In final prep for Sinister 7 this coming weekend, I headed to Kelowna to take part in the Scorched Sole 50km ultra a few weekends ago. I'd been trying to get out to Dan's race for several years now and after hyping it up to me when he joined us for Team Canada in Costa Rica, I really wanted to make the effort to get there for some trail running in the heat and to support his race. Dan, Tammy and Shirley work really hard all year to design a NEW course every year and the return rate of the runners is super high. This was my second weekend of racing back to backs (after being in Quebec for the Ultimate XC the weekend before that) so I was a bit unsure of how I would feel. I decided that the 50miler wasn't necessary and thought that just having some time on my feet would be great. Kelowna has a surprisingly FABULOUS trail running network and I look forward to returning to the Scorched Sole in the years ahead. Thanks Dan and crew for great experience!

Here is the article that appeared in the Whistler Pique:
http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/pique/index.php?cat=C_Sports&content=Segger+1826
PS - ankle update - I taped up and it held!!! I will do the same for Sinister 7.