Audrée Lafrenière

A close-up look at the 2022 Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc from the perspective of some of the runners.

The Moab 240, a foot race that starts and finishes in Moab, Utah. This would be my longest race to date in terms of distance, but I'd hope it would be my fastest 200+ mile race as well. And as the race progressed, my aspirations continued to grow.

The Hardrock 100 course is a 100-mile loop through Colorado’s San Juan Mountains. I joined a group of friends to tackle the route over 4 days in July of 2024, running from town to town with vehicle support, so that we could experience its beauty and rich history by daylight.

The Bob Graham Round is a long-distance fell running challenge in which runners attempt to summit 42 of the highest peaks in the English Lake District within 24 hours. I had the opportunity to spend the entire month of June, 2023 in the Lake District, training and preparing to attempt the 42 fell challenge the weekend of my birthday in celebration of turning 42 myself.

The Pyrenees Stage Run is a 7-day race along 220 km of the GR11. The course passes through 5 Natural Parks, starting and finishing in Catalonia, Spain while crossing the entire country of Andorra. Audrée and I teamed up for the event which is run in teams of either 2 or 3, and it would be her goal race for the season as I used it as a training run for my own. But this adventure would feel as much like a running vacation as anything else as we stayed in hotels and ate delicious food each day, making some new friends from around the world along the way.

In August of 2023, we spent two weeks in Slovenia while in Europe for the summer. This gave us an opportunity to fastpack a section of the Slovenia Mountain Trail, traversing Triglav National Park and summiting Mount Triglav, the highest peak in the country.

The Moab 240, a foot race that starts and finishes in Moab, Utah. This would be my longest race to date in terms of distance, but I'd hope it would be my fastest 200+ mile race as well. And as the race progressed, my aspirations continued to grow.

A close-up look at the 2022 Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc from the perspective of some of the runners.