Jason Bates

Tan Bark to McWay Falls

McWay Falls is a short walk from a Highway 1 parking lot. I came to it over a 2,100-foot ridge, and the only way home was back over it.

Pacing Quicksilver 100K

For twenty-one miles at the Quicksilver 100K, my attention belonged to someone else. The last thing I did was step off the trail.

Big Sur Marathon

A hundred meters from the finish of the Big Sur Marathon, another runner surged past me and I let them go. I found out later who it was.