Justin Ricks

Kendall Mountain Run: Pre-Race Interview: Justin Ricks

Melia CouryPre-Race Interview

Justin Ricks Melia: You’ve kind of won the last few races you have done, the last four. Do you think that will give you some momentum going into this race? Or more excited to do a sky race? Justin: Mostly just excited to do a Sky Race. The last four races I don’t think the competition has been real tough and just for fun. Yeah, I’m excited to do the Sky Series and come out to Silverton. What a fun place to run and be at. M: How was running Kendall, before? J: Yeah I ran it in 2014. And we were here for Hardrock so I went up it a couple of weeks ago …

Kelly Wolf

Kendall Mountain Run: Pre-Race Interview: Kelly Wolf

Melia CouryPre-Race Interview

  Kelly Wolf Melia: Is this the first time you are running Kendall (Mountain Runs)? Kelly: This is the first time I’m running Kendall and this summer is the first time I’ve been to Silverton. M: And you recently moved up here after college right? K: Yeah, I graduated middle of May and moved up here with my friend Erica, about a week or two after that. So I’ve been here for a few months now. M: What attracted you to Silverton, that San Jauns maybe? K: The San Juans definetly, 100%. Just seeing pictures of the mountains, mountain running I just knew it was a magical area. And living at elevation is like a …

Emelie Forsberg

Kendall Mountain Runs: Pre-Race Interview: Emelie Forsberg

Melia CouryPre-Race Interview, Uncategorized

Emelie Forsberg Melia: You are getting ready for the Kendall Mountain Run tomorrow, right? Will this be your first US Sky Running race? Emelie: I have been running the Run the Rut. M: Congratulations on…you won that one right? And then Transvulcania and Mount Marathon. E: Yeah last year. I’m still rehabbing from my ACL injury so this will be interesting because it is a downhill. I have been running uphill races but I’m super excited to try downhill too. I wont be able to push in the downhill. M: Is there anything that you are most excited about the race? E: I think it is the downhill. Like the uphill I know my knee …

Rob Coslick

Kendall Mountain Runs: Pre-Race Interview: Rob Coslick

Melia CouryPre-Race Interview

ROB COSLICK Melia: I’m sitting down here with Rob Coslick and you are getting ready for the Kendall Run on Saturday. So you did the Flagstaff Extreme 54K race back in June and placed 3rd. Rob: Yeah, Big Pine. I have a tendency to go out quick and it was fun until that last loop. M: You have done a lot of 50K and 50 milers and now you are doing this Sky Race, what prompted that? R: There is a romance to the trail stuff. I’m just jumping right in. I am still very much a newbie. So I think I’m going into the scene looking at people like Jamil and Schlarb and a …