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  • Race Recap: Harpers Ferry Half Marathon, May 19, 2018 – Part 1

    Race Recap: Harpers Ferry Half Marathon, May 19, 2018 – Part 1

    This race has a lot of meaning for me. I’ll start way back in the beginning. When I first started running, I did my first 5K in March of 2013. In May of that year I signed up for the 4-mile event at the Harpers Ferry Half. It would be my second race ever, and…

  • Great Greenbrier River Race 2018

    Great Greenbrier River Race 2018

    So it’s been a full week since this year’s GGRR – a run, paddle, bike triathlon held in Marlinton, W.Va., on the Greenbrier River Trail and Greenbrier River. It’s hard to believe that just one year ago this race seemed like such a big new challenge and now it feels like a staple of our…

  • Thoughts on Boston

    Thoughts on Boston

    The Boston Marathon bombing happened the year I started running. At that point I didn’t really consider myself a runner. I definitely didn’t follow marathons. This year for the first time somehow I found myself googling results and reading profiles of the winners and tracking a few locals who I knew were running. So many…