About Ben Luedke

Ben Luedke is an avid mountain trail runner living in the Seattle, WA area. He is the founder and manager of the Seattle Mountain Running Group (www.seattlemountainrunninggroup.com), and has been ultra running on mountain trails for three and a half years. Ben regularly organizes self-supported mountain ultras in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest. You can follow Ben’s adventures and additional reviews at www.RunningTheCascades.com.

Arc’Teryx Running Apparel Guest Review: High Quality Apparel for Running in Nasty Weather

I live in the Pacific NW, and as you may have heard, it rains a lot here. Being a long distance trail runner, this poses some interesting gear challenges. The winter months can be particularly tricky to gear up for, especially when you might wind up running for hours in steady, cold rain. In order […]