Day 1 I joined some friends for Utica’s Thanksgiving Run for Hunger 5k race. The run is very close to my parents’ house where I would be feasting later in […]
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Category: Trail Running and Hiking
High Peaks Traverse
Planning With the wife being in NYC for the weekend, I had to come up with something to keep me occupied. I tossed around different ideas. Expecting to be going […]
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Pharaoh Lake Wilderness
Friends and I are currently in training for the Wakely Dam Ultramarathon. The race is three weeks away, which means that this weekend is the longest workout before starting to […]
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Moreau Snowy 15k
I’m planning to run my first ultramarathon in July, and I’ve been doing a poor job of resting a sore knee after running the Melbourne Music Marathon in Florida nearly […]
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Tongue Mountain Quinzhee
We were an inseparable team of eight determined to brave the Tongue Mountain Range in Lake George, NY. This mountain range is the home of giant rattlesnakes, unheard of elsewhere […]
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Moreau Lake 15k Trail Run
I ran the Moreau Lake 15k Trail Run at Moreau Lake State Park today. This was my first barefoot trail race, and what a great race it was! 35 people […]
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MacIntyre Range
Adirondack 46
A few years back a couple of friends decided that they were going to become 46’ers by climbing the 46 Adirondack peaks over 4,000′. I had completed several of the […]
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Hiked Rocky Peak Ridge
Friends are completing the Adirondack 46 next week, and as luck would have it I have squeezed in enough extra peaks that I can finish with them, I just need […]
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My Feet Deserve Better
I ran barefoot through the Vischer Ferry Preserve on the south end of Clifton Park today. I would have worn shoes, really, I would have, but I was in a […]
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