I went to Orcas Island for a trail race and ended up competing in my first ever trail swim. By all intents and purposes, Rainshadow Running’s Orcas Island series of trail races spanning three distances (25k, 50k and 100M...
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The Orcas Island 100-mile race in the San Juan Islands of Washington is beautiful. The forest is lush with moss and fallen trees and trails roll and climb to outlooks of the bay dotted with islands. The race has the gras...
This year was my second attempt at the Orcas Island 100 Miler. It consists of four 25-mile loops along trails that sparkle with Earth’s resplendence. It is also relentlessly steep, with around 26,000 feet of climb. On...
The tenth annual Orcas Island 50K was, perhaps even more than any other running of this iconic Washington race, wet, sloppy and exceedingly memorable. A week's worth of rain and subsequent thick mud made already difficul...