One of the [many] benefits of living in Boulder County, is accessibility to events like trail-running film festivals. Of the 8 films shown Wednesday, 3 were shot within 15 minutes of my home. Pretty sweet, huh?
Second time this month, out late on a ‘school’ nite. Go ahead & laugh. I’m an early riser…it’s when I do my running 🙂
Last week’s “Snowman Trek” featured 2 ultra runners I regularly follow on Twitter: Anna Frost & Tim Olson. Outside my local AMC Theatre, Timothy Olson [was] interviewed LIVE & later, took questions before the film started. WOW, right?
[Other runners spoke from a feed in Australia. Lucky for me Olson is a Boulder resident.]
The Snowman Trek follows a team of Ultra-marathon runners (Ben Clark, Anna Frost, and Tim Olson) as they journey to Bhutan to set a speed record on the world’s hardest trek. Bhutan’s high Himalayan landscape is not known for athletic pursuits and its culture must be persuaded to let the runners pursue their dream. The result is a shared accomplishment and an adventure that is always teetering on the edge of total failure.
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- one NIGHT only
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- Tim Olson LIVE
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- theatre Q&A
THREE featured runners took the stage in Golden for Q&A – including Moab 240 winner, Courtney Dauwalter. If you’re not familiar with Courtney’s win last October, posted excerpts below. 240 as in 240 MILES. Win as in OVERALL winner, more than 10 hours ahead of second place. Talked with Courtney ahead of the festival; enjoyed her laid-back responses to questions following the film.
$20 ticket paid admission for all 8 films. LOVE LOVE my Colorado life ❤
How Courtney Dauwalter Won the Moab 240 Outright
trailrunnermag.com/people/news/courtney-dauwalter-wins-moab-240.html
The Moab 240 2017 in Utah, USA finished on October 17th with a 112 hour cut-off. The course follows the Colorado River, running through canyons and into the Abajo Mountains and circling back around to the La Sal Mountains to reach 11,000 feet and finishes with the Porcupine Rim Trail back to Moab.
The race was won by Courtney Dauwalter from Colorado with a performance that stunned the ultrarunning community by finishing 10 hours before the first man, Sean Nakamura, arrived at the finish line. Setting a new course record of 57:55:13, Courtney slept for 21 minutes, which will take some beating.
Pos Name Time
1 Courtney Dauwalter 57:55:13
2 Sean Nakamura 67:50:10
3 Michael McKnight 68:26:38
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- sporty Buffalo Finisher shirt
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- Courtney Dauwalter
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- *UPDATE Sat Jun 23rd* WON America’s biggest Ultra in 106-degree heat
Boundary Breaker (promo clip)
Trails in Motion Film Festival – 8 films that are certain to inspire!
Wednesday May 30
American Mountaineer Center, Golden, CO
6:00 – 7:00 pm – Meet and greet with 3 of the athletes who are featured in 3 of the films:
Adam Campbell – Adam Campbell’s life has revolved around motion. As one of the world’s top ultra runners, his mantra has been simple: ‘If you’re not moving, you’re dead’. This life of movement came to an abrupt halt on August 30th, 2016, when he experienced a near fatal accident while attempting a traverse through Roger’s Pass in BC. Adam tumbled nearly 100 feet, sustaining 4 broken vertebrae, a crushed iliac crest and deep lacerations to the bone. Ten months later, Adam finds himself at the start line of the Hardrock 100, a hundred mile ultra race he medalled at in the past. It’s within these hundred miles that Adam discovers what he’s looking for won’t be found on the results board.
Courtney Dauwalter – What does it take for the human body and mind to run more than 155 miles in a day? When Courtney Dauwalter sets foot on a trail, it’s to see what human boundary she can break next. Courtney is not only the American female record holder for the most miles completed in 24 hours, She is crushing every race she races. She won the competitive Run Rabbit Run by a couple hours and ran the last 10 miles blind. Six weeks later she won the Moab 240 outright by more than 10 hours. What drives her? How does she push herself to complete such a drastic feat of endurance? Boundary Breaker takes a look into the humble Courtney Dauwalter’s life and gives the viewer a behind-the-scenes look at this talented runner.
The winter solstice, also known as midwinter, is an astronomical phenomenon marking the day with the shortest period of daylight and the longest night of the year.
Also called: Midwinter, Yule, the Longest Night, Jól
Solstice, beginning of my favourite season!
Week of Christmas movies, Dave’s Big Disney Reveal, then SNOW – wouldn’t be winter without the magic of snow ❄️
Last work week of 2017 (crazy busy time) so been fitting in my fave Christmas Classics whenever/wherever I can this year. Southwest flight from Phoenix, Netflix at dinner, in bed on my laptop, family nite at Ash’s – even once on the treadmill: literally watched “White Christmas” on my Thursday morning run. Work/life/Christmas Classics balance. LOL>
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- flapjack flippin’
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- ‘White Christmas’ treadmill run
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- ‘Elf’ family nite
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- ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ w/ Ro
Wednesday Dec 20th – Celebrated Dave’s Birthday over FaceTime. BIGGER than cake, a card & birthday gifts? How ‘bout doubling-the-date as David’s Disney Reveal moment? Disney in 38 days! Coordinated the trip with Michaela over a month ago. Dave’s absolute/most favorite world, DisneyWorld. 38 days to anticipate & dream – enjoy little Man. Happy life moment ❤
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- FaceTime celebration
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- David’s Disney Reveal
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- lanyard & Disney trading pins
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- 38 days to Disney! Making a list, checking it twice. Thanks M for the calendar ❤️
Thursday Dec 21st – Christmas wreath from Sis. Perfect timing! Arrived hours before the onslaught of Colorado’s White Christmas. LOVE the gift, LOVE my Sis. Snow today/Friday then the DEEP FREEZE from Canada. Single digit highs, sub-zero lows next 10 days. Yikes! May/may not be snow-hiking high above Colorado Springs Christmas week. Details later 🙂
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- Colorado White Christmas
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- XMas wreath from Sis
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- single digit highs, sub-zero lows
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- our Flatirons in SNOW
White Christmas 2017
Voice mails & texts during my 3-day Eclipse weekend in Casper, cards in the box. More of a BIRTHDAY WEEK than just one day 🙂
Celebrated day-after with Ash & Tom. Best cake EVER, my first trail-running cake. Trail itself, malted milk balls. Icing, Nutella.
Birthday DINNER? Old Bay shrimp boil (outside cooked on the grill). Birthday APP? Deviled eggs. ALL my favourites!
…and a MOVIE. Not just any movie, Sharknado 5. Yep, FIVE years of shark tornados. This year’s serial cast in London. Sharknados disrupting Big Ben. Ancient shark cave drawings discovered in Stonehenge. Appears even our ancestors were plagued with cloud-flying, funnel-spinning Great Whites/makos/hammerheads. Who knew? LOL> Perfect evening!
MOST AWESOME GIFT? Sis sent a lamp. Not just any lamp, a Filimin – a long distance touch lamp. 7 minutes set-up. Plugged-in unit, attached WiFi, added profile to Sis’ group. Chose a unique color, any shade on the ROYGBIV rainbow. That’s pretty much it.
My colour: GREEN. Sis’ colour: PURPLE.
Honestly, my family is not a touchy-feely bunch. We’re not huggers. Texting heart emojis: tightest we get ❤
What is Filimin For?
Sometimes it’s difficult to tell someone you love them.
A text, email or phone call are all nice, but often they’re just not enough. We all desire something more: a hug; a presence; something simple, mindful and “beyond words.”
So we created Filimin. Filimins are decorative touch lights that connect you with those you love.
How does Filimin work?
Imagine you and a loved one each have a Filimin. When you think of her, simply touch your Filimin. Both Filimins will respond to your touch, gently glowing together with one of hundreds of colors to choose from. Knowing you are thinking of her, she can respond by touching her Filimin, and both of your Filimins will together glow a new color.
If your Filimin is part of a group, all of the Filimins will glow together! Every member of the group knows that they’re in someone’s special thoughts, and can immediately return the love and good will.
I get it – it’s a lamp. I touch the lamp it glows GREEN. But telling ya folks, when I see PURPLE – knowing my Sister miles away touched her lamp, that she’s thinking of me? Whew, emotional. For the guy who seemingly has everything…
It’s a GREAT gift. Search it out for your family this Christmas.
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- apps, dinner AND my first trail-running BIRTHDAY cake
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- FIVE years of shark tornados
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- Sis: PURPLE — my colour: GREEN
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- lotta LOVE this holiday ❤
Birthday Filimin
How Filimins Are Made
Filimins are assembled, tested and packed at Women’s Initiative Network (WIN).
WIN is a small non-profit organization in Wichita, Kansas which helps women in their journey from abusive situations to independence and the workforce. Many are homeless, with children, recovering from addiction, but have already made the brave decision to stop the cycle of abuse for them and for their families. WIN offers these women a full range of services, including job support and training, emotional and educational support, and resource acquisition.
The women at WIN assemble Filimins from start to finish. They solder, program and configure printed circuit boards, operate CNC machines, use power tools, test, glue, and run each Filimin through a 9-point quality assurance test before packing and shipping them. In developing this process with us, they have accomplished things they never thought they might and have gained confidence and competence in new skill sets.
