Category: Patagonia

• Buenos Aires

  A 5:30am drive-by tour of Buenos Aires, a cafe con leche, and one more domestic flight before the Andes. Iris Derke on layovers, new friends in racing jackets, and the…

• That’s not what nice Jewish girls do…..

  The responses Iris Derke received when she told people she was running 155 miles through the Andes. On defying expectations, doing the thing that isn’t what nice Jewish girls do,…

• Profanity

  A single stat from Harper’s Index before boarding the flight to Argentina: profanity increases pain tolerance by 34%. Iris Derke files this away as race preparation.

• From the Verrazzano bridge to Patagonia….

  Standing at the start of the NYC Marathon, Iris Derke is already thinking about Patagonia. Three more sleeps. The marathon as warmup. On running two very different races at the…

• Jonah – and tests for Patagonia direct from Central Park NYC (2)

  A St. Bernard named Jonah explodes out of the Central Park bushes mid-training run. On testing gear, testing terrain, and the unexpected ways New York City prepares you for the…

• PREPARATIONS

  Two weeks out from Patagonia and Iris Derke is running the Hudson in pouring rain, building a survival shelter in Central Park with REI, and obsessing about the SAS pace.…

• It’s Getting Really Real

  20 miles logged on the Hudson with a 20-pound pack before dawn. Iris Derke getting real about what it means to run 155 miles through the Andes in three weeks,…