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Richmond Marathon 2024 Race Report

November 21, 2024 By Vanessa Vila 1 Comment

Richmond Marathon 2024 Race Report

The lead-up / training: I've been rocking the training this year, thanks to my coach (Jess at Pace of Me), an additional focus on strength training, recovery, nutrition, and largely staying healthy. As I look at my training log for this year, I had some setbacks for sure (the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marathon, Running, Travel

Mistletoe Half Marathon {2023}

December 6, 2023 By Vanessa Vila 2 Comments

Mistletoe Half Marathon {2023}

My 21st half marathon, and one to remember! The Fab-YULE-ous Ridge Runners in our wreath sweaters for the team challenge The lead up / Training: I’ve been working with Coach Jess for over a year and a half, and I feel like my running has gone from good to great! This year … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Half Marathon

Hiking Kings Peak, Utah

September 21, 2023 By Vanessa Vila 3 Comments

Hiking Kings Peak, Utah

I have not done a good job at keeping up-to-date on my blog. But here's hoping I can catch up a little :) Since running Berlin last September, I have ran many more races and hiked many highpoints--but haven't written about any of them between family, work, travel baseball, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Highpointing, Hiking, Trip Report

Berlin Marathon 2022 Race Report

October 8, 2022 By Vanessa Vila 6 Comments

Berlin Marathon 2022 Race Report

Training: I began this training block for the Berlin Marathon in April, after a short rest period following the Craft Half Marathon. I began to work with Jess from Team Pace of Me, and it quickly became obvious to me that I should have started working with a coach sooner! Jess is … [Read more...]

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Hiking Mount Greylock, MA

August 22, 2022 By Vanessa Vila 2 Comments

Hiking Mount Greylock, MA

Hike: After a 7 month highpointing hiatus since Mt. Rainier, we managed to sneak in Mount Greylock, Massachusetts (and the south slope of Mount Frissell, CT) on the last day of 2021. Mount Greylock, covered in snow & ice during the winter months—to my detriment, as I’ll … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Highpointing, Hiking, Travel

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