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5/16/2013

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PictureDeer Creek, CO in 2007
My name is Jan (pronounced "yahn") Wellford. I moved to Keene Valley, NY in 2003 with my wife Meg to live, work and play in the beautiful Adirondack mountains. As an avid hiker, climber and skier I found the perfect job at The Mountaineer, a local outdoor retail store. We had a free place to live with little responsibility as assistant innkeepers at the Keene Valley Lodge, and I was able to spend almost all of my free time in the mountains.

I took up trail running not long after coming to the area, and in 2007 I was inspired to enter several trail races by the Dean Karnazes book Ultramarathon Man. 2008 through early 2010 found me back in the mountains, focusing on speed hiking and setting records for hiking the Adirondack High Peaks supported and unsupported and the Catskills 3500' peaks unsupported, with a couple months off in between to recover from a broken pelvis. I raced some more in 2010 including two attempts at 100-mile ultras, neither of which I finished, and also spent a lot of time in the mountains as I caught the FKT (fastest known time) bug.

After many years of living the "mountain lifestyle" we decided to start a family, and I figured early parenthood would be a good time to train for my first road marathon because of the relatively small amount of time that the training would demand (at least compared to long hiking days, rock climbing, etc). Our son Finn was born in June, 2012 and I spent the summer training for a fall marathon while working part-time and learning to be a parent. I left the Mountaineer in the fall in order to stay home with Finn while Meg went back to work. I started this blog in May of 2013 and plan to write training articles, route recommendations, gear reviews, race reports and more in addition to keeping a full training log.

Thanks for reading the site! Please feel free to email me with questions or comments.

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Whiteface Uphill Race, 2012
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9/21/2013 11:57:57 am

Jan, I just read that the Cuillin Ridge Traverse in Isle of Skye Scotland I was telling you about has been bested after 6 years by Finlay Wild.
http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=68133
Editorial of previous record holder Es Tressider.
http://www.alpinist.com/doc/ALP19/newswire-cuillin-ridge-record-tresidder
I know your name is Welsh and my name is Irish but between the two of us doing an expedition to Skye with the Families I could help you reconnoiter the ridge and provide support for an American timed attempt. Heck, I'd be stoked to do it in a day.

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Jan
9/22/2013 08:33:25 am

Wow, I just checked out the route and it looks amazing! A fast time there sounds a bit out of my league ("like soloing Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn back to back").

My name is Dutch, but that doesn't make me want to visit Scotland any less! If Meg and I ever get a chance to make a trip like that happen I'll see if we can connect--if you're going I hope you'll do that same. Thanks for the inspiration!

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10/30/2022 09:31:21 pm

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