• Albany,  Fitness,  Hiking,  Snowshoeing

    Winter Wonderland

    Since my resolve to stop hating on winter, I’ve made sure to take advantage of this long, long season by enjoying the outdoors! I got two more snowshoeing adventures in this weekend! I skipped my long run in favor of two short snowshoe treks, the first of which was in the Albany Pine Bush! I drove to the trailhead for Blueberry Hill East Loops, located off of Washington Ave Extension in Albany, grabbed a trail map and set off. I hiked the red and yellow trail loops for a total of 2.5 miles. It was short, but felt like I went a lot further! I have never been to this…

  • Fitness,  Holidays,  Running

    Practice for the Hairy Gorilla

    I had this past Monday off from work for the Holiday (hurray!) so Chris and I wanted to make the most of the beautiful weather! We drove up to Thacher Park to run the trails and do a bit of light hiking. We ended up running about a mile since my hip started acting up and just walked the rest, which was okay in my book. I needed to get in at least a little bit of trail running before the Hairy Gorilla Half Marathon! I’m still on the fence about running the whole half marathon of the trail race or sticking with the 6 mile version. I’m torn! I…

  • Fitness,  Running

    Trail Runs are Dirty and Scary

    Its no surprise that I love trail runs. But last night after doing my second run of the summer trail run series with the ARE, I was left covered in mud…and kind of scared. Let me explain. Last night’s trail run was at Thacher Park, which is also home to the Hairy Gorilla Half Marathon and Squirrelly Six Trail Race. I ran the six on Halloween last year. It was fun! But I also fell and twisted my ankle at the last quarter mile. Ouch. Apparently I forgot about that. The trails last night were extremely technical and very very muddy. Part of the trail was even under water! I think…

  • Blogger Meet-Up,  Food,  Race Re-Cap,  Races,  Restaurant Reviews,  Running

    Squirrelly Six Mile Trail Race

    Happy Halloween! Today I did one of the most fun things I could think of on Halloween day...run my first trail race!! The Albany Running Exchange puts on this Halloween themed race: The Hairy Gorilla Half Marathon and Squirrelly Six Mile Trail Races at Thacher State Park in Voorheesville. It was AWESOME!!! All of the runners were dressed up, and they had some of the course even decorated for Halloween! There were even live gorillas hiding in the trees… I, of course, was running the six mile, another half marathon is way too soon for me! I also dressed up as a bumble bee. 😉 I got there at about…

  • Food,  Running

    My First Trail Run

    Today I finally got to go for a trail run! I was so happy! But I’ll get to that in a little bit… First, breakfast! I made another banana scramble.    This one was pretty tasty, I must say. I think each one I’ve made so far has tasted different. But all pretty good! After breakfast I snaked on some random things until my trail run at noon. Sue, Brendan and I drove to Thacher Park. They have miles and miles of trails for hiking, biking, and even skiing. I actually forgot my GPS watch, and my camera, so I didn’t get to take any photos of the trails. We…