I've been asked to be a presenter at the 15th Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival, which runs from February 10-18, 2012. I'll be presenting alongside Rich Wheater, author of Vancouver Trail Running, a great resource for everyone who likes to go exploring. I've used his book to link up a few sections of trail to make for some fun long runs.
We are both speaking at the first VIMFF Trail Running Night Thursday, February 16, 7:30 pm (doors 7:00 pm) at Pacific Cinematheque, 1131 Howe Street, Vancouver-- tickets available here.
The Straight did a profile of Rich and of the talk this week
My Talk is entitled An Ultra State of Mind. I am honoured to be presenting alongside amazing people and athletes and to be involved with the festival. It's a celebration of mountain life, culture and sport and is a wonderful event in the Vancouver calendar. I've been attending, and have been inspired by, mountain film festivals for as long as I've lived in Canada and they've had a deep influence on my world view.
I'm really looking forward to watching the films associated with the trail running night, it's a testament to the growth and current state of the sport that they are hosting trail running films and speakers, something I wrote about for iRunFar last week and is going to be a lot of fun. I'll admit that, like many people, I'm a bit nervous/uncomfortable public speaking, but it's an amazing opportunity and one that I look forward to embracing. I'm also really looking forward to watching a few of the other nights and being inspired by the art, activisim and athleticism that the speakers and films encompass.
Here's the trailer from last year's festival to give you an idea of what you can see at VIMFF:
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Now for the contest!!!!
I'm excited to announce that Arc'teryx has generously offered to sponsor a contest through my blog. Once a month, for the next year, Arc'teryx will donate a piece of gear from their run line to a lucky winner.
The contest involves users (that means you) submitting a photo, film clip or story about your trail running adventures to seenontherun@gmail.com, along with a short description of what it's about, or what inspired you to capture that moment.
I will post the submissions on my blog and then you, the readers, will be able to vote on your favourite submissions at the end of each month. The winner, by vote, will win the Arc'teryx item. At the end of the year, I'll host a Grand Prize where you can vote for each of the monthly winners and pick your favourite submission from 2012.
The only other rule is to be as creative, unique, fun and inspiring as possible!!!! You can submit as often as you want.
This month's prize is a Motus Crew LS , my go to long sleeved running top, so start those submissions coming-I'm excited to see what you're all up to:
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