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Member Spotlight: Nico Composto

Where are you from?   What brought you to Missoula? I am from Chicago originally and went to college in New York. I moved to Missoula a few years after…

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Member Spotlight: Julie Howard

Where are you from? What brought you to Missoula? I moved to Hamilton, MT from Yakima, WA in 1977 with my family during my senior year of high school.  …

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Member Spotlight: Justin Grigg

Huge thank you to Justin for all of his hard work and dedication as Race Director for Run Wild Missoula’s second largest race, the Turkey Day 8K & 3K Family…

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Member Spotlight: 2018 Member Award Winners

Run Wild Missoula’s  Annual Meeting of Members  took place on  Wednesday, September 12th.  As always, part of the night was dedicated to our  Member Awards. Our awards are based on…

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Letting Go: Hardrock 2018 by Jeff Rome

Letting Go: Hardrock 2018by Jeff RomeCunningham Gulch is more a canyon than a gulch, but depressions in vertical relief are so innumerable here that, out of the laziness of being…

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Member Spotlight: Amber Ball

Huge thank you to Amber for all of her hard work and dedication as Race Director for Run Wild Missoula’s Diva Day 5K. Where are you from? What brought you…

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The Foy’s to Blacktail Trail: It’s Uphill Both Ways!

The Foy’s to Blacktail Trail Marathon planning team (Gabriel Dillon, Brian Miller, and Reed Miller) shared the following post to fill us in on this exciting new trail race happening…

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Member Spotlight: Tom Halverson

Where are you from?  What brought you to Missoula? I’m a born and raised Missoulian.   I’ve traveled a lot and I always feel fortunate to be able to make…

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Member Spotlight: Danelle Gjetmundsen

Where are you from?   What brought you to Missoula? I was born in Riverton , WY and lived there until I was 13. My family moved to Billings in…

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Member Spotlight: Naomi Mills

Where are you from? What brought you to Missoula? I grew up in Northern Idaho, a little town called Bonners Ferry. I moved to Missoula in 2006 to study English…

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Member Spotlight: Elizabeth & Rich Willy

Where are you from? What brought you to Missoula?     We’re from Ohio and Colorado. Moving between Ohio, Colorado, Delaware, and North Carolina for careers in academia, we were…

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Member Spotlight: Ashley Wamsley

Where are you from? What brought you to Missoula? I was born and raised in Missoula and I love it here, so I am sure I will never leave! When…

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Member Spotlight: Jamie Swartz, Pengelly Double and Single Dips Race Director

You are the race director for the Pengelly Double and Single Dip. How long have you been the RD and how did you get started? This will be my third…

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Member Spotlight: Dakota Umbel

Where are you from? What brought you to Missoula or kept you here?   I am from The Plains, Virginia, a small rural town about 50 miles west of D.C….

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