• Race Re-Cap,  Races,  Running

    Hairy Gorilla Half Marathon

    Yesterday I ran my first trail half marathon! I had been wanting to run this local half marathon held up at Thacher Park for ages. I first ran the Squirrelly Six mile race three years ago, but the year after it was cancelled. Last year I was marathon training so I didn’t want to risk running 13.1 on a trail…finally this was the year! Christine and I dressed up as Minnie Mouse and a cat. One of the reasons I love this race is because it is Halloween themed! There are runners in costumes everywhere. The trails are decorated with gravestones and there are bats hanging from the trees! The…

  • Fitness,  Restaurant Reviews

    Hanging out in Troy

    Saturday was a pretty busy day this past weekend! Earlier in the day my friend Brendan and I went running in the Pine Bush Preserve. Neither one of us had been before, it’s a really nice park with lots of trails. It was really buggy though, so if we stopped for even a minute the bugs attacked! We made sure to wear bugspray but apparently it wasn’t enough! We ran about 2.75 miles. After coming home and showering, it was time to head over to Troy Cloth & Paper, a design studio where you can screen print custom shirts! They also use all eco-friendly inks for printing! The reason I…

  • Fitness,  Marathon Training,  Running

    Albany Pine Bush Trail Run

    The weather last night was pretty nice (60 degrees!), so my friend Laura and I decided to go for a run together. We decided on the Pine Bush Preserve. The area we went to was by the Rensselaer Lake. There are tons of trails and there even a little pond for fishing. There is another portion of the Pine Bush a few minutes away, which we want to try running at next time. We ran a 3.1 mile loop around the Preserve. I had only been there once about five years ago, so it was nice to try some new running trails in the area. There weren’t many runners or…

  • Fitness,  Marathon Training,  Running,  Training

    Weekly Workout Schedule – 1.14.13

    Well, I’m back from Florida! The weekend there was nice and unseasonably warm for January–in the 80s! I miss it already. Friday morning I went to the St. Sebastian River State Park to check out the trails with mom and dad and ended up going for a nice little 4 mile trail run! It was pretty deserted though. My parents were walking nearby so that was good. I ran 2 miles out and then 2  miles back. It was a 9 mile loop that I had originally wanted to run, but I figured it’d be too lonely and kind of scary to run that whole thing alone… I did end…

  • Albany,  Fitness,  Food,  Running,  Training

    Final Summer Trail Run

    Last night Chris and I went to ARE‘s final run of the Summer Trail Run Series at Tawasentha Park in Guilderland. It was a great night for a run. Everyone gathered at one of the pavillions and then we were off for the 2.5 (ended up being about 2.8) mile trail run through the park. It had been ages since Chris and I ran together, it was so nice! He stayed with me while I slowly made my way through the trails. It was a bit hard on my feet this time since I didn’t wear my trail shoes (stupid) but once we got off the slanted grass they were…