen PelsterWhen Donner Party Mountain Runners were offered the chance to take over the aid station, I didn’t hesitate to say yes and offer myself as captain. It feels like coming full-circle to the event that was my first ultramarathon (it was called a 50k back then, but we all knew it was 55k,) and then my first 100-miler. And I’m not alone in the DPMR family in feeling this way! More DPMR Stanford Rock Group Run - August 17, 2019Join Molly Fuller for a wildflower hunt up to Stanford Rock via the TRT on August 17th at 8:30am. Meet at Kilner Park in Tahoe City. More details here...
Western States Race Report - Gretchen BrugmanSometimes I look back on the things I loved in childhood, where my favorite novels were wilderness survival stories and my favorite TV show was High Mountain Rangers (That link will take you to a fuzzy version of a particular HMR episode about a woman in the overall lead of a 100 mile trail race across the Sierra.), and it seems like I must have just sprinted out of the womb with a desire for adventure, wilderness, and endurance sports. I don’t know how a girl becomes such a thing at a young age, but when I first heard about the Western States 100 as a kid, I knew I wanted to run it one day.. MORE Help Repair Donner Lake Rim Trail BridgesFrom our friends at the Truckee Donner Land Trust: Dan Brounstein - Interview by Jon MurchinsonMeet our August member profile subject Dan Brounstein. He is another of our ranks who lives down the hill but spends a good deal of time on the trails in the North Lake Tahoe area. Read on to learn more about Dan the family man, entrepreneur and self-proclaimed “recovering road runner”.... Read more Audio of the Month - By Renee Elsdon JacobsSometimes it’s nice to listen to an audio book on a run – not only can it help distract you from the pain/monotony you might be going through, it’s an opportunity to learn something new! Who doesn’t like to multi-task, after all?.... Read more Returning to the 100 - at the Tahoe Rim Trail Endurance Runs - By Hank DartWhat had to have been one of the busiest aid station decks in US ultra running had turned into one of the quietest. It was my second trip through the base lodge of Diamond Peak ski area, on lap two of the Tahoe Rim Trail 100 miler, and the throngs of cheering family, friends, crew, and aid station volunteers that had been there at high noon on my first time through had vanished, distilled down to a couple volunteers, one other runner, and me..... Read more
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