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Jul 6, 2023Liked by Sarah Lavender Smith

That’s awesome. I’m in your general age group and it’s good to have a peer to remind me we can still PR and keep getting it done. Great that you are encouraging others to join us 🤣❤️

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Wow, that route indeed looks intense!

Mountains have taught me so much about running. When I first started learning to run, there was a steep uphill at the end of the forest path I frequented which required me to slow to over 10 minutes per kilometer to make it up. I learned from this a valuable lesson for running, and for life: to make it through, sometimes I've gotta slow down to the extreme. As a running friend told me then, "the only pace too slow is not to move at all."

I also really appreciate your description of combining running and hiking, although, so far, my experience has been a bit different. I am both a runner and hiker, but when I tried doing them in the same excursion, I ended up tripping because the shift in gait threw my balance off. Once I even injured my knee. But maybe I should give it another try, slowly and carefully....

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What I wouldn't give to attend a workshop and learn the right way!

I injured myself doing a marathon on the street years ago and never really run since. Every once in a while I'll jog/walk... but road work kills me now at 65.

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Jul 6, 2023Liked by Sarah Lavender Smith

I always look out for your newsletter notif, love reading your stories :)

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