There is little I love more than spending time outdoors. Whether sitting still and enjoying the sounds of nature or running trails for hours, I am always happiest in the wild. Adventure Sneaker is my blog dedicated to sneaking outdoor adventure into everyday life. From trails to travel, gear reviews to road trip routes, local adventures to grand destinations... my goal is to help you get out there and explore your outdoor spaces and venture out into parts unknown. In addition to my ramblings here, I am also a freelance writer for irunfar.com and have written travel blogs for escapecampervans.com.
Shenipsit Strider group post-Traprock 2013. Photo Courtesy of Scott Livingston A little over a week ago, on April 13, I took on my first event of the season; The Traprock 50k at Penwood State Park in Bloomfield CT. If you recall,I made a very ill-advised attempt at this course last year, with my bum knee. … More Traprock 50k 2013 Race Report
This winter I decided to get my butt out there and try some snowshoe running and racing. Boy, am I glad I did. The whole point of this blog is to share my love of the outdoors and trying new adventures with all of you… and this was just another step along that journey. Needless … More Peak Races Snowshoe Half Marathon Race Report
Away we go to Vermont, for one of my crazy ass adventures. Tomorrow I’m taking on the Peak Snowshoe half marathon in Pittsfield, Vermont – http://peakraces.peak.com/snowshoe/ (I had a moment of sanity and dropped from the full marathon to the half. There is also a 10k at the same time, and a 100 miler that … More Headin’ North
So, my two weeks of super healthy clean livin’ (well, eating) has come to an end. I must say, when this started I thought I would be absolutely drooooooling for this day. I pictured myself ravenously diving into all of the things I “couldn’t” have over the past two weeks (lying comatose under a pile … More Detox Wrap-Up… Reflections on Eating Well
Beautiful snowy trees, Pachaug State Forest In case you were not aware, we had a BLIZZARD last week. A serious,full-on, 2-3 feet of snow BLIZZARD!!! This made many things very challenging (least of all keeping up with the detox diet, when all I wanted was comfort (aka junk) food. and a beer.). People were stranded … More Snowy Days (and Starting Detox Week 2!)
Greetings from extremely healthy diet world! I’m happy to say that I have made it to day 5 in one piece. I certainly miss my coffee, but overall I’m doing pretty well. There have been many temptations along the way so far, but I’ve been a good girl. I even made it through a night … More Detox Day 5… I’m still alive!
So, I’ve been doing something that I never thought I would do… I headed to detox. Diet detox, that is. Starting yesterday, I entered a world of un-processed, non-toxic, gluten, dairy, sugar, peanut, caffeine, and booze-free eating (and drinking). Allegedly this is going to make me feel like a million bucks. And I just got … More Detox Days
Beautiful groomed XC Ski/snowshoe trails at Whitaker Woods, North Conway NH We are back from a wonderful week in North Conway, New Hampshire, one of my most favorite places. It was a week full of snow sports and playing outside (some xc ski and hiking reviews to come), capped off by trying out my … More Race Report – Whitaker Woods Snowshoe Scramble
Happy (belated) New Year everyone! I’ve decided to spark the blog back up, after taking a little hiatus from everything during the Fall. After finishing the Bimbler’s Bluff 50k in October (never wrote a race report for that one… maybe I still will) I took a nice break that included planting myself firmly on the … More Happy 2013!
The Vermont 50 has come and gone for another year… and I am thrilled to report another successful finish. I have been running through the day in my head since race day…. here goes my attempt to summarize this day! Race morning check-in. Yes, I’m wearing a raccoon ear-flap hat The day started … More Vermont 50 2012 Race Report
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