Meet the 2025 Mt. Ashland Endurance Team

This is year number 2 for the Mt. Ashland Endurance Team and we are thrilled to announce the line-up! This group of mountain athletes will represent Mt. Ashland in a variety of non-snow mountain sports, at events both on and off the mountain. They will help build community and encourage those who are new to the sports. These athletes will host group runs and rides, volunteer at local events, and help with trail maintenance in our area. Meet this awesome group of locals:

Kai Wilson-Hill
Sport: Trail Running

Your 2025 Race/Event Calendar :Just finished lost creek trail 30k and Cape mountain 25k. Next is Mt. Ashland Hill Climb, SOB 50k, Backcountry Rise 50k and a few more I’m eyeing!

Favorite place to run? Mt. Ashland obviously!

What is your dream post race meal? Beans, rice, chicken, chips & guac.

What do you enjoy doing when you’re not running? Aside from work, I’m probably in the gym as I’m an avid weightlifter, 5-8 hours/week strength training. Otherwise camping, paddle boarding, swimming or planning my next adventure.

What is your current favorite song or artist to listen to? Artist: Wardruna – probably an unusual one but there’s nothing like Norwegian folk music to amplify the connection to nature.

What’s your dream race or adventure? Crazy Mountain Ultra 100 & UTMB. Someday it’s goin down!

Current running kicks? Norda 005, Hoka Tecton X3, Nnormal tomorrow 2.0

How do you feel the Mt. Ashland Endurance Team can serve our community? Mt. Ashland is unique in its beauty and convenience, so close to downtown but it doesn’t feel like it when you’re up there. Having such a backyard to engage in and promote outdoor activities is a foundational pillar to a thriving community. Bringing people together through common interests, passions and outdoor activities will help the community grow stronger, healthier and happier.

Mike Gallagher
Sport: Trail Running, Skiing, Dirtbiking, Hiking

Your 2025 Race/Event Calendar : Makenzie River 50k, SOB, 15k Rogue Gorge 50 mile

Favorite place to run? Britt Trails, Jacksonville

What is your dream post race meal? Tacos 🌮

What do you enjoy doing when you’re not running? Ride dirtbikes, ski, hike and CrossFit

What is your current favorite song or artist to listen to? Alice in Chains, Hollow

What’s your dream race or adventure? Makenzie River Trail 50k

Current running kicks? Topo, Runventures

How do you feel the Mt. Ashland Endurance Team can serve our community? The team gets more people active and engaged in life.

Payton Griffin
Sport: Trail Running & Hiking

Your 2025 Race/Event Calendar :Mt. Ashland Hill Climb in the running category and SOB 15k (so far- more to come for sure!)

Favorite place to run? Lots of little spots off of Dead Indian Memorial Road!

What is your dream post race meal? A Chipotle Burrito. Forever and Always. Specifically with white rice, carnitas, queso, corn, lettuce and cheese. A lemonade to quench the thirst!!

What do you enjoy doing when you’re not running? Play Soccer, Rock Climb, Relax, and Sing

What is your current favorite song or artist to listen to? The Backseat Lovers, Mt. Joy, and Role Model make many appearances in my running playlists

What’s your dream race or adventure? The Canyons Endurance Runs 50k!! Super close to my home town and I’d love to be able to run such a notable race one day

Current running kicks? La Sportiva Bushido II Women’s

How do you feel the Mt. Ashland Endurance Team can serve our community? By continuing to share the joy of endurance sports and always being encouraging to others. And of course, run with a smile!

Weston Gast
Sports: Trail Running, Mountain Biking

Your 2025 Race/Event Calendar :The Headwaters 21 miler is what I am training for. I think it’s coming up in a week and I’m trying to push myself past the 18 mile mark.

Favorite place to run? The PCT for running and for biking the water shed

What is your dream post race meal? Probably a really nice pork sandwich with a lot of BBQ sauce!!

What do you enjoy doing when you’re not running? I love to ski and do flips

What is your current favorite song or artist to listen to? My favorite artist right now to run to is probably Eminem and my favorite song to listen to right now is ghostbusters

What’s your dream race or adventure? One 000,000% western states and Codona 250 and Coke and donut 250 and UTMB

Current running kicks or bike or both? My current bike is a Cannondale dual suspension and my current running shoes are the Nike Kazama’s

How do you feel the Mt. Ashland Endurance Team can serve our community? I can give us a team to participate in races and show that we really trained for what we want and giving support to Mt. Ashland

Mary Snelgrove
Sports: Trail Running

Your 2025 Race/Event Calendar: I’m working on healing my health this summer. After three years of consistent training and training hard, I finally got to a point where I need to take a step back and recover. Typically I’ve got some sort of big race or adventure lined up in the fall that I spend summer training for. But this year I’ve got no major missions planned. This new chapter in my running journey is far more mental and maybe one of the hardest training cycles I’ve yet to embark on. I am pushing myself to use running as an outlet to build community, appreciate nature, meditate and heal.

Favorite place to run? The PCT!

What is your dream post race meal? Give me allll the fresh fruit! And ice cream!

What do you enjoy doing when you’re not running? Dancing to live music with friends, climbing, adventuring with my cat, putting on events at Mt. Ashland and running my arts non-profit, Ashland Fringe.

What is your current favorite song or artist to listen to? Where’s Your reality by Frankie and the Witch Fingers

What’s your dream race or adventure? The Great Wall Marathon or anything in the Alps!

Current running kicks or bike or both? Topo Ultraventure 4

How do you feel the Mt. Ashland Endurance Team can serve our community? Getting outside (whether for a walk, a run or even a sit) is such powerful and healing opportunity. Especially when you can share that experience with new friends or the people close to you. I think the Endurance team can increase accessibility to outdoor recreation and encourage respectful participation and immersion in our local environment.

Mason Miller
Sport: Trail Running

Favorite Training or Racing Experience? I love to run. It’s just that simple…! Soooo I really like to train on trails, soooo I can be really fast on 5 and 10k road races.! It makes me feel cooooooooooool!

Favorite Place to Run or Bike? So far…!? Mt Ashland. But I have a few Racecations planned for this year….. Sooooo…! Hehehe

Favorite Post-Run Eats/Drinks? Coconut water, blueberries, Mango.! If. Celebrating…. Mexican Coke cola and Chick-fila chicken biscuit.! I’m a Georgia native.! Soooo Chick- Fila is a religion where I’m from.! Hehehe

What do you enjoy doing when you’re not running? Plant based medicine. I work for The Herb Pharm. The world leader in herbal supplements. I’m also wayyyy too into sneakers. Specifically Air Jordans and Air Max’s.! I also travel a lot!!!

You can only have 1 song on your running playlist. What is it? Kruangbin, People everywhere

What’s your dream race or adventure? Boston, I’m real close!

Current running kicks and bike? Hehehe ! Vapor flys for roads. Brooks Calledera, Nike Pegasus, Nike trail

What does the Mt. Ashland Endurance Team mean to you? Hopefully a community of running and healthy lifestyles! I’m honored to be a part of it..!

Matt Mogck
Sports: Road Biking, Mountain Biking, Gravel Biking & Trail Running

Your 2025 Race/Event Calendar: SOB, Mt. Ashland Hill Climb, a few other local events.

Favorite place to run? Mt. Ashland Watershed

What is your dream post race meal? Sweet potato sushi rolls and peanut butter ice cream

What do you enjoy doing when you’re not running? I spend most of my time failing to tire out my cattle dog.

What is your current favorite song or artist to listen to? It’s been a Lady Gaga kind of spring season

What’s your dream race or adventure? A 100-mile bike race on single track!!! Time-trial style. Lots of vistas and opportunities to ride with other people.

Current running kicks or bike or both? Pipedream Sirius S5 and some beat up Nikes!

How do you feel the Mt. Ashland Endurance Team can serve our community?This team can connect folks to loads of trails, groups, and other communities that make the watershed their home. I hope this team feels like an entry point for many people.

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