Salomon XT Advanced Skin Pack
Equipment Gear Reviews December 30, 2011 No Comments on Salomon XT Advanced Skin PackI’ll be the first to admit that I’m a Salomon pack junkie, so despite the fact that I was relatively
Sally Heath
Team Running Free Alumni
Member Since: 2010
Occupation: Quality Assurance @ Wilfrid Laurier
Home: Waterloo, Ontario
About Me: I've been adventure racing since 2003 and never get tired of spending a day (or several) running around in the woods with my teammates exploring new places.
Sports: Adventure Racing, Mountain Biking, Trail Running, Ultrarunning, Orienteering, Horseback Riding.
Athletic Goals: To continue to improve my skills as a navigator, teammate, snackpacker, and all around endurance athlete. To have new adventures in exciting locations with fun people.
My most catastrophic racing experience was: Too many to mention! The one that still stands out for me was my first race as a navigator in 2007, and all of the terrible mistakes that I made!
My most memorable racing experience was: My first multi-day adventure race with team Breathemag.ca at Untamed New England in 2008. I had no idea what I was in for or whether or not I was capable of doing it. I learned a lot about my self-perceived limits at this race and it was an amazing experience with a great group of people. Another memorable experience that I had this past year was captaining the Axis Gear Adventure Girls contest at the Frontier Adventure Sports & Training spring race, where I took out two new female racers. It was so cool to rediscover adventure racing through their eyes and share in the challenge and excitement of it with them. I was thrilled that both signed up for other races this year!
Favourite Racing Gear: I often joke that my favorite designer is Salomon (and that I sponsor them), and I anxiously await the release of any of their new stuff. If they make it, I'll buy it.
Favourite Race: RockstAR
Favourite Race Food: All Vega products, Any flavour of GU, Honey Stingers Organic Fruit Chews, Bonk Breaker bars, Hammer Heed, anything salty!
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a Salomon pack junkie, so despite the fact that I was relatively
Event: North Face Endurance Challenge Championships Date: December 3rd, 2011 Location: San Francisco When a racing friend of mine suggested
Event: Tough Mudder Indiana Date: November 19th, 2011. Location: Attica, Indiana It all started innocently enough. One of my best friends had
Event: Seaton Trail Test (29km) Date: April 16th, 2011 Location: Pickering, Ontario I did this race in 2009 and got
Event: Don’t Get Lost’s Raid the Rib Date: April 9th, 2011 Location: Palgrave, Ontario For lots of Ontario adventure racers,
Date: November 20, 2010 Location: Washington County, Maryland With three 50Ks under my belt this season, I decided it was
Salomon XT Wings 2 S-Lab Fellow RF’er Harper Forbes has recently posted a review of these shoes, but I just
Event: Iroquois Trail Test Location: Kilbride, Ontario Date: August 21st, 2010. The Iroquois Trail Test is a 32km trail race
Event: RockstAR (www.racetherockstar.com) Location: Bark Lake Leadership Centre, near Irondale, Ontario Date: July 24th, 2010 Format: 8-hour adventure race RockstAR
Event: Frontier Adventure Challenge Deerhurst Location: Huntsville, Ontario Date: May 1st, 2010 Website: www.fastadventures.com This 5-8 hour sprint race based
Event: Don’t Get Lost Giant’s Rib Raid Location: Milton, Ontario Date: April 10th, 2010. URL: www.dontgetlost.ca This past weekend, fellow
I’ll admit it…I’m a Salomon junkie. I’ve been known to refer to them as my favourite designer and eagerly await
Untamed New England July 9th – 12th, 2009 Dixville Notch, New Hampshire This was the second year that I headed
What: Storm the Trent Trek Elite Adventure Race When: May 9th, 2009. Where: Trudeau’s Park Resort, Tweed, Ontario Website: www.stormthetrent.com
What: 26km, 52km, 78km trail races When: April 18th, 2009. Where: Pickering, Ontario Website: www.mudpuppies.ca This year was my first
What: 8 hour sprint adventure race Where: Deerhurst Resort, Huntsville, Ontario When: May 2nd, 2009. For the past few years,
Race: Trek or Treat Night Trail Run Date: October 24, 2008. Location: Kortright Conservation Centre, Vaughan What better way is
Event: Untamed Virginia 30-hour adventure race Location: Richmond, Virginia Date: September 13-14 After having had a great experience at Untamed
Frontier Adventure Challenge – Searchmount Resort Sept 6, 2008. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario What’s the furthest that you’d travel for
Event: Angry Seagull 24 hour adventure race Location: Kincardine to Paisley, Ontario Date: August 9-10, 2008. 2008 marked the 2nd