Which event are you doing? 6 stages. At the end of the 4th stage I’ll wish I had chosen it, ha!
Family: Wife-Lucja, Dog- Gobi, Cat - Lara.
Occupation: Author, Speaker, Runner.
Personal history with trail/ultra running: I’ve been running ultras all around the world since 2013. The best part of stage racing is meeting inspiring people whilst running in awesome locations and having the best lifetime adventures.
How did you hear about TPU?: The Chan Boys - World Record holders and awesome guys that did the TPU in 2016.
Have you heard of or been to Big Bend?: Love Texas and am really excited to be visiting Big Bend - I’ve heard a lot of great things about the area and it’s going to be stunning to run through it.
Goals for TPU / Why do TPU?: Finish as quickly as possible and enjoy the moments along the way.
How’s your training been? How are you training? I ran Badwater 135 in July, finishing in 6th place. This will be my first run since.
What do you do besides hiking/running? I wrote a book called ‘Finding Gobi’ about an adventure I had with a stray dog in the Chinese Gobi Desert that changed both of our lives forever. It’s being made into a Hollywood film so I spend a lot of time speaking about my story traveling throughout the US and around the world.
Any last words - I’ve always lived by the words ‘Don’t Look Back’ in life, unless there’s a cute stray dog following you of course! I now share my time and raise money for animals in need and promote the ‘Adopt Don’t Shop’ message to others.
