In 2005, I had my first taste of trail running with a
20 mile event. A year later, in 2006, I stepped it up a bit and started ultra running. My first 50K event was the Tahoe Rim Trail 50K in July 2006. In Nov '06 , I completed my first 50 mile event, the Helen Klein 50 mile. Then , Miwok 100K, followed in May '07. I went on to finish the 2007 Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run from Squaw Valley to Auburn in
June '07 with a time of 26:38:43.