![Friends Who Are Mourning, Take Heart](http://yitkawinn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/photo-1464468164664-850fcaf6be4a.jpeg)
Friends Who Are Mourning, Take Heart
Photo by Jamie Street | CC 0.0 On Tuesday night, I joined some friends in Seattle to watch the election returns. We met up at a neighborhood pub packed to the gills with left-leaning folks ready to pop bottles of…
![My 99-Mile DNF: Running the Issy Alps 100](http://yitkawinn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/P6250062-150x150.jpg)
My 99-Mile DNF: Running the Issy Alps 100
Two weeks ago, on a total lark, I hopped on a plane to Seattle. Mission: visit friends, enjoy legit Thai food (sorely lacking in western Colorado), and take a stab at completing a relatively under-the-radar route through the Cascade Mountains…
![Beautiful, Cruel Patagonia—My Ultra Fiord Race Experience](http://yitkawinn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/P4150008-150x150.jpg)
Beautiful, Cruel Patagonia—My Ultra Fiord Race Experience
(Warning: This is a “long read.” Grab a cup of coffee and settle in.) Two months have passed since I traveled to Patagonia to run the Ultra Fiord 100. Until today, despite ample previous attempts, I haven’t felt able to sit…