Meikael Beaudoin Rousseau

Professional Trail & Mountain Runner

adventure safe, simple, light, and fast

Meika is a professional trail and mountain runner with a passion for all things outdoors. Growing up in the California Bay Area, he immersed himself in a wide range of outdoor sports from a very young age. He went on to run Cross Country and Track for Stanford University while earning a BS in Human Biology—and spending his summers living out of his car in the Eastern Sierra to pursue running and climbing adventures. While best known for his achievements in the competitive running world, Meika is also an experienced fisherman, ocean kayaker, climber, Nordic skier, wilderness survivalist, gardener, and artist. He loves learning and pushing outside his comfort zone and is always seeking new adventures. When thinking about gear, his focus is safe, simple, light, and fast.

Discipline: Running, Climbing, & Fishing

Specialty: Trail and Mountain Running

2x Trail/Mountain Running National Champion (Half Marathon 2023, VK 2025) Podium finishes in the Golden Trail World Series, WMRA World Cup, and a UTMB Major Completed numerous iconic mountaineering routes in the Eastern Sierras, setting over a dozen FKTs along the way. Favorite routes include the West Ridge of Mount Conness, North Ridge of Lone Pine Peak, East Face of Mount Whitney, and the Palisade Traverse (Temple Crag to Thunderbolt and Southfork Pass to Palisade Crest).