Highlights

Photo of me by Joey Cassidy

At one time simultaneous FKT holder for the Sierra High Route, John Muir Trail, High Sierra Trail, and Rae Lakes Loop, four of the most iconic trails/routes in the High Sierra.  

Press: 

• For the Love of Mountains – Trail Runner Magazine
• San Francisco Chronicle on JMT
• Washington Post on FKTs
• Carmel Pine Cone on Waterfall Project (page 6A)
• Ultimate Direction Waterfall Project
• Ventana Wilderness Watch Newsletter (photography)
• Abies Bracteata Factsheet
• IRUNFAR on JMT
• UltraRunnerPodcast.com Interview
• #4 2016 FKT of the Year Award
• Run to Adventure Talk at San Francisco Running Company
• Ptarmigan Traverse FKT (later surpassed)

Notable Racing Results: 

• Two-time Quad Dipsea champion (2010, 2011) and former course record holder (3:48:58)
• 2009 & 2010 Way Too Cool 50k Champion
• 2013 Way Too Cool 50k, 3rd place and 50k PR (3:21:51)
• Three-time Ohlone 50k champion (2009-2011) and course record holder (4:16:28)
• 2012 Skyline 50k champion and former course record holder (3:32:05)
• 2011 Quicksilver 50 mile champion and course record holder (6:01:45)
• 2010 Quicksilver 50k champion and course record holder (3:30:10)
• 2011 Tamalpa Headlands 50k champion and 4th fastest time
• 2012 Marin Ultra Challenge 50 mile champion
• 2013 Fort Ord 50k champion
• Second place at 2011 Brazen Rocky Ridge Half Marathon Championships
• Four-time Golden Hills Trail Marathon champion (2007-2010)
• Four-time Skyline to the Sea 50k champion (2008-2011) and course record holder (3:24:09)
• 2009 Stevens Creek 50k champion and course record holder (3:58:35)
• Two-time Brazen Summit Rock Half Marathon Champion
• 2011 Brazen Trail Quake Half Marathon Champion

 Notable FKTs: 

• Sierra High Route: 4d16h45m, August 6-10, 2016
• John Muir Trail (former): 3d7h36m, August 15-18. 2014
• King Range 50 at the Lost Coast, 12:10:52, March 23, 2014
• Complete Lost Coast (former): 13:47:16, June 15, 2014
• Cone Peak via Stone Ridge Sea to Sky: 1:21:55, December 25, 2016
• Cone Peak via Vicente Flat (former), 1:50:41, April 26, 2014
• Ptarmigan Traverse FKT (Glacier Peak Wilderness): 12:17:15, August 16, 2012
• High Sierra Trail FKT (Sequoia NP): 15:46:22, September 2, 2012
• Rae Lakes Loop FKT (Kings Canyon NP): 7:29:50,  September 26, 2010
• Mount Olympus FKT (Olympic National Park)(former): 11:06:53, July 16, 2009
• Suiattle Crest Loop FKT (Glacier Peak Wilderness): 11:44:19, August 20, 2012
• Eagle Scout Peak via Kaweah Gap (Sequoia NP): 9:38:35, September 25, 2012
• Whitney to Langley via Miter Basin (Sequoia NP): September 28, 2013
• Evolution Loop (former) FKT (Kings Canyon NP): 12:15:04, September 23, 2012
• Northern Pickets Traverse FKT (North Cascades NP): 23 hours, July 30, 2010
• Mount Fury FKT (North Cascades NP): 25 hours, August 5, 2008

Notable Adventure Run Routes: 

• Trinity Alps High Route (including Little Granite, Sawtooth, Caesar, Thompson, Wedding Cake and Hilton), September 2015 & June 2018
• Silver Loop (32 miles), October 2018
• Maclure High Route (28 miles), September 2018
• The Drain via Cabezo Prieto, April 2018
• Evolution Ionian Loop, July 2016
• Onion Valley to South Lake via Gould Pass (Kings Canyon NP): July 6, 2013
• Tuolumne Meadows to Devils Postpile via the Minarets and Donohue Peak (40 miles), 2013
• Monarch Divide Loop (31 miles), 2013
• Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne, 2010 & 2012
• Complete Lost Coast, 2010 & 2012
• Northern Yosemite 50 mile loop, 2011
• Tenaya Rim Loop (45+ miles), 2013
• High Sierra Camps Loop (~50 miles), 2013
• Sawtooth Loop, 2013