Appalachia Run Wild

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Emily Hutchins

Jan 5
5 min

Gift of Experiences

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

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Emily Hutchins

Sep 1, 2019
5 min

Iron Mountain Race Report

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 needed ... a weeken...

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Emily Hutchins

Jun 26, 2019
8 min

Bighorn 52 Race Report

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

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Emily Hutchins

Apr 12, 2019
4 min

The Power of Solo Travel

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 solo trip. I often ...

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Emily Hutchins

Feb 23, 2019
3 min

A time for transition

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 past 3 months have not...

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Emily Hutchins

Jan 29, 2019
3 min

On the other side

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 my 6 week post-op ap...

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Emily Hutchins

Jan 3, 2019
2 min

18' past year review and looking ahead ...

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 ... probably ever in my...

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Emily Hutchins

Dec 19, 2018
2 min

And so the recovery begins

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 - Monday, I've been...

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