Kista Cook

Old Goats 50 – Volunteer Report

125 runners. 60 volunteers. Ultrarunners are always highly appreciative of the aid stations and volunteers; on a long, hard race, for me …

I haven’t posted in a while. This site is about to undergo a major overhaul. I’ve gotten so dissatisfied with this presentation …

This weekend Kista Cook is running Javelina Jundred in Arizona. It’s her second 100 miler this year; Nanny Goat was the first. …

I live in hills. These hills are pretty close to the center of LA, near Dodger Stadium, but they are hills. When …

Angeles Crest 100. 100 miles through Angeles Forest and the San Gabriel Mountains, starting at Wrightwood and finishing in town in Alta …

Mt. Disappointment Training Run. Down Mt. WIlson road, a turn onto some singletrack, down to Redbox Rincon Road to Westfork and then …

Angeles Forest. The idea was to head down a singletrack that I’ll be following during Mt. D. but Kista & I could’t …

Nanny Goat 12hr: 60 miles 7th place overall. Nanny Goat 12/24/100 is run on a 1 mile loop run around a ranch …

Kista and I headed out to Leona Divide to cheer on our friends who were running. Chris Quesada, who is one of …

Don’t follow me, I’m lost too. It’s never a good sign when the runner you are following ends up on the edge …

2 weeks before the race, my friend Kista suggested I run Calico with her. I said yes. It would be my first …

My friend Kista and I headed out to the desert early the day before the Calico 50K so that we’d have a …