tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52670138855874220342024-02-06T19:35:11.671-08:00Rainshadow RunningWhy run anywhere else?Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.comBlogger175125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267013885587422034.post-71281041134245100102014-05-03T16:40:00.001-07:002014-05-03T16:40:36.013-07:00Our Next (Non-Sold Out) Race: Beacon Rock 50k/25k<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">
<div>
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><a href="http://beaconrock50k.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Beacon Rock 50k/25k</a> is really more than just a race, it's a weekend long celebration of the beginning of summer and being out in the mountains with friends! </span><br /></div>
<table align="center" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center; width: 510px;"><tbody>
<tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="510"><img border="0" height="333" hspace="0" name="145b9529a314cf53_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEghu7VKGc93dA8daPRcBJoOcRYCAUVki5x0NhOWBRJhGJ5bPG_iK7dR5rSgMNDI0AEf8e0eCuDXtWrIU2adLxiVGbxRtvKWqg6-CHhA5M6PZXkZTrGtH8Lq0pkUj07SjPTI8M7zZhz8a_BL8BASfXdRByrFrdOUd68dmygALQ=s0-d-e1-ft" vspace="0" width="500" /></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">photo by Matt Hagen (<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001XxFxgPpKKubB6pTXSyLCRE1fdP7oc6hBh-ShEn6eGnZeS4gAcMVUZrFsJqj197svEl3x7IPlf5JeTuIefQz-oOFAxkFt_xATSgP9d21TwW5GsjkZOlZ7OnTqH9_j2QQFp2G5oun9NvuNA0Khwp_Jw0kEWKngAni733f3q-Rn0_IDa8KZyf5bD8ojxbJn-jjAfIypPJwQDPcLbCd0ZFbXVUbYsUkcGPsHD2ntDpkFETw=&c=wYmVkcrOf1GR7YhD6WxYAjKKLNSCfx0VLzegBgTrnddX-cZb-7Gj5Q==&ch=svu3Q3HydrRA_HzjAmN6wh1qJNyXhXSIpl6OAV4HBCV8ORlBwZnl9w==" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">See More Photos</a>)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br /><div>
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">From Friday afternoon(<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_303009525" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">June 6th</span></span>) to <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_303009526" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Monday</span></span> morning(<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_303009527" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">June 9th</span></span>) we have reserved the large grassy group campground at <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001XxFxgPpKKubB6pTXSyLCRE1fdP7oc6hBh-ShEn6eGnZeS4gAcMVUZrFsJqj197sv1Mb9TM1Y4ouOcaU-ek7qXM2xSpi-qhbpxtV4YfINSydGfrJegLXb-74yBosj15ttlSFHkseb8u4KJ4TEjY9gyNOhRYAu7xOpeua9w7betZAbW7TszyKF0CNbaidn7zxF&c=wYmVkcrOf1GR7YhD6WxYAjKKLNSCfx0VLzegBgTrnddX-cZb-7Gj5Q==&ch=svu3Q3HydrRA_HzjAmN6wh1qJNyXhXSIpl6OAV4HBCV8ORlBwZnl9w==" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Beacon Rock State Park</a>. The group site is a great place, it's basically a large grass field surrounded by forest and totally separate from the rest of the park. There is running water and </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">electricity</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"> and a few covered picnic shelters and a few toilets(but it's not fancy and it's not set up for RVs). There is plenty of room to park in the lower half of the field(folks can sleep here in small RVs and vans and such) and the upper half of the field is for tent camping, the race start./finish, and where the band will play and such. The group site is the hub for all the many weekend long activities so even if you're staying in a hotel or live close by you'll wanna come hang out and meet up with folks at the group site.<br /><br /><table align="center" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center; width: 510px;"><tbody>
<tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="510"><img border="0" height="333" hspace="0" name="145b9529a314cf53_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgEnntz7eeQ7pVaQa6ViLgBIHGOmaoL8K96v6s_mKn8tJ1hlmruri8MHS3CgyLKUM5NmlhUBnn0oHZGzPfkCmQbNTipjwUmz8KihF0Mz2EsfXf7Y6rlgIUP9vm34PfcvOeoQzQx7Z7nojASi45u5qxmJqhUeYazrnZfls2LlA=s0-d-e1-ft" vspace="0" width="500" /></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Photo by Candice Burt (<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001XxFxgPpKKubB6pTXSyLCRE1fdP7oc6hBh-ShEn6eGnZeS4gAcMVUZrFsJqj197svHnqTH3JFyWmcXkobO0Me4fmtjtSRr9Zg2DeUp01RPubC7R3BAl0wMDyTBXKVlLDrZzx_8oKcgOEqs1WvTeO7BpgDRWGp8uULR8wHzH2080eeo28ZUZYVNvmKta1_rIGnnhps573Z-xg9je79GW6BiDFTEi_uDM7c37xdANqrX7yrJucbhLsQQ_yFO9kTGx-q_MqyIkvtL9ZHQ7FoDbuU6Q==&c=wYmVkcrOf1GR7YhD6WxYAjKKLNSCfx0VLzegBgTrnddX-cZb-7Gj5Q==&ch=svu3Q3HydrRA_HzjAmN6wh1qJNyXhXSIpl6OAV4HBCV8ORlBwZnl9w==" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">see more photos</a>)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />The activities get started Friday evening with a Hash Run(exact location and time still TBD). For those of you unfamiliar with the unique and fun past time of Hashing let me begin to explain by telling you their motto: Drinkers with a Running Problem. This a worldwide "sport" that has been happening for almost 100 years and at it's most basic level is about having a good time while drinking beer with a tiny little bit of running(walking is usually tolerated too) and group navigation involved to make things interesting. There is also signing, code words, friendly teasing, nicknames, childish humor, sometimes nudity, and always lots of beer! It's not for kids and it's not for all adults either, it can be crude and a sense of humor is pretty much required. But for folks who can embrace the craziness it's a blast! More details about hashing at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_House_Harriers" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr></wbr>Hash_House_Harriers</a> </span></div>
<div>
<br /><div align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<img border="0" height="302" hspace="5" name="145b9529a314cf53_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhxZ0d-FNz0os8y6kEvyTamYz952nWcTBZWFsfnurU4-kjWVsJuCw9Wje1mH6g4U-TCwJwsufCLjbnJ3tQr1T9fqyuGGo1GYAjz0wcaRwC4m5gYHs4WxXDDO9JFo04CyCIMF_9rHbuy2q9UNenV08wyNGB-J2LVNIVwRlBK8w=s0-d-e1-ft" vspace="5" width="500" /><br /></div>
<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_303009528" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Saturday</span></span> morning is a good time to go for a hike, or for a run, or mountain bike, or play on the river(sea kayak, wind sports, etc) or rock climb, all of which can be done right at State Park. (I might even organize a 1 mile time trial unofficial race to top of Beacon Rock itself with 600ft of gain. We'll see...) <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_303009529" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Saturday</span></span> afternoon I'll lead everyone that wants to go on a short hike to the amazing and secret swimming spot(we have to drive to the start of the hike). <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_303009530" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Saturday</span></span> evening we'll do a potluck style dinner, we'll have a couple of grills so bring something to grill and buns and we'll bring condiments and side dishes.<br /><br /><table align="center" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center; width: 510px;"><tbody>
<tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="510"><img border="0" height="333" hspace="0" name="145b9529a314cf53_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEiG9SXyX_cbyrzSWEzAgxMKykRbGKZi8sZcL7fIEf2fbkfGXWX0rcIpOGVoewiism5_N31PV4fsM2zreQSh2J6H-2EU0qhfrrcJB7X0Wg_57SLl_udnRG6FDoOrWMmwcRoarMwYC0wh8buMOHsU_WJbtJ0FCDYxp2CUKpWgyA=s0-d-e1-ft" vspace="0" width="500" /></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Photo by Glenn Tachiyama (<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001XxFxgPpKKubB6pTXSyLCRE1fdP7oc6hBh-ShEn6eGnZeS4gAcMVUZqpbiotUboB_0K2DC2hziUfDG0c6SCKMxjT6O9VLcpkvdVelt6JB6jCcMRzhN7r6NCjV-O4JITmO9yvlIlCg_ix-7FwAldSS_YKbl7Pih3SIMzi14sCT2NMSnacSFHAZyR6_Fqljt6Ty&c=wYmVkcrOf1GR7YhD6WxYAjKKLNSCfx0VLzegBgTrnddX-cZb-7Gj5Q==&ch=svu3Q3HydrRA_HzjAmN6wh1qJNyXhXSIpl6OAV4HBCV8ORlBwZnl9w==" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">see more photos</a>)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br /><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_303009531" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Sunday</span></span> is race day. Everything kicks off with a short trail race for the kids. The 50k is two loops of the 25k course which goes up and down Hamilton and Hardy Mountains in Beacon Rock State Park. The loop starts and finishes right at the group site so you don't have to drive anywhere if you're camping there. When the weather is clear there are great views of Mt Hood, Mt Adams and of the Columbia River Gorge. The trails are super fun to run with a great mix of steep parts and twisty-turny downhills and some sections that you can really open up your stride and cruise. The forest is beautiful, the wildflowers will be blooming and the ridge tops are amazing. It's a tough(the 25k has 3700ft of gain and 7400 for the 50k) and rewarding course but not quite as hard as Orcas Island, Yakima Skyline or Angels Staircase. </div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<table align="center" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center; width: 511px;"><tbody>
<tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="511"><img border="0" height="333" hspace="0" name="145b9529a314cf53_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi2ZiqcjhtAHOKCEmsMGc4zYuaHFPzT41Opq6SgaMoGUFah6iQlqSRXVHKIpLIZwc0Pjm4uGk-tXOc40wwFxgKKSkECa5mCR6c9rOG1ZHTP83cTYpfzzV67E6ZkRv7Si8h3e0EyCEODjOIOdi4tuSlZaHeZ1U8US8Pz-F5wTw=s0-d-e1-ft" vspace="0" width="501" /></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Photo by Glenn Tahiyama</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />Also during the race <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001XxFxgPpKKubB6pTXSyLCRE1fdP7oc6hBh-ShEn6eGnZeS4gAcMVUZrFsJqj197sv1ULEF6RchoaLmdtk0w9U6ZjNs_I_ZP5BMahO5k22z-VfBtoFU7Y12g4U6fAYn9fCtaaH2vo7liwYuiq4mrlfjwmBp0q8Khe3AZMPzJTi3gM=&c=wYmVkcrOf1GR7YhD6WxYAjKKLNSCfx0VLzegBgTrnddX-cZb-7Gj5Q==&ch=svu3Q3HydrRA_HzjAmN6wh1qJNyXhXSIpl6OAV4HBCV8ORlBwZnl9w==" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Glenn Tachiyama</a> will be out taking awesome photos, check out <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" shape="rect" style="color: #222222;">his great photos from last year</a>. Ultrarunners and film makers extraordinaire Matt Cecill and Dave Melanson of <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001XxFxgPpKKubB6pTXSyLCRE1fdP7oc6hBh-ShEn6eGnZeS4gAcMVUZkB5-8_jJZ3yk5lgPjXXTcbRDt3oY3yEFkxJK_nSBrJso24tm9MHne3cjOsrci8EKU2UsRKFMwdfJbm37Dl13F-peE9yhAjcZHQViMecgm3dtL9OXoh_JNw_LzMBeHt5OQ==&c=wYmVkcrOf1GR7YhD6WxYAjKKLNSCfx0VLzegBgTrnddX-cZb-7Gj5Q==&ch=svu3Q3HydrRA_HzjAmN6wh1qJNyXhXSIpl6OAV4HBCV8ORlBwZnl9w==" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Project Talaria</a> will again be out to film the official race video(see their latest <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001XxFxgPpKKubB6pTXSyLCRE1fdP7oc6hBh-ShEn6eGnZeS4gAcMVUZlPeQVzZZMLlGM02KTlMnAE41pI79fm7AAuxuKI_ouXjV3K74i4fTTKHOqawTkfkhQOJMqpQlMJo5qYVSm08oQGiKNy7u-ERGoLJHC6KLd-7BtiIA99kegcXSLQV39EpTQ==&c=wYmVkcrOf1GR7YhD6WxYAjKKLNSCfx0VLzegBgTrnddX-cZb-7Gj5Q==&ch=svu3Q3HydrRA_HzjAmN6wh1qJNyXhXSIpl6OAV4HBCV8ORlBwZnl9w==" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Rainshadow Running</a> Race Video below). And Trey Bailey and his crew at <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001XxFxgPpKKubB6pTXSyLCRE1fdP7oc6hBh-ShEn6eGnZeS4gAcMVUZr3LWyVth5HjkyisJGbqZ_J4YbG1iOzpNKzWwBf-KdIXWtrjFj4o69bBjaFQDDHZskIxDv5d7rVzVjk3R-vBjPpkNvBhgI6GWLMQcEUUfyw3HpkQJeuWGH3DUWNJYhxXuAU-Sp9jENL_80xR7qSuE4o=&c=wYmVkcrOf1GR7YhD6WxYAjKKLNSCfx0VLzegBgTrnddX-cZb-7Gj5Q==&ch=svu3Q3HydrRA_HzjAmN6wh1qJNyXhXSIpl6OAV4HBCV8ORlBwZnl9w==" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Uphill Running Live</a> will be on the course and at the finishline live tweeting all the happenings! <br /><br /><table align="center" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center; width: 511px;"><tbody>
<tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="511"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001XxFxgPpKKubB6pTXSyLCRE1fdP7oc6hBh-ShEn6eGnZeS4gAcMVUZr3LWyVth5Hji2z0ag4ywsTXs-gu5Iv5yGnRUS6RkGsfjKqcRIrelF-2GqaBX5JkECpaGVJc8EhIi--tHk1fGWCQIbt32OAQGeKu1zu51sGtDMdpuKhqhX4=&c=wYmVkcrOf1GR7YhD6WxYAjKKLNSCfx0VLzegBgTrnddX-cZb-7Gj5Q==&ch=svu3Q3HydrRA_HzjAmN6wh1qJNyXhXSIpl6OAV4HBCV8ORlBwZnl9w==" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><img alt="Deception Pass 25/50k - 2013" border="0" height="281.81" hspace="5" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEiVEQgfkODxH7g6MdCdh9Hnqc3ZE0Lhydf1nxLP4GWEaiKHFmAYzK24x9L_5LqjXPxtMexCm8VUaQC0DhUMtTyiiH-njpbcz4ZwylpTTIfrDPxlgw7wyRDV8nX1qUMy_CqXI9qSTpSO0wK6RePHGVZlnQKVTJulS3SbFc_5sCKCEcqMRgm8yerq54mDgslx_LKhhOa-z-yrs7E78mFrKR4=s0-d-e1-ft" vspace="5" width="501" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">Deception Pass 25/50k - 2013</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />After the race we'll have our normal totally awesome post race party with live music from<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001XxFxgPpKKubB6pTXSyLCRE1fdP7oc6hBh-ShEn6eGnZeS4gAcMVUZoMDtyh5JHCv-jxgbEpVyPInCbBbHberXV2yxLRnyiyIhEZ6m3q-KQXZ8JSGYr6qqj78S9qTVA34ET0qtAtoE5otTwMZ4a6uPfhHrAhyys2mihWSAqaZSwg=&c=wYmVkcrOf1GR7YhD6WxYAjKKLNSCfx0VLzegBgTrnddX-cZb-7Gj5Q==&ch=svu3Q3HydrRA_HzjAmN6wh1qJNyXhXSIpl6OAV4HBCV8ORlBwZnl9w==" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank"> The Pine Hearts</a>, yummy pizza from Pizza Jim and Friends, and of course lots of beer from a local brewery and lots of other food and drinks. We'll also have our high quality race shirts from <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001XxFxgPpKKubB6pTXSyLCRE1fdP7oc6hBh-ShEn6eGnZeS4gAcMVUZlDK6FFOB2jblKaobRfjTsL2k_TnCBMrFyL794JEkaOgxC_cVj7Gh9jUBjwkVf1gKvwon_aixC-aH_kI9PKntb-60i0dvt-LOy7FbRK9LXoFdSdHg5iXO4w=&c=wYmVkcrOf1GR7YhD6WxYAjKKLNSCfx0VLzegBgTrnddX-cZb-7Gj5Q==&ch=svu3Q3HydrRA_HzjAmN6wh1qJNyXhXSIpl6OAV4HBCV8ORlBwZnl9w==" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Patagonia</a> with the beautiful design by <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001XxFxgPpKKubB6pTXSyLCRE1fdP7oc6hBh-ShEn6eGnZeS4gAcMVUZo1lOlkU7iF1dZvm92Uhi0LYn9sYP__R3P7YNa-OaEJF-Zk3hnwvRAEkhwxui4tjGLtxukVkaNQVh3FQb-pBxuooCFB3ZCaAan3guz8GzD2bWa0TqwabDrIAGDMls-vBmQ==&c=wYmVkcrOf1GR7YhD6WxYAjKKLNSCfx0VLzegBgTrnddX-cZb-7Gj5Q==&ch=svu3Q3HydrRA_HzjAmN6wh1qJNyXhXSIpl6OAV4HBCV8ORlBwZnl9w==" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Hannah Viano</a>which is also on the free stickers that everyone gets and the winners of the races get super nice framed prints of the artwork and <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001XxFxgPpKKubB6pTXSyLCRE1fdP7oc6hBh-ShEn6eGnZeS4gAcMVUZsaW7Pypo3dShbpkHTLauJprzipLIq1_ae87z4oQq9mbdWXIamexemKzPHgQn7jnbeMYa4JRNNzfBFyAsnNkZM57XUO63LE2qfvrfDdZ8xJGD03FZogN461OprJ5nP3pXA==&c=wYmVkcrOf1GR7YhD6WxYAjKKLNSCfx0VLzegBgTrnddX-cZb-7Gj5Q==&ch=svu3Q3HydrRA_HzjAmN6wh1qJNyXhXSIpl6OAV4HBCV8ORlBwZnl9w==" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Seven Hill Running Shop</a> will again be giving away lots of random prizes! </div>
</div>
<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img border="0" hspace="5" name="145b9529a314cf53_ACCOUNT.IMAGE.135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEizJ0HIquDMfvlUP0FODQ5zcZ2wY7RWgGws8_KdJM6LeADRcuWZfLhLtGkKU_YO_fTua55b9YqdLDKQaYvEKK0RNlDrSJZU3F8gp-YwKhArULIoMdQznngTKYjqtJCIjH7DqK6Q9jNdvBrkxhyphenhyphenkUGtBxaKtZJ-TonMLqMUCjA=s0-d-e1-ft" vspace="5" width="568" /></span><br /><br /><strong>Ok you're ready to register now, right?! <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001XxFxgPpKKubB6pTXSyLCRE1fdP7oc6hBh-ShEn6eGnZeS4gAcMVUZgspiuv0q3TTkxLAbQxjZJk_1s1WxAxnBjIytjtt6XeKF0WzHAAKSxjdbMA5JP-kL7MO9nx7rYacYDT1aQCIrr4VlvWRxOZDCtIg63PT0mwPPnQLT7J4MoLqyX7QcAwf49O4wXQ9_fRa8hYBbu-dTpCwpnnXLEMGPA==&c=wYmVkcrOf1GR7YhD6WxYAjKKLNSCfx0VLzegBgTrnddX-cZb-7Gj5Q==&ch=svu3Q3HydrRA_HzjAmN6wh1qJNyXhXSIpl6OAV4HBCV8ORlBwZnl9w==" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Click here to signup</a></strong></div>
Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267013885587422034.post-72208968959573723032014-04-02T10:16:00.001-07:002014-04-28T14:02:45.180-07:00In The Sun (Mountain 50-mile, 50k, 25k, and Kids 1k) <div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoZY4AAMmlrguoWjBcD7G9ud76Xrir2ymEPyqoXHXJTw5JowmjLKPHY_3cP44eyGXOXZtY4DfnOVsMiiDfeqH0GikZkJ1kdQaipb7r955Vs49cFItN-ytbsBICN58Jj_uQIMHFhZssIg/s1600/Patterson+View+%5BMatt+Stebbins%5D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoZY4AAMmlrguoWjBcD7G9ud76Xrir2ymEPyqoXHXJTw5JowmjLKPHY_3cP44eyGXOXZtY4DfnOVsMiiDfeqH0GikZkJ1kdQaipb7r955Vs49cFItN-ytbsBICN58Jj_uQIMHFhZssIg/s1600/Patterson+View+%5BMatt+Stebbins%5D.jpeg" height="476" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Views from the 50-mile & 50k course. Photo by Matt Stebbins.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br /></div>
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Myriad Pro', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Up next in the Rainshadow: The Sun Mountain 50-mile, 50k, 25k, and Kids 1k! </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Myriad Pro', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Myriad Pro', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The Sun Mountain 50-mile, 50k, and 25k are three of the races that get people hooked on Rainshadow Running. All three distances are exactly what we strive to create with all Rainshadow races: They're sunny, scenic, challenging, and FUN. All three courses mix climbs both gradual and steep, downhills both screaming and meandering, mountain vistas, dense forest, blooming wildflowers, and open sagebrush hillsides.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Myriad Pro', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Myriad Pro', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Located on the east (see also: sunny!] side of the North Cascades on the edge of the Chelan Sawtooth Wildnerness, above the Methow River Valley, these three courses offer great mountain trail running early in the year. The sun shines an average of 5 out of 7 days in the Methow Valley annually, and for race day (historically speaking) there's only a 20% chance of rain, as compared to 60% in Seattle and up to 80% in Olympia or Portland. In partnership with MVSTA and Sun Mountain Lodge, we're proud to bring you the first and finest ultra in the Methow Valley. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Myriad Pro', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I'ts no secret that the Methow is one of Race Director James Varner's favorite places in the whole world. Come see why.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Myriad Pro', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Myriad Pro', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">This year, the 25k and Kids 1k will be <b>Saturday, May 17th</b>, and the 50-mile and 50k will be showcased <b>Sunday, May 18th</b>. These are all family-friendly races; if you have kids, register and bring them to Saturday's 1k at 9:45am (<a href="https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=27412" target="_blank">registration's free</a>!). </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Myriad Pro', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5;">After your race, hang out with friends while eating pizza from <a href="http://www.east20pizza.com/e20p/East_20_Pizza.html" target="_blank">East 20 Pizza</a> in Winthrop, drinking local beer from <a href="http://www.oldschoolhousebrewery.com/index2.html" target="_blank">Old Schoolhouse Brewery</a>, and listening to live bluegrass by <a href="http://thepinehearts.com/" target="_blank">The Pine Hearts</a>. Come join our party in the Methow, with a little running thrown in for good measure, and when you go home, you'll be wondering, too: <em style="position: relative;">Why run anywhere else?</em></span><br />
<br /></div>
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/66872617" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe><br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/66872617">Sun Mountain Race</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/stevenforeman">Steven Foreman</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267013885587422034.post-44280751144896252942013-11-06T11:00:00.000-08:002013-11-06T11:00:08.370-08:002014 Rainshadow Running Race Dates and Much Much More Good Stuff!<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hello Everyone!</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, ' Helvetica', ' sans-serif'; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;" style="font-family: Arial, ' Helvetica', ' sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The weather might be cold, wet and dreary today but there's so much great things going on at <a href="http://www.rainshadowrunning.com/" target="_blank">Rainshadow Running</a> that it's impossible for me to have the blues! In addition to announcing the race dates for all of our 2014 races I have even more good stuff to announce in this email: new races, new rainshadow merch, and one really exciting thing that has more to do about music than it does running(but of course running is still involved!). </span><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><img _mce_src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs185/1103435442199/img/170.jpg" border="0" height="349" hspace="5" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.170" src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs185/1103435442199/img/170.jpg" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" vspace="5" width="526" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><br /><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<strong _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span _mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;">Multi-day Summer Music Festival</span></strong><span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, ' Helvetica', ' sans-serif'; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;" style="font-family: Arial, ' Helvetica', ' sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">We are working with Lob and Joe from <a _mce_href="http://thepinehearts.com/" _mce_shape="rect" _mce_style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://thepinehearts.com/" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255) !important;" target="_blank" track="on">The Pine Hearts</a> to create an outdoor roots music festival that focuses on bringing together great music and outdoor recreation in a world class location. Folks who attend this festival will have the opportunity to camp in an amazing location, dine on yummy foods, participate in outdoor activities such as: trail running, mountain, river rafting, hiking, rock climbing and much more. Participants will arrive back to their camps after enjoying the activity of their choice, and then will have the opportunity to enjoy locally crafted beer or wine while listening to some of the of most talented </span><span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;" style="font-size: 10pt;">bluegrass, americana, and folk-rock </span><span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, ' Helvetica', ' sans-serif'; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;" style="font-family: Arial, ' Helvetica', ' sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">bands currently playing in the Pacific Northwest. As the night approaches nationally headlining bands will take the stage for a night of dancing, lights, surprises and fun. This weekend package is designed with the intention of providing individuals and families with an experience combing awesome live music and wonderful outdoors that will create memories that will last a lifetime. </span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, ' Helvetica', ' sans-serif'; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;" style="font-family: Arial, ' Helvetica', ' sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">We're still finalizing all the key details like date, price, bands, etc but It will be in the summer in Washington and it will be absolutely something you don't want to miss. Stay tuned... We'll have a lot more figured out before the end of the year. </span><br /><br /><img _mce_src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs185/1103435442199/img/122.jpg" border="0" hspace="5" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.122" src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs185/1103435442199/img/122.jpg" vspace="5" width="568" /></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<strong _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, ' Helvetica', ' sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;" style="font-family: Arial, ' Helvetica', ' sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">New Rainshadow Running Merchandise</span> </strong><span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, ' Helvetica', ' sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;" style="font-family: Arial, ' Helvetica', ' sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">At our 2014 races we will have nice cotton t-shirts, Patagonia jackets, pint glasses, and maybe a few other items with our logo on them. Yes finally! I know some of you have been wanting these for years. Definitely by our Orcas Island races we'll have these but maybe even by the Deception Pass races. We will not do pre-sale or mail them out to folks so you'll have to be at the races to get them. </span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, ' Helvetica', ' sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;" style="font-family: Arial, ' Helvetica', ' sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, ' Helvetica', ' sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;" style="font-family: Arial, ' Helvetica', ' sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">We'll also continue making the stickers for each race and have the trucker hats from <a _mce_href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/InkHat/130289703765830?fref=ts" _mce_shape="rect" _mce_style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/InkHat/130289703765830?fref=ts" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255) !important;" target="_blank" track="on">Ink.Hat</a></span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>New Races for 2014!</strong></span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span _mce_style="font-family: 'Arial',' Helvetica',' sans-serif';" style="font-family: Arial, ' Helvetica', ' sans-serif';">Rainshadow Running will have two(or maybe three if a permit miracle can happen on the Rogue River) new races</span><span _mce_style="font-family: 'Arial',' Helvetica',' sans-serif';" style="font-family: Arial, ' Helvetica', ' sans-serif';"><b> </b></span>in 2014: The Gorge Waterfalls 100k and The Oregon Coast 50k. Plus we are working very closely with Candice Burt to help launch and direct the Tahoe 200 Mile Endurance Run and the Deception Pass Trail Half Marathon(part of her brand new Trail 13.1 Series) </span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img _mce_src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs185/1103435442199/img/150.jpg" border="0" hspace="5" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.150" src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs185/1103435442199/img/150.jpg" vspace="5" width="568" /> </span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>The Gorge Waterfalls 100k</strong> will be an Out and Back on the Gorge Trail from Benson Recreation Area(near Multnomah Falls) to the Wyeth Campground(near Hood River, OR). The 50k will be the day before and will hopefully(assuming we can get bus transportation worked out) be a point to point from Wyeth to Benson. Both races of course pass almost an infinite number of amazing large waterfalls! We will also once again have the Trail Running Film Festival and other fun stuff going on all weekend at the Edgefield, the awesome renovated historic Mcmeniamins hotel in Troutdale, OR complete with it's own Brewery, Winery, Distillery, numerous restaurants and bars, heated outdoor swimming pool and more! </span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img _mce_src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs185/1103435442199/img/171.jpg" border="0" hspace="5" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.171" src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs185/1103435442199/img/171.jpg" vspace="5" width="568" /> </span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">From the beach to the bluffs to the ridges high above with waves crashing into rocks just feet away at times <strong>The Oregon Coast 50k</strong> is never far from the ocean and is always incredibly scenic. Starting on the wide, flat-ish beach just south of Waldport the runners will run to the small seaside town of Yachats and past it to Cape Perpetua Park where they'll do a big loop and then run back to Yachats and finish there. Most of the miles are on narrow, twisty, soft single track trails but there's also a 6 mile sandy but firm beach section at the start and a tiny bit of pavement and packed gravel trail as well to round out the course. There's flat sections, steep sections, big hills and little hills, waves crashing into rocks, deep old forest, views from up high, and views from as low as the tide will let you go. This race has something for everyone and fun for all!</span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img _mce_src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs185/1103435442199/img/173.jpg" border="0" hspace="5" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.173" src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs185/1103435442199/img/173.jpg" vspace="5" width="568" /> </span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
The first ever 200 mile single loop mountain race in the United States, <strong>The Tahoe 200 </strong>circumnavigates the sparkling, clear blue waters of Lake Tahoe from the Tahoe Rim Trail. The route occasionally detours off the TRT to explore aspen meadows, rock gardens of giants, small impossibly blue lakes, thick canopied forests, and long ridge lines with stunning views. The course is nothing less than magical. <span _mce_style="font-size: 11pt;" style="font-size: 11pt;">This race aims to create an unique and unparallelled experience for ultra distance trail runners who want to have an adventure of a lifetime. The race is a non-stop traverse of the lake, with numerous aid stations and sleep stations to support your epic run. All finishers receive a belt buckle and artistic finisher's print commemorating their accomplishment.</span></div>
<div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
<br /></div>
<div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
<span _mce_style="font-size: 11pt;" style="font-size: 11pt;"><img _mce_src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs083/1103435442199/img/93.jpg" alt="at deception pass 50k/25k" border="0" hspace="5" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.93" src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs083/1103435442199/img/93.jpg" vspace="5" width="568" /> </span></div>
<div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
<br /></div>
<div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
<span _mce_style="font-size: 11pt;" style="font-size: 11pt;">When I created the Deception Pass 50k/25k a few years ago it was an instant success selling out every year. And for good reason, the trails are so much fun to run with all the twists and turns and steep little hills and the whole area is just so beautiful and you're never far from the sea with the trails often running right along the beach or on bulffs above the shore. Candice's <strong>Deception Pass Trail Half Marathon</strong> will be just as great and perfect for runners of all abilities. </span></div>
</span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img _mce_src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs083/1103435442199/img/16.jpg" alt="Rainshadow Running Logo" border="0" hspace="5" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.16" src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs083/1103435442199/img/16.jpg" vspace="5" width="568" /> </span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>2014 Rainshadow Running Race Dates*</strong></span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;"></span><table id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26958" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 15px; padding: 0px;"><tbody id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26957" style="width: 263px;">
<tr id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26979"><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27001" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;">January 25</td><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26978" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001N-tse7o6qwK_h1SbbRoTk1OaEZ5v9cEAON9w28vm4E6msSweyN-czxF5-He6PNPu1p3ckTEV7xB2LmmWMlFI1pnRB0bH8QCZ-BfDEv-tVplT6LP6Uh0F3lEbZpx0HgQz" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26977" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Orcas Island 25k</a></td></tr>
<tr id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27000"><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26999" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;">February 1</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001N-tse7o6qwLxsTtxCzSPxRwDFSbtCkWFOQBBLIocUTXCrgtd21xE3F9orpGKvJiWrtamXjw75w2O4WsARV0IV1VTYHX_ZwpEH8YuwfKxgCc_PUTlV69Cy7q5vs81hFn9" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Orcas Island 50k</a></td></tr>
<tr id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26982"><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26998" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;">March 29</td><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26981" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001N-tse7o6qwL_-d7uReXEoFeiV9L3jJeJjxH19HpoFYHNX_sFSeokhp9WHuLbS2EzHDQaY-2ZgkSeJuTGZE9EyDac068iIBjW8c7jBclkPIK47XGUlKF02zDWIM4lgdER5PVj5YTe2O0=" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26980" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Gorge Waterfalls 50k</a></td></tr>
<tr id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26997"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;">March 30</td><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26996" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;">Gorge Waterfalls 100k**</td></tr>
<tr id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26985"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;">April 19</td><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26984" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001N-tse7o6qwKWXVNfpuf3F7O7TigTaqSsAZbZaSFGnJwxlyyo-PqpZCL9_9D0C_mlQDrFmb6iMWDBt-BbYSbsUc4R8V21eE2o2GPtBJ3JWk4VCGdwp-7VcgO39wLLVwkVyGWtT0U1gN0=" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26983" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Yakima Skyline Rim 25k</a></td></tr>
<tr id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26995"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;">April 20</td><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26994" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001N-tse7o6qwKWXVNfpuf3F7O7TigTaqSsAZbZaSFGnJwxlyyo-PqpZCL9_9D0C_mlQDrFmb6iMWDBt-BbYSbsUc4R8V21eE2o2GPtBJ3JWk4VCGdwp-7VcgO39wLLVwkVyGWtT0U1gN0=" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26993" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Yakima Skyline Rim 50k</a></td></tr>
<tr id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26971"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;">May 17</td><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26970" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001N-tse7o6qwKUePJFy4ZaknHNc0977VQXKVUo_xqkm4JWdrcevxgJJ-jkqh9R3iUvQFutBjsuna0mctG6xGiqO1OjYhvpY_bYvj-7uxquu8R1tqQbnr0mUkfTGxF2OUOSjESTXdJrYcndPQrIs3xtow==" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26992" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Sun Mountain 25k</a></td></tr>
<tr id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26991"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;">May 18</td><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26990" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001N-tse7o6qwKUePJFy4ZaknHNc0977VQXKVUo_xqkm4JWdrcevxgJJ-jkqh9R3iUvQFutBjsuna0mctG6xGiqO1OjYhvpY_bYvj-7uxquu8R1tqQbnr0mUkfTGxF2OUOSjESTXdJrYcndPQrIs3xtow==" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26989" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Sun Mountain 50k/50m</a></td></tr>
<tr id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26969"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;">June 8</td><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26968" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001N-tse7o6qwIyvKcbtfN5qnSpXjcEKtMV2xGl5UP1cRgrFqkHr9Z-u_BfBE8SF11jiwJjyA4uHZvpJYhVxImdNELai_-3H68wZNxzA16mDmO6qDfHn4_Tp8zVXviM4B8VwRExWoP3H0Q=" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26967" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Beacon Rock 50k/25k</a></td></tr>
<tr id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26966"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;">August 9</td><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26965" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001N-tse7o6qwI66UVtEmQEK8qAJ3UZ2iBoy1v2SG_h-EggKl_EiCcYzNlzXaIwjSenHA3xZirRoP-abLB6DOapUIxD88tGTFDzy99-l9Gh602g9SUgvBdx4DXHoQjWRTbxN23P5cFkrLU=" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26964" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Angels Staircase 60k/35k</a></td></tr>
<tr id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26963"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;">Sept 5-9</td><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26962" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001N-tse7o6qwKq-PZois8D_zx0wG2BK0SebFZXOeAahJm2Mql5qFnudOT3I-Iw-sdniUjfdbtUbUpuyvAbwK87rsjPp7EosTKEmiVLVT21wGje0tjrAkbT6A==" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Tahoe 200</a>***</td></tr>
<tr id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26961"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;">October 18</td><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26960" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;">Oregon Coast 50k**</td></tr>
<tr id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26956"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;">December 13</td><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26955" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001N-tse7o6qwLRuL8awP-A44foh7yqLzCnICkWKE4UTWp12xugtdfk6r0cxi4iycZjmfwAY0mU12Wj3zMgQAxdmEs1XjZMDqenAA0xg6XdzWwJtBHCCJF65cJJuV-qhcl2qfDtAqSRAq4=" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26959" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Deception Pass 25k</a></td></tr>
<tr id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26987"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;">December 14</td><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_26986" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001N-tse7o6qwLRuL8awP-A44foh7yqLzCnICkWKE4UTWp12xugtdfk6r0cxi4iycZjmfwAY0mU12Wj3zMgQAxdmEs1XjZMDqenAA0xg6XdzWwJtBHCCJF65cJJuV-qhcl2qfDtAqSRAq4=" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Deception Pass 50k</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">* Not all race dates are definite yet, permits still pending </span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">** Websites coming soon </span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">*** Technically this is NOT a Rainshadow Running Race instead contact <a _mce_href="mailto:candice@tahoe200.com" _mce_shape="rect" _mce_style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:candice@tahoe200.com" linktype="2" shape="rect" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255) !important;" target="_blank">Candice Burt</a></span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-size: 11pt;">
<br /></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-size: 11pt;">
<img _mce_src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs083/1103435442199/img/66.jpg" alt="BTRS" border="0" hspace="5" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.66" src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs083/1103435442199/img/66.jpg" vspace="5" width="568" /></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;">
<strong>Candice's 2014 Race Dates*</strong></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;">
<span id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27014" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;"><table id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27013" style="height: auto; padding: 0px; width: 405px;"><tbody id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27012" style="width: 405px;">
<tr id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27011"><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27039" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px; height: 18px; width: 111px;">February 15</td><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27010" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px; height: 18px; width: 279px;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001N-tse7o6qwLAjQNAPl-Ls-F9CUE7KYW58ZeLoaO6eEQ6tSMec4NGHiS-Ck7A--dLhNi--hR_IyvRWq9oND_j6og-XFNDYb6NfqpQLngnOKpJ4FMe8xhHqVRHHIahIJHO" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27009" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Fragrance Lake 10k/13.1 mile</a></td></tr>
<tr id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27038"><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27037" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px; height: 18px; width: 111px;">March 2</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px; height: 18px; width: 279px;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001N-tse7o6qwLAjQNAPl-Ls-F9CUE7KYW58ZeLoaO6eEQ6tSMec4NGHiS-Ck7A--dLhNi--hR_IyvRWq9oND_j6og-XFNDYb6NfqpQLngnOKpJ4FMe8xhHqVRHHIahIJHO" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Stewart Mt. 5k/13.1mi</a></td></tr>
<tr id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27018"><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27036" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px; height: 18px; width: 111px;">April 12</td><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27017" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px; height: 18px; width: 279px;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001N-tse7o6qwLAjQNAPl-Ls-F9CUE7KYW58ZeLoaO6eEQ6tSMec4NGHiS-Ck7A--dLhNi--hR_IyvRWq9oND_j6og-XFNDYb6NfqpQLngnOKpJ4FMe8xhHqVRHHIahIJHO" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27016" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Alger Alp 5 mile/13.1mi</a></td></tr>
<tr id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27021"><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27035" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px; height: 18px; width: 111px;">May 4</td><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27020" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px; height: 18px; width: 279px;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001N-tse7o6qwLAjQNAPl-Ls-F9CUE7KYW58ZeLoaO6eEQ6tSMec4NGHiS-Ck7A--dLhNi--hR_IyvRWq9oND_j6og-XFNDYb6NfqpQLngnOKpJ4FMe8xhHqVRHHIahIJHO" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27019" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Little Mountain 10k/13.1mi</a></td></tr>
<tr id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27024"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px; height: 18px; width: 111px;">June 1</td><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27023" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px; height: 18px; width: 279px;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001N-tse7o6qwLAjQNAPl-Ls-F9CUE7KYW58ZeLoaO6eEQ6tSMec4NGHiS-Ck7A--dLhNi--hR_IyvRWq9oND_j6og-XFNDYb6NfqpQLngnOKpJ4FMe8xhHqVRHHIahIJHO" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27022" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Deception Pass 13.1mi</a></td></tr>
<tr id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27027"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px; height: 18px; width: 111px;">July 27</td><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27026" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px; height: 18px; width: 279px;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001N-tse7o6qwLAjQNAPl-Ls-F9CUE7KYW58ZeLoaO6eEQ6tSMec4NGHiS-Ck7A--dLhNi--hR_IyvRWq9oND_j6og-XFNDYb6NfqpQLngnOKpJ4FMe8xhHqVRHHIahIJHO" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27025" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Chuckanut Mountain 13.1/26.2 mile</a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px; height: 18px; width: 111px;">Sept 5-9</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px; height: 18px; width: 279px;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001N-tse7o6qwKq-PZois8D_zx0wG2BK0SebFZXOeAahJm2Mql5qFnudOT3I-Iw-sdniUjfdbtUbUpuyvAbwK87rsjPp7EosTKEmiVLVT21wGje0tjrAkbT6A==" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Tahoe 200</a></td></tr>
<tr id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27030"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px; height: 18px; width: 111px;">September 27</td><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27029" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px; height: 18px; width: 279px;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001N-tse7o6qwKgAS1TzhmdlZXuQczdHDTt7TqGGmRMkmvREZY8TS52b3XX2V_vBQdPF-GTE8NHPzOBJOt1k3Ziryi33TNGbyHLP9HpHXRHtB9cHZuPXCJj3Xlmuik1DBUR" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27028" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Cle Elum 50k/25k</a></td></tr>
<tr id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27033"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px; height: 18px; width: 111px;">November 9</td><td colspan="1" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27032" rowspan="1" style="border-spacing: 2px; height: 18px; width: 279px;"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001N-tse7o6qwIs3RF2qoOxIelkdqWsa0DnnhYPcj7ysWKw6hSlmaI8414Bp6PJ138TVXNU9ngBuohbpStrmaiagy8YbqWljJ6PyzZi49uPqoQLpAv0KbUHdV8SAidgsy79uSj5Mk1b_Y8=" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1383615848190_27031" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Bellingham Trail Marathon and Half</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;">
<span style="font-size: 15px;">* Not all race dates are definite yet, permits still pending </span></div>
</div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<strong><br /></strong></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<strong><br /></strong></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Other Notes about 2014</strong></span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Dropped Races</strong></span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">As you may have noticed there were two races not listed on our calendars: The Winthrop Road Marathon and Half and The Mt Spokane 50k/25k. For 2014 these races are taking a hiatus to allow us to add these other new races and so we can possibly smoothly transition the races to other race directors in the future. It is possible we will keeping doing them ourselves but at this point we needed to atleast temporarily free up some space on our calendars.</span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong> </strong></span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Split Races </strong></span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">We have split even more races into multiple days to allow for more runners and to make sure we aren't creating a "leadville-like" scenario where there are too many people on the trails and roads and parking lots making a big mess and making for an miserable situation for everyone involved including the other trail users. Now the Yakima Skyline 25k and Sun Mountain 25k will both be on Saturday and the Yakima 50k and Sun Mountain 50k/50m will be on Sunday. </span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img _mce_src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs185/1103435442199/img/113.jpg" border="0" hspace="5" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.113" src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs185/1103435442199/img/113.jpg" vspace="5" width="568" /></span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Volunteer Signup </strong></span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Also in 2014 look for us to try to streamline the volunteer registration process to make it easier and more efficient for everyone to volunteer at one of our races. Volunteers are so important to the success of our races and really make all of this even more fun but there are so many of them and so many races that we are having a hard time responding to all the volunteer requests in a timely manner. So please be patient and understand we are working on improving. </span><span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong> </strong></span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>No Waitlists </strong></span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">None of our races have waitlists. except The Tahoe 200. What we do instead, to make things much simpler to administer, is that we overfill the races above our permitted limits knowing that there is a natural dropout rate before race day that will get us down to our permit limit. So if you miss out on registering before the race sells out you simply have to suck it up and try next year, sorry. But thankfully between Candice and I we now have 18 races(23 if you count the saturday/sunday split races as two separate races) for you to choose from! And if you're one of those runners who drops out we allow you to transfer to one of our other future non-sold out races(as long as you notify us before hand). Also at most races we have volunteer positions available so you can get into a sold out race if you either volunteer before or after the race or bring a volunteer for during the race but these positions are also limited and often are gobbled up just as quick as the paid entries. </span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>How to get involved! WE NEED YOU! </strong></span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
There are a ton of ways for you to help make Rainshadow Running better and to make our running community better and make the world better! I've got a lot of ideas and I've got numerous things from big to small that you can do. It's actually enough for a whole email on it own so stay tuned for that in the next couple weeks. But I hope you all know just how amazing and important you are to us and we are so thankful to have such an excited and motivated and merry band of supporters!!! We can't do what we do with out y'all and we want to keep ya around! For now please help by spreading the word, especially about all our new races, and I'll be in touch again soon with more. And as always shoot me an email or message on facebook and we'll chat more!</div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<img _mce_src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs083/1103435442199/img/53.jpg" alt="beacon rock sunny start" border="0" hspace="5" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.53" src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs083/1103435442199/img/53.jpg" vspace="5" width="568" /></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong> </strong></span></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">
<span _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks again and see you soon! </span></div>
<br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br />
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">
<br /></div>
<div _mce_style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">
<a _mce_href="https://www.facebook.com/rainshadowrunning" _mce_shape="rect" href="https://www.facebook.com/rainshadowrunning" linktype="facebook" shape="rect" track="on"><img _mce_src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/btn_fbk_160_a.png" align="null" alt="Like us on Facebook" border="0" height="27" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/btn_fbk_160_a.png" title="Like us on Facebook" width="160" /></a> <a _mce_href="http://twitter.com/#!/Rainshadowrun" _mce_shape="rect" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Rainshadowrun" linktype="twitter" shape="rect" track="on"><img _mce_src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/btn_twit_160.png" align="null" alt="Follow us on Twitter" border="0" height="27" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/btn_twit_160.png" title="Follow us on Twitter" width="160" /></a> </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267013885587422034.post-37982727726114232802013-10-25T23:08:00.000-07:002013-10-25T23:08:35.137-07:002014 Rainshadow Race Calendar Coming SoonI'm so excited for the upcoming year! We've got some really amazing new races (and even one new non-race that will be really cool too) we hope to get approved by the powers that be. We'll be announcing the dates for all of our 2014 races real soon(probably by the first week of November). In the meantime I'll leave you with all our 2013 race videos(so far--Angels Staircase and Deception Pass videos are still to come).<br />
<br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/62846634" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/66273634" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <br />
<br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/73429858" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/66872617" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <br />
<br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/74731695" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe>Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267013885587422034.post-63543219550723173352013-09-15T08:04:00.002-07:002013-09-15T08:09:10.175-07:00Next up in the Rainshadow!<a href="http://mtspokane50k.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b>Mt. Spokane 25k and 50k Trail Races</b></a> Fall in Eastern Washington is a real treat for the eyes. Run through fields of wild huckleberries in every shade of yellow, red and everything between while enjoying sweeping mountain, forest, and river views. <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span></span>From the top of Mt. Spokane, at almost 6,000 feet, there are views to Idaho, Montana and
British Columbia as well as the Spokane and Columbia River Valleys in
Washington. <a href="http://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=22716" target="_blank">Register for Mt. Spokane Trail Races</a><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHXkA6VxTThh7Dr77t7Vhz5NN4XEixDTTRE_MvkJMQPGnkbRzQZydCkQhNJorbWw8yg2QqQ7BnGnfr3GSbFuaUokfbOeo1EREbcFiO41DIYT43oUz21vGL15jDXOoDoiUkV54HLUwkzw/s1600/mt.+spokane2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHXkA6VxTThh7Dr77t7Vhz5NN4XEixDTTRE_MvkJMQPGnkbRzQZydCkQhNJorbWw8yg2QqQ7BnGnfr3GSbFuaUokfbOeo1EREbcFiO41DIYT43oUz21vGL15jDXOoDoiUkV54HLUwkzw/s640/mt.+spokane2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A runner descends Mt. Spokane</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267013885587422034.post-28030338532713238522013-04-09T11:25:00.002-07:002013-04-30T18:33:55.495-07:00$4500 Prize Money for Angels Staircase 60k<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYCnupRbBFp_R6LLa1lgl0BKaD8tIHCNInWqXccPlaMlRVGN0rRrNOSko8cp-NKoeu1n6LOoYSft7KqNJFWyvVBnHzjlEXT1cwrvmF1M-0q76dqMrbCijrr2EsUKCeJmw7fe6Cx1y6Q/s1600/angels.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYCnupRbBFp_R6LLa1lgl0BKaD8tIHCNInWqXccPlaMlRVGN0rRrNOSko8cp-NKoeu1n6LOoYSft7KqNJFWyvVBnHzjlEXT1cwrvmF1M-0q76dqMrbCijrr2EsUKCeJmw7fe6Cx1y6Q/s400/angels.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
Money money money! For the first time ever at one of our trail races we will have prize money! $4500 prize purse for the <a href="http://angelsstaircase.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Angels Staircase 60k</a>: $1000 1st male and female, $500 2nd male and female, $250 3rd male and female, and $250 first male and female masters.<br />
<br />
Update: <a href="http://www.sevenhillsrunningshop.com/">Seven Hills Running Shop</a> is adding another $500 to the prize purse by sponsoring a $250 prime for the first male and female to reach the top of Angels Staircase and finish the 60k. At 8,000ft above sea level and 6,000 feet above the start of the race Angels Staircase offers great views of the surrounding North Cascades Mountains, including Glacier Peak, and the Methow River and Lake Chelan Valleys. Thanks for the idea Jesse Boisaubin and thanks Seven Hills for all the support of our races!<br />
<br />
<br />
Any runner found breaking the race rules will be disqualified and will forfeit any prize money. Prize money for 60k only.<br />
<div>
<span class="messageBody" style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.38;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">Race Rules:</span></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div>
All 60k runners at all times must carry either two full size(20-22oz) water bottles or a hydration pack.<br />
<br />
All Runners must <u>always</u> yield to horses, mountain bikes and motorbikes.<br />
<br />
No cutting swtichbacks or running off trail or taking short cuts of any kind.<br />
<br />
No cheating of any kind including no assistance from crews outside of aid stations, no performance enhancing drugs or other unfair, unhealthy, or unsportsmanlike methods of improving performance.<br />
<br />
Prior signing up each runner must watch this entire video about trail safety: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb9gPjafhWo&feature=player_embedded">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb9gPjafhWo&feature=player_embedded</a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Runners also must obey the instructions of race staff and volunteers, failure to do so will result in disqualification and a permanent and lifetime banning from all <a href="http://www.rainshadowrunning.com/" target="_blank">Rainshadow Running</a> races. </span></div>
Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267013885587422034.post-14264241677278012512013-03-19T14:55:00.001-07:002013-03-19T14:55:24.598-07:00Registrations Opening Soon and Others are Almost Sold Out<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwXy_tG135B3Sda4_JpEPI1yvEKeamEoqR6ikuWwycVmDxeb4YbPtF7JyGhWWR1LsObNg3a5cMzFhFI074GY36cmPcr_svv8QY0pd1srE5cIvf_6eWWTb25IwDJ6ckwGZK-Mowew_cQ/s1600/james+in+flowers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwXy_tG135B3Sda4_JpEPI1yvEKeamEoqR6ikuWwycVmDxeb4YbPtF7JyGhWWR1LsObNg3a5cMzFhFI074GY36cmPcr_svv8QY0pd1srE5cIvf_6eWWTb25IwDJ6ckwGZK-Mowew_cQ/s400/james+in+flowers.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Sun Mountain is timed for the peak of wildflower blooms!</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-sIyS52tAQ2P6KXzxBUkCAl-JYul1de2BTdp6V2aMpUa-geWPbPemjgd188rhcf03hsqm3dcXXvdDieIQ_DjutZeCThEiBuo37IWjnRmY1hUWXx6y_Di_UZlhL1b4ezp5iqtwGaKvQ/s1600/2013+header.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-sIyS52tAQ2P6KXzxBUkCAl-JYul1de2BTdp6V2aMpUa-geWPbPemjgd188rhcf03hsqm3dcXXvdDieIQ_DjutZeCThEiBuo37IWjnRmY1hUWXx6y_Di_UZlhL1b4ezp5iqtwGaKvQ/s400/2013+header.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
Downhill to the finish in downtown Winthrop</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<b>Race registration for <a href="http://sunmountaintrailraces.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sun Mountain 50m/50k/25k/1k</a>, <a href="http://winthropmarathon.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Winthrop Road Marathon and Half</a>, and <a href="http://angelsstaircase.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Angels Staircase 60k/35k</a> will all open at 9:00AM(PST) on Monday March 25th on <a href="http://ultrasignup.com/">Ultrasignup.com</a></b><div>
<b><br /></b></div>
<div>
<b>Each of the race websites have been updated with all the new info for 2013.</b></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtKNk3Zv0eS2uOMksN34Ky2UXD0wmN9-KD5MsQecEah4LiFbQ29s-2UO-dldZT9SdlPniIOVVEqrCNMKo3cKe-d7MKkqlSk8-rFzh5SaZQ10QOKWVT4vjpVvO93lLVUmPexsjQjXDlsA/s1600/IMG_1855.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtKNk3Zv0eS2uOMksN34Ky2UXD0wmN9-KD5MsQecEah4LiFbQ29s-2UO-dldZT9SdlPniIOVVEqrCNMKo3cKe-d7MKkqlSk8-rFzh5SaZQ10QOKWVT4vjpVvO93lLVUmPexsjQjXDlsA/s400/IMG_1855.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
At 8000ft heading down from the top of Angels Staircase</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqWHV_Yysl43jKJQrjkmpt4-P_lxQijvEzfCfzGB7StX-GCySw01MbZfnJEmXuaOwSBLG1euMmV2KSqnPsm8pAHgJV7OUtJgAzcsNdcS07cblYHFGRuTMjxu6pdbC2CqoUnD49ZlCUYw/s1600/yakima2011+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqWHV_Yysl43jKJQrjkmpt4-P_lxQijvEzfCfzGB7StX-GCySw01MbZfnJEmXuaOwSBLG1euMmV2KSqnPsm8pAHgJV7OUtJgAzcsNdcS07cblYHFGRuTMjxu6pdbC2CqoUnD49ZlCUYw/s400/yakima2011+(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Just getting started up the last climb at Yakima--you can't even begin to see the top of the climb!</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
The <a href="http://yakimaskylinerim.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Yakima Skyline Rim 50k/25k</a> is almost Sold Out! And we're nearly out of tickets for the brand new <a href="http://www.trailfilm.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Trail Running Film Festival</a> at the Edgefield in Troudale, Or. So don't wait another minute to sign up for these super fun events! </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjeFJV1aJXrMs1G9ND3EZFvgInb7QrYzS4qPYQEFexzzeUEhyphenhyphen_WDeXwHZJ9NoJmxBb7wpycgbU_QkD8iMsy0dt-oMwmOcEk-Vd-EW6eP1sea0ts-4Atq9KVkPMWeac-3aqnsJBbunKdw/s1600/2013+marquee+crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjeFJV1aJXrMs1G9ND3EZFvgInb7QrYzS4qPYQEFexzzeUEhyphenhyphen_WDeXwHZJ9NoJmxBb7wpycgbU_QkD8iMsy0dt-oMwmOcEk-Vd-EW6eP1sea0ts-4Atq9KVkPMWeac-3aqnsJBbunKdw/s400/2013+marquee+crop.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267013885587422034.post-28938263970683345312013-03-15T12:43:00.004-07:002013-03-15T12:43:42.639-07:00The Trail Running Film Festival<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUCICBXYEj3y-BiEcWExyfLocQeAup9zCRCG7UMMVR90gxPCkAvPqaXfaQimu_eQ_HcwQwQfGVJb7ZaTKN9DNa10tI_XoxnjP786fZLDDojVnrvBHH8n-0u0irXsjfsYEve_NNk8BgEA/s1600/2013+marquee+crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUCICBXYEj3y-BiEcWExyfLocQeAup9zCRCG7UMMVR90gxPCkAvPqaXfaQimu_eQ_HcwQwQfGVJb7ZaTKN9DNa10tI_XoxnjP786fZLDDojVnrvBHH8n-0u0irXsjfsYEve_NNk8BgEA/s640/2013+marquee+crop.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">So excited to announce our latest project, a film festival entirely devoted to trail running! <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">All the movies are about trail running and are well done and inspiring. The 124 seat theater is connected to a pub so you can bring your food and beer into the theater with you. Also at The Edgefield are 3 other bars, a winery, a distillery and a brewery AND a heated outdoor soaking pool! Just a few minutes east of Portland and just few minutes west of the start/finish of the gorge waterfalls 50k. Tickets are $10 and are sure to sell out!</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">Buy your tickets now at </span><a href="http://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=19827" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; line-height: 16px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://ultrasignup.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>register.aspx?did=19827</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">More info: </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftrailfilm.blogspot.com%2F&h=JAQEiCswD&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; line-height: 16px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>trailfilm.blogspot.com/</a></span><div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267013885587422034.post-70055436415290660882013-02-26T15:35:00.001-08:002013-02-26T16:51:41.033-08:002013 Beacon Rock 50k/25k Postponed to 2014<br />
We are sorry to announce that due to scheduling conflicts the 2013 Beacon Rock 50k/25k will not be happening. Sorry for any inconvenience and we hope to see you in 2014 instead. To avoid having this happen again in the future we will lock in the date with the park on the earliest day possible(which is mid September).<br />
<br />
For those of you looking for a great alternative option close by... I recommend the <a href="http://www.columbiagorgerunningclub.com/wsbackyardhalf.php">White Salmon Backyard Trail Half Marathon</a> on Saturday June 15th which in addition to being a tough and scenic course it starts and finishes at a brewery, has a great post race party and is the fundraiser for the White Salmon High School Cross Country Teams. It's just one of many great runs organized by the <a href="http://www.columbiagorgerunningclub.com/">Columbia Gorge Running Club</a>!<br />
<br />
For those of you who had your hopes set on running 50k that weekend please consider Evergreen Trail Runs <a href="http://www.evergreentrailruns.com/6-15-echo-valley-trail-run" target="_blank">Echo Valley Trail Race</a> in Chelan, WA.<br />
<br />
<br />Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267013885587422034.post-37226246409569108232012-12-12T23:23:00.001-08:002012-12-12T23:23:43.381-08:00<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The registration for the </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001TTQCiWcSUi23brxePoW6TMhKyhBnyZpEYiCTuonPTC5teCB5zAdf8GPYNHLKp9FA8PIQjygnvO03UWrUQTti98GxnTJWmmovbKHPMmFQVK8st4tr_1eNsrm7RUwwncvHDPAXZSCVUyw=" shape="rect" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">Gorge Waterfalls 50k</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> will open on Thursday December 20th at 8am(PST) on </span><a href="" shape="rect" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ultrasignup</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">. I expect the race will sell out of the 330 spots in less than 24 hours-- probably much less(last year it took 8 hours). </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">All the race info, pictures, results, etc can be found at: </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001TTQCiWcSUi23brxePoW6TMhKyhBnyZpEYiCTuonPTC5teCB5zAdf8GPYNHLKp9FA8PIQjygnvO03UWrUQTti98GxnTJWmmovbKHPMmFQVK8st4tr_1eNsrm7RUwwncvHDPAXZSCVUyw=" shape="rect" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">http://gorgewaterfalls50k.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com/</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">below is a short video taken by </span><a href="" shape="rect" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Gary Robbins</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> at the start of 2011 race which shows less than half of the waterfalls in the race but is still a good showing of what to expect from the race. </span><table align="center" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center; width: 310px;"><tbody>
<tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="margin: 0px;" width="310"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001TTQCiWcSUi0A7xy80vv14JPr1XxafKuWCHSEz8yw8Cs5vZz2ORvdSezTke_YUv9-XeIPnJcQXebphYyGNmLW8aDJc4aWWSkhpORomXH_W_QsKwuPQunevw==" shape="rect" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><img alt="Gorge Waterfalls 50k" border="0" height="225.00" hspace="5" src="https://thumbnail.constantcontact.com/remoting/v1/vthumb/YOUTUBE/842ce3bacda04efb86014186f47f0615" vspace="5" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="margin: 0px;">Gorge Waterfalls 50k</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">stay tuned for an announcement for the really cool pre and post race festivities we have planned!!!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">and stay tuned for the opening of registrations for many more of the 2013 races...</span>Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267013885587422034.post-33955763842333111332012-10-12T10:31:00.000-07:002013-05-31T17:22:08.021-07:00More Media Love for Rainshadow! Hey folks! It's been another amazing year in the Rainshadow with so many folks coming out and having a great time at our many races. With just one more race on the calendar for 2012(sorry folks Deception Pass is already sold out) it's almost time for one of my favorite things to do each year, the year in review highlight slideshow. But since I'm going to wait until sometime in December to put that together I thought I'd share a few other things with you first to keep you occupied while you wait.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRD9E6y1qv6JbcFAZrY8FdnjwkaHSunXbHsiwycV9A-ArOMIChVJpvBs89NTxgUZo28TVd_yJhGArRC46Vv991lD91lFayl_5zVF0AtQbg-biCOSC1epgkwXKN5rKwA4OblvHJx2wa8Q/s1600/james+at+waterfalls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRD9E6y1qv6JbcFAZrY8FdnjwkaHSunXbHsiwycV9A-ArOMIChVJpvBs89NTxgUZo28TVd_yJhGArRC46Vv991lD91lFayl_5zVF0AtQbg-biCOSC1epgkwXKN5rKwA4OblvHJx2wa8Q/s320/james+at+waterfalls.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
First off I got news a few days ago from <a href="http://www.tachifoto.net/" target="_blank">Glenn Tachiyama</a> that another one of his great shots(see above) will feature me on the <a href="http://outdoorsnw.com/2012/november-8-2012-buzz-outdoors-news-shorts/" target="_blank">cover of a magazine</a>. The photo is from our Gorge Waterfalls 50k Course Photo Shoot which already landed me on the cover of Running Times Magazine(see below) and inside the magazine on a separate issue for <a href="http://runningtimes.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=23102&PageNum=2" target="_blank">a story on myself and a few other folks</a> from around the country who were designated by Running Times as the "local trail elite" for their respective regions. This latest cover will be on the upcoming <a href="http://www.adventuresnw.com/" target="_blank">Adventures NW Magazine</a>. That'll run my total up to three times I've been on a cover of a magazine with the third one also being one of Glenn's handiwork from White River 50m a few years ago. My races have also been on at least one other magazine cover and I've also been featured personally in a few articles over the years in magazine's like <a href="http://www.trailrunnermag.com/people/profiles/99-its-never-sane-with-james" target="_blank">Trail Runner</a> <a href="http://methowvalleynews.com/story.php?id=3320" target="_blank">Methow Valley News</a> and <a href="http://outdoorsnw.com/2011/james-varner/" target="_blank">Outdoors NW</a>. Trust me it doesn't get old-- the positive attention is great!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSPjpbrEUuIkT6bOL2dAkD8cujVf9PFyEFQ1wk1bYWe7QPm_i36G5qtkiePeVPgadNDVBPQDxY7stDWCB30HsZdiakVDRC5Rki4fY37oD66tJRmobPaeG4qJ3FOxwUjHoVKvDOfyG7Xw/s1600/james+cover+dec+2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSPjpbrEUuIkT6bOL2dAkD8cujVf9PFyEFQ1wk1bYWe7QPm_i36G5qtkiePeVPgadNDVBPQDxY7stDWCB30HsZdiakVDRC5Rki4fY37oD66tJRmobPaeG4qJ3FOxwUjHoVKvDOfyG7Xw/s320/james+cover+dec+2011.jpg" width="241" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVHeH8KUDd4ULFXeqAOH7cxmLHX0Yh6iGSY4okjepkUIDgEkBf7KP9936zOT75lxMApDjbfvqDNPi__0w5VL1VBytbojVMvlzdCkSqc7lyyQXz-XUjONfX8e14PZccXMABrkwdD9DWcg/s1600/ultrarunner+podcast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVHeH8KUDd4ULFXeqAOH7cxmLHX0Yh6iGSY4okjepkUIDgEkBf7KP9936zOT75lxMApDjbfvqDNPi__0w5VL1VBytbojVMvlzdCkSqc7lyyQXz-XUjONfX8e14PZccXMABrkwdD9DWcg/s320/ultrarunner+podcast.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
And secondly just released tonight was my first ever podcast interview. Scotty Sandow and Erik Schranz of <a href="http://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/" target="_blank">Ultrarunner Podcast</a> raked me over the coals hard while getting out of me all kinds of juicy tidbits like the history of Rainshadow, advice for others on how to quit their real jobs like I did to follow their dreams of race directing and of course they end every show with the favorite beer question. I was nervous at first but they quickly got me chatting away and before I knew I was having a great time. You can listen to the interview either directly on their website or from <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ultrarunnerpodcast.com/id492152715?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4" target="_blank">itunes</a>. And if you haven't listened before they've had some really great interviews over the years so be sure to check out their archives.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<br />
And lastly in an attempt to collect all the past slideshows and videos into one place making them easy to find and watch over and over again like I love to do I've dug through the archives and re-posted them all here below.<br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="375" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/10888554?title=1&byline=1&portrait=1" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="500"></iframe> <br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/10888554">2009 Rainshadow Running Highlights</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2460954">James Varner</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xEIv4iDKBTo" width="420"></iframe><br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/46y8JPWmuYY" width="560"></iframe><br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RZrj3nWDkr4" width="560"></iframe><br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kWvvTILkbH0" width="560"></iframe><br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/S7UdKhkpPkw" width="560"></iframe><br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/H8hMn0it1R4" width="560"></iframe>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
2011 25k Race Video by Will Thomas:</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy8JNmM-Qr0CKvdaHORyvR051hDVrm905ShjnkFzIXCdnYB90UHjTixUI9zDOnWmCyBqF9bX1kCHzutjDkEgQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
A very short time lapse video from Deception Pass by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/OTKateOTKate">OTKateOTKate</a> </div>
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wJma4u2cIpw?rel=0" width="420"></iframe><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Another time lapse video from Deception Pass by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/OTKateOTKate">OTKateOTKate</a> </div>
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nd6zM7UJqtM?rel=0" width="420"></iframe><br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xW8DBd3n-BA" width="420"></iframe><br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BTcQ98apT9M" width="560"></iframe>
<br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fBIj8TJ5ov8" width="420"></iframe>
<br />
<br />
some orcas island 50k ferry ride humor
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9HehJ8s4QkU" width="560"></iframe><br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/K5xpRp-ba7s" width="420"></iframe><br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5QazlpJiBXc" width="560"></iframe><br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0tfr4e08bs8" width="560"></iframe><br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BWEYEqxFaXk" width="420"></iframe>
<br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GJx2w1at2xc" width="560"></iframe><br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/X2etU0iji0s" width="560"></iframe><br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xnb-ZcbpqcE" width="560"></iframe>
<br />
<br />
<object height="480" width="800"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param>
<param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/10101601676374537"></param>
<embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/10101601676374537" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="1" width="800" height="480"></embed></object><br />
<br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ri--d5DwvhA" width="420"></iframe><br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/j6AmSn9aB_w" width="420"></iframe><br />
<br />
<object height="480" width="640"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param>
<param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/1849406788776"></param>
<embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/1849406788776" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="1" width="640" height="480"></embed></object><br />
<br />
<object height="480" width="640"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param>
<param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/1849371547895"></param>
<embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/1849371547895" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="1" width="640" height="480"></embed></object><br />
<br />
The view from the top of Angels Staircase.<br />
<object height="480" width="640"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param>
<param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/10151187739052932"></param>
<embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/10151187739052932" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="1" width="640" height="480"></embed></object><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggfCbcbyHty7OsLgJlgYnUAotNiF7TT1CCM00d6e-qLHoSGErlaoiVXyFWgfICMLPNgaJLSMIL-zazzFL7MZxnlVWVJEfmE9ic5gJhB8o6Bj3tFrLFHJZ12YfmlBzSJgzFIi2HYvrV_w/s1600/469124_10200301852884060_1212653988_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggfCbcbyHty7OsLgJlgYnUAotNiF7TT1CCM00d6e-qLHoSGErlaoiVXyFWgfICMLPNgaJLSMIL-zazzFL7MZxnlVWVJEfmE9ic5gJhB8o6Bj3tFrLFHJZ12YfmlBzSJgzFIi2HYvrV_w/s640/469124_10200301852884060_1212653988_o.jpg" title="" width="524" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Matt Hart at the Yakima Skyline 50k. Photo by Glenn Tachiyama</div>
<br />Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267013885587422034.post-20182025967889819052012-08-27T21:14:00.002-07:002012-11-12T17:30:07.340-08:002013 Race Dates<br />
<div align="left" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><br />
<div style="font-size: 16pt;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>The 2013 Rainshadow Running Race Dates:</strong></span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
</span></span>
<br />
<div style="font-size: 16pt;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-size: 13px;">Note: Most of these dates are tentative until we finalize our permits with the local land managers. </strong>
</span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
</span></span>
<div style="font-size: 16pt;">
</div>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
<div>
Sat Jan 26 --- <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001t6RRYBnkb9AR63H1UWl9EEuZDPrd4yn-nLLvnW2zbHuZXfiCd2nkxWyA1m3gUiwRKCJLxPDSjvTMq0XeDUGruRGhmqevnp2TUUyFlkoDR4tCDhmXcvftsw==" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Orcas Island 25k</a> </div>
<div>
Sat Feb 2 --- <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001t6RRYBnkb9DM9dA1n1WfnKL7AQPFDQGXmdQxwWFHsUZFtvrFtUp7KmWaK77XJHAcTMaWxCdtW3Ath_gmfvsB39BDppBmkwm55DsFLNSMiaNhMfkUt0BhgQ==" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Orcas Island 50k</a> </div>
<div>
Sat Mar 30 --- <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001t6RRYBnkb9DVrvIBwKF28EceJkacUJi--49R_pss1wz6_Kw-9gR4bbgXUJF-ftakWlu2Mgk7NgBGU9SHjIw2sO1PilOnb7L6UbWpfmtMJs6Q4B9VeQF6dQ00QEc23hSbivrjEWMN9Vw=" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Gorge Waterfalls 50k</a> </div>
<div>
Sun Apr 21 --- <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001t6RRYBnkb9Bdz0Wggalgbrx2fllkxEBYx3LgOPy6SDTAHZGy-BVuyv5eokooJyNXK8pfvAaXMeAfLBTJvLn8ekYFFwlVAFeQWskW7Fa60CUqdWfS8pD06C_lJxUoBaHN" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Yakima Skyline Rim 50k/25k</a> </div>
<div>
Sun May 19 --- <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001t6RRYBnkb9CD7v8ADc0uOr4CjWSPp5nyTe5oo-N7HkUn3l7mc7AoDgEnf3jtlfsBXDIHB7j31kCSOu5aSnJKelRmZqlEXXWWXZs8M55BxOKa6a8JajJYS0R_KGVkZk_Qf_ucSXS9Ihc=" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Sun Mountain 50m/50k/25k/1k</a> </div>
<div>
Sun Jun 9 --- <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001t6RRYBnkb9CW4gyo5TxDNFASidCgBEJM55ZgpcaPR6r-PbcaY0Ss3tS4wIW-FbqmVOqjefuPG3vF5i28ue_sgBAergupYkHc4ZgyRk-4-jyX9lg9F7xU377cBuIqGoWo" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Winthrop Road Marathon and Half Marathon</a> </div>
<div>
Sun Jun 16 --- <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001t6RRYBnkb9CsL1OkeNypcft0Z5mCrmxfFwuBvu1TsScfr_hZ56FClZNRND3D5C0RaZNwyqssg-lzGZr4KzzrACbvy6lmcahugDmQHy7d00Kxjj1Khx7q5u8zr5o1ABNk" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Beacon Rock 50k/25k</a> </div>
<div>
Sun Aug 11 --- <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001t6RRYBnkb9CMkfiSahG0MpfzmEPKq9tRWWhoawYlgaFnxgROTPyHWi1eNvIaAjkiYyvEgeha7otZH3smVB5BJVYs1nhqnHuiQQHyyCfl-1Lk_JSX88-WPIsxT2uJtocA" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Angels Staircase 60k/35k</a> </div>
<div>
Sun Sept 8 --- TBD (maybe North Cascades PCT 100k or maybe something else)</div>
<div>
***Sat Sept 21 --- <a href="http://www.cleelum50k.com/" target="_blank">Cle Elum 50k/25k</a> ***now directed by <a href="mailto:runcandicerun@gmail.com" target="_blank">Candice Burt</a>/<a href="http://www.bellinghamtrail.com/" target="_blank">BTRC</a> </div>
<div>
Sat Oct 5 --- <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001t6RRYBnkb9BHn97hwvLS9SY6negZ2qAvlMe42LPENG_bc28W81aLRaOwtZ4Qn0I1eZDpBtkvsV1dNC5EvxaGCOJariR_8NXLQk2svHboYwhIEAFs2Q6Xeq8ErBaImUUd" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Mt Spokane 50k/25k</a></div>
</span>Sat Dec 14 --- <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001t6RRYBnkb9BWOLO9Azi0vqg8gET3LMXYHWQx0d6kDPapx4X4YjY2QyzeBZG2cE4DBkV0hNJBj1kAEFrP3Ns2USgCS_383Z0W9CYD9OyAuLw3pLT_gLkfOHZeRhyYELiG" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Deception Pass 50k/25k</a></span></div>
<div align="left" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="left" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<br /></div>
Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267013885587422034.post-25726738085497352662012-08-20T14:59:00.003-07:002012-08-20T14:59:53.300-07:00Race Registrations Opening<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflat-S5WSccAzFvoiYzjiTx6_KUqnn2EWYHRqdwu2c4xt7_6VGERC6sBluDv_BqyTVDt8Rm0qzVtt0ENc0gfOxUJer420ScQuUgk_UwM8dTBw4iy-pfMwqU5Tn6YD4YYzeNY2jFfZ_A/s1600/lori+and+barry.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflat-S5WSccAzFvoiYzjiTx6_KUqnn2EWYHRqdwu2c4xt7_6VGERC6sBluDv_BqyTVDt8Rm0qzVtt0ENc0gfOxUJer420ScQuUgk_UwM8dTBw4iy-pfMwqU5Tn6YD4YYzeNY2jFfZ_A/s320/lori+and+barry.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
2011 Mt Spokane 50k/25k</div>
<br />
<br />
Mt Spokane 50k/25k(Oct 6 2012) and Deception Pass 50k/25k(Dec 8 2012) race registrations just opened today!<br />
<br />
Click here to go to the <a href="http://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=17496" target="_blank">Mt Spokane Registration Page</a><br />
Click here to go to the <a href="http://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=17494" target="_blank">Deception Pass Registration Page</a><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIVwqAkGNWhn92IAH4Zy8GGcqr537EFYIFXESb4_DdyzKk370QZ8RrSM2vxbaXUyyE75HHdb9kytfg8oPd-8DQz_8DzD7_pzIh70TfVqBg4W7GJsyTCyM75CC8K10MFUZ4E0Qb9ekxw/s1600/327217_2801247232672_1303299714_33140028_628710826_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIVwqAkGNWhn92IAH4Zy8GGcqr537EFYIFXESb4_DdyzKk370QZ8RrSM2vxbaXUyyE75HHdb9kytfg8oPd-8DQz_8DzD7_pzIh70TfVqBg4W7GJsyTCyM75CC8K10MFUZ4E0Qb9ekxw/s320/327217_2801247232672_1303299714_33140028_628710826_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
2011 Deception Pass 50k/25k</div>
<br />
<br />
Registration will open at 8am(pst) on Sept 1st for Orcas Island 25k(Jan 26 2013 and Orcas Island 50k(Feb 2 2013). These races will sell out very quickly possibly that day so be ready(and for those of you coming as a group have your whole group ready)!<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggyQ2r0POGLQkgep80qTipwrZcK7Ej4_3Iw6sIYa7MFGpVjQ8HgvpOthjyLvvv6wLA-I-J8x37FE-2FszZ1vSJ_3KtIZF_PXT4cpu7Fm9VPSg2l71hgevidb_Irsygik5Qs9Xl9NM-7w/s1600/orcasmc12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggyQ2r0POGLQkgep80qTipwrZcK7Ej4_3Iw6sIYa7MFGpVjQ8HgvpOthjyLvvv6wLA-I-J8x37FE-2FszZ1vSJ_3KtIZF_PXT4cpu7Fm9VPSg2l71hgevidb_Irsygik5Qs9Xl9NM-7w/s320/orcasmc12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
2012 Orcas Island 50k</div>
<br />Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267013885587422034.post-24215555585559598732012-08-18T13:55:00.000-07:002012-08-18T13:59:09.587-07:00A Busy Summer!Wow! I just realized that I haven't done a blog post since April! That's crazy. But it's understandable considering everything that's been going on this year... so here's a little photo filled trip down memory lane<br />
<br />
<b>But first a sneak peak into my next blog post...</b> which will include dates for the opening of registration for our upcoming races <a href="http://mtspokane50k.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mt Spokane 50k/25k</a>, <a href="http://deceptionpass50.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Deception Pass 50k/25k</a>, and probably <a href="http://orcas25k.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Orcas 25k</a>, <a href="http://orcas50k.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Orcas 50k</a> and <a href="http://gorgewaterfalls50k.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Gorge Waterfalls 50k</a> too! And it will also probably include our entire <a href="http://www.rainshadowrunning.com/" target="_blank">Rainshadow Running</a> 2013 race calendar, reminder about our friend's races such as the <a href="http://methowduathlon.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Methow Valley Off-Road Duathalon</a>(trail run and mountain bike ride), the <a href="http://www.lakepaddentrailhalf.com/" target="_blank">Lake Padden Trail Half Marathon</a>, and the <a href="http://www.bellinghamtrailmarathon.com/" target="_blank">Bellingham Trail Marathon</a>, and other fun stuff!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>Ok on with the Show...</b><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6GYq_SsYYmVw9QwFnuRQHIAPc6SSezqxn0ssgSbbLdVBEyzD5zzXUBeOiY8uvDCRnlDAVy_QFZSvHKlJB7Y3mUHCostOUDi_7kp11kCS6u0JtZCKMxggOHedpN36d5MMx7KbEudl0PA/s1600/joe-littlemtn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6GYq_SsYYmVw9QwFnuRQHIAPc6SSezqxn0ssgSbbLdVBEyzD5zzXUBeOiY8uvDCRnlDAVy_QFZSvHKlJB7Y3mUHCostOUDi_7kp11kCS6u0JtZCKMxggOHedpN36d5MMx7KbEudl0PA/s400/joe-littlemtn.jpg" width="252" /></a></div>
In early May at <a href="http://www.bellinghamtrail.com/p/race-4-may-6.html" target="_blank">Little Mountain 10k/25k</a> in Mt. Vernon, WA Joe Cappoccia, best known for his musical talents as a former band member of the <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CEEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheblackberrybushes.com%2F&ei=Rf4vULXsE6PiiAL5vYHYBg&usg=AFQjCNFtdiVQh5x1zd4AgAkc5pctNE1nsg&sig2=T4Md41LlmEt5623WPuqK-Q" target="_blank">Blackberry Bushes String Band</a> and as of leader of the new band <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OC-EPJyfdE" target="_blank">The Pine Hearts</a> (both bands have played our races multiple times), runs his first trail race in almost a decade!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5TM3eF8sBlo5jdny4t0ADv0utEOpjJPjrmLyHc3KUgxi-0ozDligi7UUyh99JUF-MXoz-c4YvCKoeGg_NANlvAnpvi48PKajyt7egrnxiEQwEoAtGdJypExBo5-DiRmf3IIZ2G3u1A/s1600/james--+at+sun+mountain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5TM3eF8sBlo5jdny4t0ADv0utEOpjJPjrmLyHc3KUgxi-0ozDligi7UUyh99JUF-MXoz-c4YvCKoeGg_NANlvAnpvi48PKajyt7egrnxiEQwEoAtGdJypExBo5-DiRmf3IIZ2G3u1A/s640/james--+at+sun+mountain.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Later in May we headed East to the Methow Valley for the <a href="http://sunmountaintrailraces.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sun Mountain 50m/50k/25k/1k</a>. It was warm, sunny and the wildflowers were outstanding. I'm shown here on the 50m course carrying all the course signs in my backpack. With the help of Anthony Skierkowicz and Rasta Jason Vaughn we installed a half dozen brand new swinging trail gates so runners no longer needed to climb over, through or under the barbed wire fences out there on the DNR section of the course. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBhm2ZcRa6XDDJ87crr7A9AvweCt5_ELNiMPFeaQ2MNhv_kbFR5cZZ_prYbZlb8DrKUzYsBAg6-SIUGaTE39oPa9mhV0q2x4SQoumczkPTk8iKIvxWUW-0Lg9EGbfn3vrnIP_bGSFQ-g/s1600/stephanie--winthrop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBhm2ZcRa6XDDJ87crr7A9AvweCt5_ELNiMPFeaQ2MNhv_kbFR5cZZ_prYbZlb8DrKUzYsBAg6-SIUGaTE39oPa9mhV0q2x4SQoumczkPTk8iKIvxWUW-0Lg9EGbfn3vrnIP_bGSFQ-g/s640/stephanie--winthrop.jpg" width="426" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
A few weeks later we headed back to the Methow Valley to direct the <a href="http://winthropmarathon.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Winthrop Road Marathon and Half Marathon</a>. Here's first place woman(and 3rd overall) Stephanie Wilson showing off her unique first place finisher's medal. All finishers got similar medals that were upgraded this year to include a chrome finish to make them extra cool. Big thanks to Brad Nelson, who ran the full marathon, and his workplace <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDwQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.medalhangers.com%2F&ei=2_4vUM2lE9DciQLSqoDYBA&usg=AFQjCNHJmkOImaNM2zeL_Sfy_ZuK2exx1g&sig2=WN4PNtnvH9t1Xpexl-WBSQ" target="_blank">Allied Medal Displays</a> for the original idea to do the chrome and for being such great folks to work with to supply the runners with such cool medals!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTih0mWexjEurGmoDOqgjh9t8Y9J-HTSiQI5IFtCqQlItvZ6J-uB0uXzZJXn1ltt1GCOCTX8N591Ij9VGHtOthiTR_4FJu8G0h5CjKfS0EshiRvUni2oy8O45R_rYwjj16aFLFqhBz5w/s1600/hamilton+mtn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTih0mWexjEurGmoDOqgjh9t8Y9J-HTSiQI5IFtCqQlItvZ6J-uB0uXzZJXn1ltt1GCOCTX8N591Ij9VGHtOthiTR_4FJu8G0h5CjKfS0EshiRvUni2oy8O45R_rYwjj16aFLFqhBz5w/s640/hamilton+mtn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
Just a week later we were on the opposite end of the state, going from Winthrop where the Canadian Border is just a dozen miles north of the starting line of the marathon course to the <a href="http://beaconrock50k.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Beacon Rock 50k/25k</a> which is just a mile from Oregon on the other side of the Columbia River pictured above. Summer had arrived as the weather was perfect for drinking beer, swimming, lounging on the group camp lawn while listening to live bluegrass music from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OC-EPJyfdE" target="_blank">The Pine Hearts</a> at the start/finish area, and yeah perfect for running too!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF4gy98lsAkWnQpuvS7fWWunqUk8q65GDYNW_XjrtrZYEhzWbFC_hhbI6Ilxum77g4lwU_w6FB1Mz2kqvYUi2AHE5uOhTiVenSOKY1mokzI_N5L4KFdbXzgzCpYeRA-kr4IhV6eFMGnA/s1600/candice+and+i+at+tahoe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF4gy98lsAkWnQpuvS7fWWunqUk8q65GDYNW_XjrtrZYEhzWbFC_hhbI6Ilxum77g4lwU_w6FB1Mz2kqvYUi2AHE5uOhTiVenSOKY1mokzI_N5L4KFdbXzgzCpYeRA-kr4IhV6eFMGnA/s640/candice+and+i+at+tahoe.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
After directing four races in about 6 weeks we went on vacation, which included running 4 races(2 for each of us) in 5 weeks and driving about 3000 miles. Candice killed both of her races(<a href="http://www.wilddefined.com/2012/08/tahoe-rim-trail-100-mile-race-report.html" target="_blank">Tahoe 100</a> and <a href="http://www.networkedblogs.com/p/zqvXG?ref=source" target="_blank">Silverton 12hr</a>. I however DNF'd both of mine. I really should be training a lot more like her... Running in Boise, the San Juan Mountains and at Lake Tahoe sure was great! And so was hanging out with all the fun peeps!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHoR9l6ErMCjh62bTZ5rzZbgL27Fj8NGf74YLEqxGeIaKOo8lyFYSVwDFKlUwXKlHzWhCLfGtaCF6R48lxbDXfAdvIjs67y_Yormd0OzD8gAFBVjOOABQi6teIPTlGmWT67aqTYZ1bqw/s1600/pine+hearts+at+checkanut.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHoR9l6ErMCjh62bTZ5rzZbgL27Fj8NGf74YLEqxGeIaKOo8lyFYSVwDFKlUwXKlHzWhCLfGtaCF6R48lxbDXfAdvIjs67y_Yormd0OzD8gAFBVjOOABQi6teIPTlGmWT67aqTYZ1bqw/s640/pine+hearts+at+checkanut.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
As you can tell by late July we were back to work. The <a href="http://www.bellinghamtrail.com/p/chuckanut-mountain-12k30k.html" target="_blank">Chuckanut 30k/12k</a> was the last race in the <a href="http://www.bellinghamtrail.com/" target="_blank">Bellingham Trail Running Series</a> that Candice created this year and so we had to throw a big party with lots of food, beer and laying around in the grass while listening to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OC-EPJyfdE" target="_blank">the Pine Hearts</a>. There were awards handed out and such too...<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7CleFE7BPEan83rES-ArL9fZxwKJhHaghALHJ4sTTGldUShv3iAUEnst2dtjeCI9GbM8zKHxs0XG3OJfjB3Nmn6JPCOIhKfYY8FBAPvBixjBNSX1NCrhelyYSj_7TERTjwzR63vo72g/s1600/trail+angels.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7CleFE7BPEan83rES-ArL9fZxwKJhHaghALHJ4sTTGldUShv3iAUEnst2dtjeCI9GbM8zKHxs0XG3OJfjB3Nmn6JPCOIhKfYY8FBAPvBixjBNSX1NCrhelyYSj_7TERTjwzR63vo72g/s640/trail+angels.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
And a week later we were back in the Methow Valley for the third time since late May-- I love that work takes me back there so often! <a href="http://angelsstaircase.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Angels Staircase 60k/35k</a> with it's high point of 8000ft, tons of elevation gain(10,000ft for the 60k and 6,000ft for the 35k), and remote and rugged trails make it one of the hardest ultras in the Northwest. But it's scenery, wildflowers, high alpine lakes, waterfalls, jagged peaks make it one of the best trail races in the country! "Trail Angels" Lexi Painter and Michael McNeil were just two of many incredible volunteers who hiked miles to carry in the supplies to the remote aid stations!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VH2-BEE2hMs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Last but not least Candice is back to training for another 100 miler(yes already). She's doing <a href="http://www.cascaderunningclub.com/" target="_blank">Plain 100</a> which was my first 100 back in 2004. In the past week or so she's ran most of the course in two big training runs(one 53 mile day with Dan Probst and one 40 mile day with me). The day before the 2nd Plain training run we did the <a href="http://www.wilddefined.com/2012/08/running-in-enchantments-with-videos.html" target="_blank">18 mile Enchantments run</a> which I hadn't ran in years and Candice had never ran. It was a super fun day filled with lots of stops for swimming including our first stop at Inspiration Lake which is show in the video above.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>Stay tuned for next post with all the upcoming announcements!</b><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267013885587422034.post-32283257434864085952012-04-25T22:26:00.002-07:002012-04-25T22:26:21.589-07:00Bellingham Trail Running Series Updates<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://www.bellinghamtrail.com/p/series-scoring.html">Series Scoring</a> for the Bellingham Trail Running Series has been updated through <a href="http://www.bellinghamtrail.com/p/lake-whatcom.html">Stewart Mountain 5k/15k</a>. Next race in the series is <a href="http://www.bellinghamtrail.com/p/race-4-may-6.html">Little Mountain 10k/25k</a> on May 6, 2012 in Mount Vernon. This race has really cool views, lots of climbing, and fun single track trails!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHwJ4WOqeqHvV6PXoNdROXzFXKB9RDdSfFfVIONFn70ept7aVFseltYmBwsOsgxrOZKAldoUBX88lblL2YH9VCQ5efdKcwVclDD4Ay1rhsQc6lRbXfEuVotkPtj6w-6JlWis8m_lm7uA/s1600/Mt.+Baker+view+from+Little+Mt.+viewpoint.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHwJ4WOqeqHvV6PXoNdROXzFXKB9RDdSfFfVIONFn70ept7aVFseltYmBwsOsgxrOZKAldoUBX88lblL2YH9VCQ5efdKcwVclDD4Ay1rhsQc6lRbXfEuVotkPtj6w-6JlWis8m_lm7uA/s320/Mt.+Baker+view+from+Little+Mt.+viewpoint.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br /></div>Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267013885587422034.post-53404265791353822912012-04-07T21:53:00.000-07:002012-04-07T21:53:24.322-07:00Upcoming Fun and Tough Trail Races in the Bellingham AreaHey folks just a quick note about two of the upcoming trail races in and around our new home base of operations(Bellingham):<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.bellinghamtrail.com/p/alger-alp-2mile5mile.html">Alger Alp 5m/25k/50k</a> on April 15th and <a href="http://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=15439">Lost Lake 50k</a> on May 12th<br />
<br />
Next weekend's races at Alger Alp are part of our brand new <a href="http://www.bellinghamtrail.com/">Bellingham Trail Running Series</a>. The race course is a 5 mile route that goes up to a great view of Mt Baker on one side of the mountain and one the other side it's a view down into the vast the Skagit River Valley "Flats". On the way up and back down the 1300ft climb you also go past the picturesque Squires Lake. Those looking for more than just a 5 mile run have the option to do the course 3 or 6 times for either a 25k with 3900ft of elevation gain or a 50k with 7800ft of elevation gain.<br />
<br />
Another great local trail race is Lost Lake 50k which is directed by one our most dedicated Rainshadow Running volunteers Kevin Douglas and is one of the many well organized races put on by the nearby running club <a href="http://www.skagitrunners.org/">Skagit Runners</a>. This race has a reputation as being one of the hardest 50ks in the northwest thanks in large part to the 8000+ feet of elevation gain--and after living here for the past 6 months and training on those the trails of this race course I would vouch that this race is tough. Lost Lake takes place in the Chuckanut Mountains and shares some of the same trails as that "track meet" of a trail race the Chuckanut 50k but don't expect a bunch of sub four hour times at Lost Lake and it also takes you on some of the really cool trails that you don't get to see in the Chuckanut 50k.<br />
<b><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span>Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267013885587422034.post-63024436212022744052012-03-18T22:56:00.002-07:002012-03-18T22:56:35.548-07:00Super Thursday!Registrations will open this Thursday March 22 at 11am for <a href="http://sunmountaintrailraces.blogspot.com/">Sun Mountain 50m/50k/25k/kids1k</a>, <a href="http://winthropmarathon.blogspot.com/">Winthrop Marathon and Half Marathon</a> and <a href="http://beaconrock50k.blogspot.com/">Beacon Rock 50k/25k</a>. Go to <a href="http://www.databarevents.com/">www.databarevents.com</a> to sign up!<br />
<br />
And in case you didn't notice Candice added a 25k and a 50k option to the <a href="http://www.bellinghamtrail.com/p/alger-alp-2mile5mile.html">Alger Alp Trail Race</a>(Sunday April 15th) which is part of the brand new <a href="http://www.bellinghamtrail.com/">Bellingham Trail Running Series</a>.Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267013885587422034.post-21261573149988155882012-01-21T21:18:00.000-08:002012-01-21T21:18:58.195-08:00The Washington State Parks Need Your Help Now!<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px;"></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;">As many of you know these are tough times for state budgets. Here in Washington our Parks have suffered budget cut after budget cut--just a few years ago the parks were getting about 50 million dollars a year(98 per bienium) from the general fund. This year they are only getting 8.9 million and only 8.3 million. This lack of funding has led the Park Commissioners to decision to start laying off employees at a startling rate. In my opinion these job cuts are going to severely effect our state parks and the trails and facilities we all cherish. I've already seen first hand negative effects from the years of budget cuts. Some workers have already been laid off and more are getting pink slips this week and even more after those are on their way. Many of the current park rangers will be faced with losing their jobs altogether or take a 5 month season position. This is no way to treat these fine people who I have found to be hardworking, dependable, capable, and friendly in my years of working with them. And it is no way to manage our public lands and infrastructure.<br /><br /><b>Do your part to help save our parks:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">#1 Buy a Discover Pass </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;">If you already have one by one for a friend. <a href="http://www.discoverpass.wa.gov/">http://www.discoverpass.wa.gov/</a><br /><br /><br /><b style="font-size: x-large;">#2 Email or call your state represtentatives</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;">Ask them to support <a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5977&year=2011">Senate Bill 5977</a> and <a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6387&year=2011#documents">Senate Bill 6387</a>. While you're at it ask them to introduce and/or support a bill to increase the funding for the parks. If you don't live in Washington you can use my address(3305 Allen Ave., Bellingham, WA 98225) to contact my reps and tell them even though you don't live here you come here to use our parks and you don't want to see them deteriorate.<br /><br />Contact Form for State Reps: <a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Default.aspx">http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Default.aspx</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><br />Writing to all Members of the <a href="http://www.leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/ENRM/Pages/MembersStaff.aspx">Senate Energy, Natural Resources, and Marine Waters</a> and the <a href="http://www.leg.wa.gov/House/Committees/ENVI/Pages/MembersStaff.aspx">House Environment</a> Committees will help too. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><br /><br /><b style="font-size: x-large;">#3 Email the Parks Commissioners</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;">Ask them to discontinue the layoffs and re-instate those who were recently laid off due to the budget cut. Tell them you are contacting your state reps and asking them to increase funding for the parks in order to save jobs and to protect the parks.<br /><br /><a href="mailto:Steve.Milner@PARKS.WA.GOV">Steve.Milner@PARKS.WA.GOV</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:joe.taller@parks.wa.gov">joe.taller@parks.wa.gov</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:rodger.schmitt@parks.wa.gov">rodger.schmitt@parks.wa.gov</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:Patricia.Lantz@parks.wa.gov">Patricia.Lantz@parks.wa.gov</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:lucinda.whaley@parks.wa.gov">lucinda.whaley@parks.wa.gov</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:mark.brown@parks.wa.gov">mark.brown@parks.wa.gov</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:ron.hoch@parks.wa.gov">ron.hoch@parks.wa.gov</a><br /><br /><br /><b style="font-size: x-large;">#4 share this with your friends!</b></span><br />Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267013885587422034.post-63404260006292132272012-01-12T23:56:00.000-08:002012-01-13T13:37:36.651-08:00B.T.R.S.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynlqzpbpUU2-bHNbJDNHVicTMcK93WidMsN5TGOpWVTSK6OtRoQ7kroh5LajyOFrAcgFIdACmi3r7iNJXmbw3qR3dgNHcbipQrES2_xp4fJCiu_frSFMb2QHyJufetJonCwbOoEz4Lg/s1600/finalblogheader.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynlqzpbpUU2-bHNbJDNHVicTMcK93WidMsN5TGOpWVTSK6OtRoQ7kroh5LajyOFrAcgFIdACmi3r7iNJXmbw3qR3dgNHcbipQrES2_xp4fJCiu_frSFMb2QHyJufetJonCwbOoEz4Lg/s640/finalblogheader.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
Have you heard? We have come up with a cute little series of cute little trail races in and around our new home Bellingham, WA. Candice and I were only willing to relocate to Bellingham because we knew that there are lots of fun, scenic and tough trails right in the city limits and close by on county and state lands. One such network of trails is just a couple hundred feet from our door. Another network of trails is less than a mile away. And within a couple miles from our house, in every direction, there are even more trails to choose from.<br />
<br />
Of course we gravitated towards those trails that are steep and surrounded by dense old forest and often have vistas of the city, Mt Baker/North Cascades and or the Puget Sound/San Juan Islands. Living here we quickly realized there is a very strong community of runners and a great history of well organized races to choose from. But one thing that seemed lacking was tough, scenic, <i>short,</i> trail races. Other than the 10 year old <a href="http://www.gbrc.net/padden_mudfest.php">Padden Mud Fest</a> and the brand new <a href="http://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=12351">Lake Padden Trail Classic</a> there didn't seem to be any cute little trail races that had all the characteristics that we love about our longer races that we direct all over the Northwest-- steep climbs/descents, technical yet fun single track trail, good views, and inspiring scenery. <br />
<br />
So being the kind of folks we are here at <a href="http://www.rainshadowrunning.com/">Rainshadow Running</a> we decided to just create exactly the kind of races that we wished existed using these great trails that surround our home. It makes it hard(read darn near impossible) for us to actually run the races ourselves but it does fill a need we think exists in our community. So with out further ado please let me introduce to you the brand spanking new <a href="http://trailrunningseries.blogspot.com/">Bellingham Trail Race Series</a> (aka B.T.R.S.) and it's five races:<br />
<br />
Feb 12 Fragrance Lake 10km/20km (<a href="https://www.databarevents.com/fragrancelake.asp">Registration Now Open</a>)<br />
Mar 11 Stewart Mountain 4mi/8mi<br />
Apr 15 Alger Alp 2mi/5mi<br />
May 12 Sehome Hill 5km/10km<br />
Jun 9 Raptor Ridge ~20km<br />
<br />
DISCLAIMER: Each of these races are at different stages in the permitting/birthing process so there may be changes to little things like date of the race, location of the race, distance of the race, etc.<br />
<br />
DISCLAIMER TO THE DISCLAIMER: Even though I just said there might be changes we do feel like we've got things pretty well figured out and the permit process is moving forward on all of these and we don't anticipate at problems arising. And hopefully any changes that are made to the current plans are to make things even better! Also so far we only have opened registration for the first race which seems to be all set to go and there should no significant changes to that one. We'll open the registration for the other races only once we feel 100% confident that there will be no significant changes made to that race. All this said we're pretty confident in all the details otherwise we wouldn't have posted anything yet so please puts these dates on your calendar now and please start getting excited about them! Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267013885587422034.post-43665179238132379422011-12-31T13:21:00.000-08:002011-12-31T13:44:23.328-08:00The 2011 Rainshadow Running Highlights Slideshow<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xEIv4iDKBTo?rel=0" width="480"><br><br>by</iframe>Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267013885587422034.post-67602317003467199762011-12-27T17:15:00.000-08:002011-12-27T17:17:59.072-08:00Registration Opening Soon for Yakima Skyline Rim 50k/25k<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"></span></span></div><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Registration for Yakima Skyline Rim 50k and 25k will open Thursday at 11am(PST) at https://databarevents.com/yakimasky.asp</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br />
</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Yes that man is not wearing a shirt. Yes that is the Sun shining on his body. Yes this race is in Washington State. Yes you really should do this race!</b></span><br />
<br />
<div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVX4Co6Zbcalidw828TXwUaEYbX2yXaBNqmTVdBCO7BlRT9-t7heW6Vtdkzx2ySxbKZeVhnDwYX2NNxzagTlhjxc_s6nsvoLjHJZ5mA35_cCz1v_Y1jfJIAb-2xmPRXdDZznjC37mPAQ/s1600/yakima2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVX4Co6Zbcalidw828TXwUaEYbX2yXaBNqmTVdBCO7BlRT9-t7heW6Vtdkzx2ySxbKZeVhnDwYX2NNxzagTlhjxc_s6nsvoLjHJZ5mA35_cCz1v_Y1jfJIAb-2xmPRXdDZznjC37mPAQ/s640/yakima2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">photo credit: <a href="http://www.pbase.com/gtach/yakima2011">Glenn Tachiyama</a></span></div>Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267013885587422034.post-70476091743485010442011-12-16T21:32:00.000-08:002011-12-16T21:34:40.716-08:00Rainshadow Running Asks for Your Help!<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The State of Washington is about to layoff 160 full time year round State Parks employees. This will probably have a negative effect on the races we hold on state park lands(Orcas, Beacon Rock, Mt Spokane and Deception Pass) and will possibly result in us not being able to hold those races in the future. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Tell the Park Commisioners to delay the job cuts to give our legislature time to come up with an alternate plan: <a href="http://takeaction.wfse.org/">http://takeaction.wfse.org/</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks for your help!</span></b></div>Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267013885587422034.post-15922097664437235462011-12-11T21:07:00.000-08:002011-12-11T21:07:10.985-08:00Deception Pass 50k and 25k Results PostedThe results for the first annual Deception Pass 50k/25k are now posted: <a href="http://deceptionpass50.blogspot.com/p/results.html">http://deceptionpass50.blogspot.com/p/results.html</a><br />
<br />
photo by andrew fast. (more to come later...)<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7UiM3cWyYW0Plv5VFzZFVOehiyvuLiOoM6ypeA9_aQHhTCT15TU_DN_FDoJo4EvgB9jVQS2NXM45TF1wWsr97-_NWTUT2Ff5zVOxOWUwvHk3aoTUMDrvPGAuRg2ahP3q6NYYxaU7BA/s1600/IMG_3601.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7UiM3cWyYW0Plv5VFzZFVOehiyvuLiOoM6ypeA9_aQHhTCT15TU_DN_FDoJo4EvgB9jVQS2NXM45TF1wWsr97-_NWTUT2Ff5zVOxOWUwvHk3aoTUMDrvPGAuRg2ahP3q6NYYxaU7BA/s640/IMG_3601.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267013885587422034.post-13268520927342103372011-12-05T09:51:00.000-08:002011-12-05T09:51:46.865-08:00After 4 sold out races in a row Yakima Skyline Rim 50k/25k up nextRegistration for the Yakima Skyline Rim 50k/25k should open sometime in the next 1-3 weeks. Stay tuned this race sold out in 2011 and will probably sell out again in 2012.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4lGc64uZvlcDLnY6XIErpOXTd04JHDWiCC_U8TTtEmM6YnmS2NvUMjgqvkCvY-Z5pe3hwo6VsZoVG1TwobDrzsugkgNu73oowZhGdUg9nXMfjszwA18NF11oqqCjN_BYWxH4p7uCntA/s1600/dropping+down+off+of+umtanum+ridge--edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4lGc64uZvlcDLnY6XIErpOXTd04JHDWiCC_U8TTtEmM6YnmS2NvUMjgqvkCvY-Z5pe3hwo6VsZoVG1TwobDrzsugkgNu73oowZhGdUg9nXMfjszwA18NF11oqqCjN_BYWxH4p7uCntA/s640/dropping+down+off+of+umtanum+ridge--edit.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267013885587422034.post-79727349890264154452011-11-28T14:20:00.000-08:002011-11-28T14:20:07.445-08:00Christmas at the End of the Road 5k ResultsThe Results for the 5k are now posted: <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApcUlU_WCfumdGg4X1RVOF9TQjdrcHVfNHZrMEN4NGc">Click here</a>.Rainshadow Runninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18391156461617756893noreply@blogger.com