Nina Silitch
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When Pete Stoughton, Park City Running Company Ambassador, Director of Trail and Ultra Running TAUR and local volunteer coordinator of the North Face Trail Running Event asked me if I wanted to participate in the Miner Man Challenge, I first thought, “no way!”
Miner Man Challenge = Complete all […]
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It had been nearly 17 years since I left only footprints in the Wind River Range in Wyoming. The first time I was just 17 years old, an aspiring young mountaineer eager to soak up everything about the mountains. For so many of us, like me, the mountains feeds our souls. […]
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The Monument Valley Tribal Park is truly one of the most majestical places in the South West. Though years ago I explored some of these parts as a rock climber, seeking infamous crack climbs in Canyonlands or squeezing my way up chimneys in desert towers, never had I run around such majestic desert […]
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Wapack Range 21.5 Trail Race: May 10th, 2014, Race Report
2nd place woman, 1st in age and 8th overall.
Adjusting to new life and landscape….
Last August we relocated our small family across an ocean to a new country, new jobs, new schools and new lands. In many ways the 12 years we […]
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Not knowing much about the Seven Sisters Trail race other than it was dubbed the hardest up/down race in New England in Runners World‘s and it was part of the Grand Tree Trail Series , a few of which I did last fall. So far this is my 2nd in […]
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You’ve all heard of Mud Season in New England. This weekend it was in full force. We had been enduring sub 35 degree temps, rain and wind, all perfect for setting up an optimal muddy moose trail run. I had my eye on this 14 mile trail course as it was a good way for […]
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Today I set out to for Mt Monadnock from my house. I had high aspirations to skin up and ski down with a little bit of running from my house to the trailhead.
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I will be working with Sierra Mountain Guides again as a lead trail running guide on their tour du mont blanc running tour. It is one of the most beautiful running tours, a way to travel light and pass through 3 countries: France, Italy and Switzerland. Whether you are training for an ultra run this […]
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I am honored to be selected for the winter issue of Endurance Sports Magazine to represent women in endurance sports and also help the sport of ski mountaineering grow to new heights. As we are nearly into the 2nd month of the year already I am blown away how […]
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I was invited to guest blog for Sage to Summit, a specialty running and mountaineering shop in the Eastern Sierras, California. I have worked with Sierra Mountain Guides and Sage to Summit leading Tour du Mt Blanc ultra running trips in the Alps. Another one is on the calendar this summer if you […]
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