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Western States Training Week 2

Wow, did Week 1 leave me fatigued. I thought a day off on Monday would allow me to recover, but it definitely wasn’t enough. I did learn the power of VERY SLOW recovery runs to get you feeling back to normal. Week in a Nutshell Relatively, this was still a big week for me. I […]

Western States Training Week 1

On January 1, 2023, I drove 10 hours, moving from my temporary home in Cambridge, MA to Fort Valley, VA, partly (mainly) for trail running. Fort Valley is west of Shenandoah National Park in Virginia and is a valley surrounded by the Massanutten Mountains in the George Washington National Forest. There are lots of trails […]