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HÉLÈNE DUMAIS

WRITER

Leaving a trail of words

As I am keep digging through scribblings amassed along my many adventures...

Start to discover my collection of creative writings, including race reports and adventure log:

Hélène Dumais

Jul 6, 2018

How I Became the First Woman To Complete the Infinitus 888k Race

Virtuosity is “performing the common, uncommonly well” expressed Greg Glassman. I just became the first woman to run the Infinitus 888k ...

Hélène Dumais

Jan 7, 2017

Let the Fire Within Be Stronger Than the Storm Outside

Have you ever felt like you are moving against the current? It is hard to head upstream when everything else is going the other way. But ...

Hélène Dumais

Dec 31, 2016

My Own Divine Comedy

In the Divine Comedy, Dante travels from Hell, to Purgatory, and then gets to Heaven. I created my own version, and changed the order to ...

Hélène Dumais

Dec 4, 2016

Little Red Went Down Under, Where the Big Bad Wolf Is a Dingo Dog

photo credit: Ondrej Garaj Everybody loves heroes. They are fictive characters or real persons who choose to take a stand for what they b...

Hélène Dumais

Nov 25, 2016

Meet the Inspirational Jack!

Jack is 9-year-old. He just ran the Buckley’s Chance 25k off trail race 2016. (With a few wrong turns, he covered about 32k!) After the r...

Hélène Dumais

Nov 22, 2016

I Am Because You Are

As much as my trip Down Under will have been very short, I can say I sucked out all the marrow of every moment of it! This feast of compl...

Hélène Dumais

Nov 21, 2016

Digging Down Deep Down Under

At the completion of a Survival Run, there is no award that can equal the feeling of accomplishment we have with ourselves. The competiti...

Hélène Dumais

Mar 16, 2016

Once Upon a Time an Angel and Devil Fell in Love...

"When I was born, the devil said, “Oh shit, competition!" – Anonymous To become the first and only woman to ever finish the Survival Run ...

Hélène Dumais

Jan 2, 2016

I Am Returning To The Survival Run!

The Survival Run Nicaragua is an event unique in its kind. The course is designed so that it is almost impossible to complete in the allow...

Hélène Dumais

Dec 13, 2015

Meet My New Friend Alf

That blister was so big, I gave it a name: Alf. Alf kept me company on the last two days of my journey across Florida. But now that it is...

Hélène Dumais

Dec 12, 2015

First Woman to Run Across Florida Self-Supported!

Some races the challenge is finding the courage to toe up to the line, others is finding the internal fortitude to endure, and yet others...

Hélène Dumais

Jul 5, 2015

Périple Victorieux sur l'Échine de l'île d'Oahu, Hawaï

MISE EN GARDE: C'est probablement l'aventure la plus épique et la plus dangereuse que j'ai faite jusqu'à présent, mais c'est celle dont v...