• Race Re-Cap,  Races

    Squirrelly Six Mile Trail Race – 10.31.20

    I mentioned in a previous post that I signed up for a 6 mile trail race on Halloween. The Squirrelly Six/Hairy Gorilla Half Marathon at Thacher State Park is my favorite local race event! I first ran the 6 mile race 10 years ago! I can’t believe it had been that long since I last ran it. But last weekend on Halloween morning, a few friends and I participated in this fun race! The Albany Running Exchange did an excellent job organizing this event despite COVID restrictions. The start was staggered with social distancing protocols in place. Everyone had on masks (Halloween masks too!) so I felt very safe! It was…

  • Mountain Biking,  Race Re-Cap,  Races,  Running

    Over the Top Trail Run/ Mountain Bike Ride at West Mountain

    So, I’m behind on my blog posts, but it’s never too late to catch up, right? Back in August, I signed up for my first ever duathlon, a 5K trail run and 10k mountain bike ride at West Mountain in Queensbury. image from West Mountain’s facebook page I really had no idea what to expect from this race. I signed up for it with a few of our friends, and none of us got any emails or anything about the logisitics. We just knew it started at 10:00am at West Mountain Ski Resort. We got there at about 9:15, picked up our shirts and bibs and headed over to the starting…

  • Fitness,  Race Re-Cap,  Races,  Running

    2015 After the Leaves Have Fallen Half Marathon

    Sunday I ran the After the Leaves Have Fallen Half Marathon for the second time! I raved about this race last year due to the gorgeous scenery and this year it did not disappoint! We had chilly weather because it was a little breezy but once I started running, I was fine. This race is held at Lake Minnewaska State Park Preserve and runs through the Shawangunk Ridgeline. Beautiful! The course also loops around Lake Awosting and Lake Minnewaska. I think the race ran in the opposite direction this time. The first half went up the mountain. Yikes. There was a total elevation gain of 1,012′ — and after a…

  • Running

    Fall (Winter?) Trail Running at Thacher

    Sunday I decided to go trail running at Thacher with two of my good running friends, Jenna and Meredith. I’m running a trail half in a few weeks and wanted to get some more trail running in before then. The foliage was out in full force this past weekend! We parked at the Carrick Road parking lot at the North end of the park and ran to the cliff lookout and hang glider lookout, about 6.6 miles total for the day! It even started to snow mid-run, which isn’t too strange considering this IS upstate New York. It was pretty. FIND IT

  • Events,  Race Re-Cap,  Races,  Running,  Travel

    Ragnar Trail New England

    A spot opened up on my friends Ragnar Trail New England Team and I got in last minute to run last weekend! I’ve done Ragnar Relay Adirondacks a few times now so I was pretty pumped to try their trail relay. It was held in Northfield, Massachusetts, about 2 hours from Albany, at Northfield Mountain Recreation and Environment Center. The concept behind Ragnar Trail is a lot different from their regular road relay. A team consists of 8 runners and you set up a “base camp” at the location. Each runner has three trail loops to complete and each runner runs the same amount. For us it was the green…