Community-Service Crusader
Trail Runner|January 2017, #117

Race director Megan Finnesy aligns altruism and altitude.

Holly Graubins
Community-Service Crusader

RACE DIRECTOR MEGAN FINNESY, 47, of Durango, Colorado, is equal parts benevolent and bodacious. She spent three long years working toward an event permit for an ultra trail race in the rugged San Juan Mountains. Through her perseverance, she finally received the permit for the Double Dirty 30 in Silverton, Colorado, held last September. While working through copious race details with forest rangers, she also dreamed of raising money for her favorite non-profit organization, Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Southwest Colorado.

Her leap to race directing was premeditated. “I wanted to be an event coordinator, but couldn’t find a job because I didn’t have any experience,” she recalls. But her love of mountainous single track and knack for juggling miniscule details guided her.

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