After being a runner in Boston for about 5 years, I finally took on the classic New England trail race: 7 Sisters. The reputation of this race is pretty notable: an unrelenting out-and-back filled with steep climbs, jagged rocks, and plenty of roots. As a rule of thumb, I heard that to estimate your time... Continue Reading →
Finding My Stride – Bear Mountain 50 Mile Race Report (April 30th, 2016)
Bear Mountain turned out to be a pretty humbling race. Not because I am disappointed in my performance or running, but rather because of the mental battles that I dealt with throughout the day. Over and over, I struggled with self-doubt and disappointment as I watched pre-race goals slip away. If anything, this grueling race... Continue Reading →
TARC Spring Classic Half Marathon – Race Report (April 23rd, 2016)
I think the Spring Classic was my 4th TARC event, and each one is better than the last. What more can be said about the events TARC organizes? Low key, high energy, and extremely supportive are just a few of the great things that come to mind about their races. Seriously, I am so lucky to have... Continue Reading →
Bear Mountain 50 Miler – Week Fourteen Training Recap
Taper time! Considering the amount of lingering aches and pains I have been having, tapering could not come soon enough. As Colleen mentioned in her post, I have mostly been dealing with some ankle and Achilles pain that sidelined me from two runs last week but is now subsiding. I think I am starting to... Continue Reading →
Bear Mountain 50k Training Update
I fell off the blogging bandwagon again! But hey, life gets messy and hard and busy sometimes - we all get it. The past few weeks have been going very well! I am feeling strong and ready to take on Bear Mountain. I finally brought myself to look at the race elevation profile and other... Continue Reading →
Bear Mountain 50 Miler – Week Thirteen Training Recap
3 weeks to go until I tackle 50 miles in New York State. It is a little scary to think about running that far, but I've done it before. What is a tad bit scarier: its about 3 months out from running my first 100 miler. Now that is scary. While I have been treating Bear... Continue Reading →
Bear Mountain 50 Miler – Week Twelve Training Recap
Here we are, at week 12, with absolutely no sign that week 11 happened. But it did! and I wrote Hale 6 Hour Race Report instead of a normal training recap. Sure, I could do both, but I am already running 70+ miles a week, so that seemed like a bit too much work. Sadly, I am... Continue Reading →
Bear Mountain 50k Training – Week 11
I can't believe it's been almost 3 months of training! Week 11 went pretty well, considering I'm still on the tail end of this lingering illness. I started on Tuesday with a shortened run, only got to 3.5 instead of my scheduled 5. It went pretty well, as did my 6 miler on Wednesday. It... Continue Reading →
TARC Hale and Back 6 Hour – Race Report (March 26th, 2016)
Somehow, it is the end of March and the first race of 2016 is in the books! While certainly not my optimal performance, I had an absolutely amazing time out on the trails at Hale Reservation at another incredible TARC event. Two days before the race, I woke up with a pretty nasty cough/cold that... Continue Reading →
Bear Mountain 50 Miler – Week Ten Training Recap
In no way at all does it feel like I have been training for 10 weeks in 2016. This year is absolutely flying by and with races starting to get close, things are starting to get exciting! While I have been writing this blog as a build up to Bear Mountain, my true goal for... Continue Reading →
One and a Half Runners 