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Fall in the ADK and Hiking Cliff Mountain
This past weekend was prime for leaf peeping in the Adirondacks! Sunday morning I drove up to Keene Valley to hike one of my favorites, Indian Head! Last summer Christine and I hiked it and I couldn’t wait to come back. Just look at this view. Monday was my first day off since Labor Day! Brendan and I drove up to the Upper Works trailhead in Newcomb to go back for Cliff, a peak we orphaned back in May when we hiked Redfield. It was going to be a long day. It was in the mid 30s when we got to the trailhead. Brrr! We got there around 7 and…
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Impromtu Half Marathon
It was October 2nd and my fall half marathon was over already. I saw tweets on twitter the following weekends about races and was a bit sad mine race had already come and gone. I had plans to run a half marathon trail race but decided to run the 6 miler instead since I just don’t feel like running for that long on the trails… Enter the Fall Foliage Half Marathon in Rhinebeck! Yesterday on a whim I registered. I’m not aiming to PR, just hopefully have another awesome race. Another 13.1 in 2011, I don’t mind if I do. 🙂