Photos from Candice's run yesterday at sunset. As you can see nearly all the snow on the course has now melted-- the snowiest picture below is as bad as it gets and a lot of that will even be gone by race day.  The course is going to be in good shape!

The Orcas Island 50k (and it's sister race the Orcas Island 25k on Jan 28th) is quite unique in the trail running world. The course alone would make this race very special with it's old growth forests, tough climbs and views of the surrounding islands, mountains, and Puget Sound but this race also has live music, great post race food and beer, and the chance to hang out all weekend long on the island with all your runner buddies. It's these Orcas races that started the whole "Rainshadow Running" approach to putting on a race--a party for my friends with a little bit of tough, yet beautiful, running thrown in. Why Run Anywhere Else?