Brian Cary
Staff Software Engineer · Trail Runner · Photographer

Hello, I'm Brian.

I'm a Staff Software Engineer at Mindr with over 20 years in the industry — I have a passion for learning and building things.

Besides work, I enjoy all things outdoors, photography, traveling, and playing musical instruments. These days you'll usually find me on the trails — since this site launched I've been training for and racing trail races.

Feel free to browse my web site, click my links, and connect with me.

Trail racing

On the trails

From my first marathon on the Virginia Creeper Trail to mountain races with thousands of feet of climbing. I write about training over at TrainForUltra.

Brian at the Run Bum Races finish arch after a foggy mountain trail race
Race day — 6:59:54 with over 4,700 ft of climbing
Brian with trekking poles sharing the trail with a wild pony at Grayson Highlands
Sharing the trail with the wild ponies at Grayson Highlands
The Nolichucky River winding through a forested gorge
Training miles above the Nolichucky River gorge
Updates

What I've been up to

Recent adventures, runs, and day trips. See them all under adventures.

February 17, 2024
Backpacking Grayson Highlands
Winter backpacking training day.
backpacking, outdoors
April 17, 2023
Disc Golf at North Cove
A beautiful day for disc golf.
disc golf, nature, photography
April 7, 2023
Devil's Bathtub
A beautiful waterfall in the middle of the woods.
hiking, waterfall, nature, trail running, photography
April 3, 2023
Mount Mitchell Trail Run/Hike
Summiting the highest peak in the eastern United States.
hiking, waterfall, nature, trail running, camping
Photography

Through the lens

A few favorites from day-to-day life, travels, and nights under the stars.

Brian hiking a brushy hillside trail with a backpack and sunglasses
Out on the trail
The diamond ring moment of a total solar eclipse
Total solar eclipse
The Milky Way rising over an old wooden trestle
Milky Way over an old trestle
San Francisco skyline and Bay Bridge at sunset across the water
San Francisco Bay at sunset
Silhouette of a person under a sky full of star trails and meteors
Star trails and meteors
Silhouette of a person stargazing beneath a star-filled night sky
Stargazing under Orion