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Cycling Around South Hero Island, Vermont
Last week Jordan and I went on vacation to his family’s camp in South Hero, Vermont on Lake Champlain. The camp is right on the water and we got to enjoy many days sitting by the lake and enjoying some really pretty views. We drove into Burlington one night to catch the sunset and go out to dinner. It was one of the prettiest I’ve seen! We also spent a lot of time road biking! On Tuesday, we rode all around South Hero Island. We biked a total of Total of 38.4 mi around the island! Total moving time: 2:50:30 Elevation gain: 1,050 ft The views were gorgeous all over…
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New Adventure: Winterbike 2015
At the end of February, Jordan invited me to go to Vermont with him and a few of his friends for Winterbike. I didn’t know mountain biking on snowy trails in the winter was a thing until I met Jordan. He has his own fat bike and it’s pretty awesome. Fat bikes have huge tires that are bigger than your average mountain bike’s and they are meant for riding over any terrain. Since I don’t have a fat bike, Jordan rented me one from the local bike shop up in East Burke-a Salsa Mukluk. The festival was held at Kingdom Trails, a nordic adventure center that has groomed winter biking trails.…
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More Burlington Highlights
So, on Sunday after the marathon, we showered and changed. Then Loretta, Tina (Loretta’s relay partner) and I went to the Magic Hat Brewery in South Burlington. They had a lot of cool merchandise and were letting us sample four of their beers. We each got a punch card for the sampler. The samples were free, we just had to tip the bartender. The Elder Betty, one of their summer beers, was my favorite! There weren’t any tours on Sunday, but we got to go look around at the factory from above. I kind of wish we could have had a pint of beer or two, but the samples were…
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Burlington Highlights and Pre-Race Eats
I have to say, after spending a weekend in Burlington, Vermont, it is now one of my favorite places to visit! Despite the never-ending rain and clouds, it was still beautiful with lots of things to see and places to eat. Of course, I was there for the marathon and food was my #1 priory of the weekend. Saturday morning Loretta and I had an early breakfast at the Skinny Pancake, down by the waterfront, also near where the marathon finished and started. It was a really cute crepery with a focus on local ingredients. They had everything from savory to sweet crepes so making a decision was really hard!…
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Vermont City Marathon
I can’t believe race weekend is over! It went by way too fast. Race day started Sunday morning, with my alarm set up for 5:30AM, which isn’t too early considering I usually get up around 6AM. 😉 Loretta, my roomie for the weekend, (she was running the marathon relay!) and I got ready, ate breakfast (I brought cereal and soy milk to eat before the race) and got a bus from the hotel down to the starting line (about a 15 minute ride), so we got down to the start area 1 hour before the race started. I was getting bummed because it was already pouring and my shoes got…
