Scott Swanson
This Saturday, Aug. 22, Amanda Basham plans to run a 50-mile race through the forests of Squamish, British Columbia.
A few weeks later, on Sept. 16-17, she’s scheduled to compete in the Run Rabbit Run at an average of 9,000 feet above sea level starting in Steamboat Springs, Colo., which will include elevation changes of 20,000-plus feet over a distance of 100 miles.
Basham isn’t just aiming to finish. She expects to place…