"I can't be certain why I'm drawn to China, but the seeds were planted early. I remember my kindergarten class representing the People's Republic of China during our elementary school's celebration of the 1984 Olympic Games. I'm sure it's not coincidental that I often perused the large-format National Geographic book "Journey into China" that sat on our living room shelf in the same time range."
"That interest went mostly dormant until I ran the 2015 Ultra Gobi 250 Mile in remote northwestern China. That experience, along with an increasing desire to travel to regions less frequented by Western tourists, sparked a new fire. Over the intervening years, I've taken a few trips to western Sichuan province at the edge of the Tibetan plateau and run Ultra Gobi 250 a second time."
Childhood experiences included representing the People's Republic of China in kindergarten and frequent reading of the large-format National Geographic book "Journey into China." Interest lay dormant until running the 2015 Ultra Gobi 250 Mile in remote northwestern China, which rekindled enthusiasm for travel to less frequented regions. Subsequent trips included visits to western Sichuan at the edge of the Tibetan plateau and a second Ultra Gobi 250 race. Fall 2025 plans combined participation in the Kailas Fuga Gongga Extreme Glacier Challenge Race, commentating the Ultra Gobi 250 livestream, and running Ultra Gobi's 120-kilometer race, based in Chengdu.
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