Ever since Sally McRae’s Western North Carolina Trail Running Camp put on by Tanawha Adventures I’ve been wanting to run one of Brandon Thrower’s races. The Table Rock Ultras (50k and 30k) held on September 22, 2018 was timed perfectly for my fall plans and as a great way to see some friends and have an excuse to scamper through Pisgah Forest during a gorgeous fall. I had already signed up for Pilot Mountain-to-Hanging Rock 50 miler in October, so this seemed like a perfect “

Grayson Highlands 50k, Virginia May 5 2018 The weather called for thunderstorms from the starting gun on through the night on May 5th, my first Grayson Highland 50k and first RunBum directed race. I'd done a few Ultras now... tentatively giving myself the label “Ultra runner”, but still finding my place in this cadre of trail wierdos and wonderful personalities I'd come to love over the past three years. Buoyed by the encouragement of my multinational trail family from Sally