Fat Dog 120 - 10 How Daylight Destroyed Me
Tale 10 - How Daylight Destroyed MeI'm in the alpine meadows. The sun is rising. It is an absolutely beautiful day.I was told before the race that the sun coming up is a magical moment that will give...
View ArticleFat Dog 120 - 11 Nothing at Nicomen
Tale 11 - Nothing at NicomenI've been through this aid station in the past, when running the 70 miler. It's definitely remote, with about a 9 mile hike in from Blackwall peak, or 11 miles almost all...
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Fat Dog 120 - 12 Downhill Breakdown
Tale 12 - Downhill BreakdownI am 20 odd hours into this race. I've been awake, moving, and eating for far too long.This is the moment where I finally realize how insane I am. Now, most people hear the...
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Fat Dog 120 - 13 Crying at Cayuse
Tale 13 - Crying at CayuseMom keeping track of me!I was literally a blubbering mess when I got to cayuse. How do you tell your family "hey thanks for coming out to support me, I'm not quite as strong...
View ArticleFat Dog 120 - 14 Slurpin to Sumallo
Tale 14 - Slurpin' to SumalloMy stellar crew is at Cascade with a really nice napping set up waiting for me (thanks Oliver and Hero!). Ain't nobody got time for that!My next two pacers have now joined...
View ArticleFat Dog 120 - 15 Getting Serious to Shawatum
Tale 15 - Getting Serious to ShawatumWhen we reach Sumallo I pick up my veteran pacer, Liz. She got me through the 70 miler, when my water bladder burst on my back overnight, and I was stopping to pee...
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Fat Dog 120 - 16 Suffering to Skyline
Tale 16 - Suffering to SkylineSo Liz and I take off into woods as the sun starts to set on day 2 of this wild adventure. All I really want is a nap, I was promised a nap at Shawatum, but I guess I got...
View ArticleFat Dog 120 - 17 Marching to Mowich
Tale 17 - Marching to MowichWe finally, finally, after hours of wandering the bush in the dark getting angrier and angrier - made it to Skyline! Wahoooo!The final 21 miles of the race is the last big...
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Fat Dog 120 - 18 Pie in the Sky
Tale 18 - Pie in the SkySomewhere in the alpine meadows and whipping winds between Mowich and Sky Junction I had to stop on the side of the trail and change into tights. Yes yes, my big brother was...
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Fat Dog 120 - 19 Dawn of a New Day
Tale 19 - Dawn of a New DayI am only EIGHT "short" miles from the finish line.I've got plenty of time to get there - I can actually finish this race!There's only a couple of problems with that.. 1)...
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Fat Dog 120 - 20 The Aftermath
Tale 20 - The AftermathI cannot believe I made it to the finish line! I just want to sleep. And to never eat again.The finish line was cooking up food. I remember sitting in a chair at the finish,...
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Sea Kayak Trolling
Exhibit A: Primitive kayak fishing setup without a rodAfter some success last year with a very primitive kayak fishing setup (see Exhibit A), I decided to upgrade a bit to hopefully make things easier....
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Introduction for BigBearRunning
Before my transformation.My name is Steve Bowling and I am a beginner trail runner pushing boundaries; and now, pushing myself harder and further has not only become something that I do, it's become a...
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Brigade Trail Race Report
Start of the 30km Brigade Trail RaceThe following is the collective experience of Jenna, Steve, Chris and Brad (Chris' dad) from doing the 2017 Brigade Trail Race from Tulameen to Hope. Your mileage...
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2018 Tenderfoot Boogie 50 Miler - Race Report
The tenderfoot boogie was not on my bucket list by any means, it more or less fit my time/distance requirements in training for the FatDog 70 mile in August. I didn't know anybody that had run this...
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The Transformation Equation - The dynamics of how I did it, and how you can too!
Carb Loading?1299 Days, 14 hrs, 24 minutes, 53 seconds. The time that has elapsed since the day I looked in the mirrorĀ and felt disgusted with myself. The moment I thought "What have you done?" And...
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FatDog Course Change - Windy Joe/Frosty GPX
Due to the fires near Cathedral Park, Legs 1 and 2 of the FatDog120 have been removed and a 7th leg has been added up Windy Joe to the lookout for a little dog leg, then around Frosty Mountain. This...
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Kayaking Haida Gwaii - No Guides Necessary (Part 1)
So you want to kayak Haida Gwaii... but you don't want to have someone give you a nice tour around the islands and cook all of your meals for you...Or perhaps you do, but you don't want to pay them the...
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Kayaking Haida Gwaii - Planning Details (Part 2)
Gwaii Haanas park passesThis may be the first roadblock to going on a self-guided Haida Gwaii adventure. You need a park pass to go into Gwaii Haanas National Park, and these do sell out especially in...
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Day 5 - Kalaloch to Lake Quinault
Today we had a nice short day - only 34 miles!We have lost our glorious sunshine to typical overcast wet coast weather, but we start out without rain!The highway is quite bumpy, the shoulder is...
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