Clocking the miles on Crow

Saturday a group of us ladies ran Crow Pass. For a couple of the ladies it was their first time traversing the 24-mile trail - and like the rest of us - immediately fell in love with the glacier-caked peaks, wide braided river crossing, lush tundra and in some weird way even the long stretch of overgrown devil's club and cow parsnip.

I'm a bit bummed to be missing the Crow Pass Crossing race this year. It was initially scheduled for last weekend, but then they bumped the date back a week - and I flew out of Alaska last night. So it goes ... Should be a good race this year. Some pretty fierce competitors are signed up.