During Crankworx in Whistler this year, I shot photos of the events for a series of slideshows for the Awesomeland.com podcast. I recently finished the first one and today I uploaded a full-size version. Watch it in full screen with HD here.

preview of Katie Holden trail running

The last time I tried to meet up with Katie to get some photos, we ended up two blocks apart and never found each other due to phone issues... How did people do it before phones??

During my trip up to whistler we'd have a chance to shoot. Unfortunately, she had a bad crash at the National Championships in Colorado and broke her wrist. When I got up to Whistler for Crankworx, I found her wearing a pink cast. She had a few weeks until she could ride, but she was still down to shoot. During her time off the bikes, she had gotten really into trail running. We ended up going to the top of whistler to shoot running. The last gondola back down was at 5:30, so we didn't have much time. Thanks to Katie, running back and forth, we left with some really good shots. Here's a preview photo of photo that Katie took with her phone.

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