After-Christmas sales and gift cards provide the perfect opportunity to gear up for adventure in the new year ahead. I took advantage of some great sales and generous gifts in order to get some things to facilitate my 2016 exploits. I can’t wait to see what new adventures await with my bargain finds! Snowboarding IContinue reading “New Gear For The New Year”
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Throwback Thursday: My First Half Marathon
Sometime around late 2011 my roommate and I had a crazy idea: let’s run a half marathon in the spring. I don’t recall exactly who first proposed the idea, but we both heard about the Flower City Challenge Half Marathon and decided it sounded like a cool thing to do. The interesting part? I couldContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: My First Half Marathon”
Black Friday Hikyoga™ at Corbett’s Glen Nature Park
I mentioned in my #OptOutside post last week that I planned to attend Black Friday Hikyoga™ led by Nicole Kazimer aka HelloYogaGirl. After a wonderful Thanksgiving day, I was ready to hit the trails and explore a local park I hadn’t visited before! This Hikyoga™ event was somewhat different from the one I attended at ChimneyContinue reading “Black Friday Hikyoga™ at Corbett’s Glen Nature Park”
Namaste & Nature: Hikyoga™
I love yoga, and I love the outdoors. It only makes sense then that I would eventually find a way to take my practice outside, right? Usually my practice takes place at my gym’s Vinyasa class, interspersed with some occasional hot yoga classes at the local Bikram studio. The first outdoor yoga class I took was inContinue reading “Namaste & Nature: Hikyoga™”
Re-establishing a Running Routine
I have a confession to make: I did’t run for almost 4 months. Okay, so that might not seem too crazy. But it’s the longest break I’ve taken in almost four years since I began my running/fitness journey. In those four years I ran a full marathon, five half marathons, several 5Ks and countless trail and roadContinue reading “Re-establishing a Running Routine”
Alli Mincher 