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Mountain Biking at Elm Ridge
This post is a bit delayed, so my apologies in advance. Last month a few of the girls and I drove down after work for an afternoon ride at Elm Ridge near Windham in the Catskills. (Very stoked to have a group of MTB ladies to ride with now!) Even though we arrived to the trailhead 6pm, we still have lots of daylight to get some good riding in. The trails at Elm Ridge are great. Despite a lot of initial climbing to get to the ridge, the descent makes it all the worth it. The trail starts across the street from the parking area for the Escarpment Trail and climbs…
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Dashing like a Warrior
Yesterday Chris, my sister and I ran our second Warrior Dash! Well, it was my sister’s first Warrior Dash and first race ever! The Warrior Dash is a 3.2 mile mud run with a bunch of different obstacles scattered throughout the course. Our wave was at 11:30, so we got ready and headed to the start. The start, which includes a 1.5 mile climb straight up Windham Mountain. The course was almost the same as last year, except there were a few more obstacles in the first 1.5 miles. Last time they were at the top of the mountain and more as you were going down. Obviously I couldn’t bring…
