Appalachia Run Wild

SWVA BRP Ladies Gravel Tour May 2021 Day 1: Day Creek Trailhead to Peaks of Otter (Strava Link) The original weekend plan was to ride a...

Why did I choose the Foothills Trail for my first non-race adventure run? It’s close to where my husband, Jeremy grew up in upstate South...

The four of us arrived in Lewisburg, WV on a Thursday evening, the night before our 3 day bike adventure through West Virginia. I'd been...

It's certainly been an interesting start to 2020. I've been hesitant to write about it because of certain perceptions that exist and for...

This holiday, we decided to do something adventurous, fun, and non-traditional since last year was difficult and spent recovering from...

I departed Friday for Damascus, Virginia to run the Iron Mountain Trail Run (30 mile option) over Labor Day weekend. This was just what I...

Jeremy, Huck and I arrived to Sheridan, WY on Thursday afternoon and headed to the Tongue River Community Center, our base camp for the...

I recently had the opportunity to take a week off between a job transition and decided to take some personal time to embark upon my first...

Not only did I recently have brain surgery and was out on medical leave for 8 weeks, but I’m also taking a new job! Let’s just say the...

It is week 7 of recovery and I officially feel like I'm on the other side of this brain surgery. Last week, Jeremy and I went to UVA for...

Lost 20 lbs and transitioned to a plant-based diet 2018 was pretty transformative in the fact that I feel the fittest I've been since ......

It's day 10 since my surgery and today is the first day that I have not taken any pain medicine, which is another milestone in my...

This is my 5th day at home since returning from UVA last Saturday. Every day the pain gets a tiny bit more manageable. From last Saturday...

On December 12, Jeremy and I headed up to Charlottesville to stay with Bettina and Paula the night before the surgery. They fed us an...

As you are reading this, I am in ICU at the UVA hospital recovering from brain surgery (However, I wrote this post earlier in the week so...

December 1, 2018 Gritty, Challenging, Mucky, Bone-Chilling, Steep, Pain, Beauty, Hard-Core, Humbling. 63 finished. 42 DNF out of the 105...

Finish Time: 7:41 Elevation Gained: 6,000 feet Max Elevation: 4,225 Jeremy, Huck and I meandered our way to Norton, Va on Friday, with a...