Meet the mountain goats
A taste of what’s in store for the Far North mountain goats. Justin Cole Over the past year, we’ve run dozens of races, climbed countless mountains, and traveled just about every trail we could find....
View ArticleFear of failure at the Sleepy Hollow Mountain Race
Battling the hills—and the mud—at the Sleepy Hollow Mountain Race. Editor’s note: One day last year, as Emily Meehan was trying to read the paper while nursing her two-week-old infant and keeping an...
View ArticleThe labor of Pack Monadnock
Warning: hills ahead. Profile created using GPS Visualizer. I knew I was in for trouble at Pack Monadnock when, last week at Sleepy Hollow, a fellow runner commented that Pack Monadnock is her favorite...
View ArticlePushing the limits at the Wachusett Mountain Race
Emily Meehan at the 2014 Wachusett Mountain Race. I am not an “athlete.” I realize this is not a surprise given where I place at each race; however I am referring not to a physical state but rather a...
View ArticleThe “Asuckney” Mountain Run
The view from the summit of Mount Ascutney. Everyone is wrong. Hell is not an inferno below but a fiery hike up a mountain auto road. It really should not have been a surprise. I knew what I had signed...
View ArticleA no good, horrible, actually not so bad race
Emily Meehan on the Upper Walking Boss section of the Loon Mountain Race. Photo by Scott Mason. The other day I was scanning through my husband’s Facebook feed (I refuse to get my own account but am...
View ArticleBecoming a mountain goat at the Cranmore Hill Climb
The uphill is steep. The downhill is even steeper. Image from White Mountain Milers. In trail running, as in life, I like to know what I am getting myself into. Running this mountain series has been a...
View ArticleCharging down the slippery slope of trail running
Emily Meehan charges up a hill at the Bretton Woods Fell Race. Photo by Gianina Lindsey/SNAPacidotic. I hate making decisions. I have a tendency to give all decisions the same amount of energy, whether...
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