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Hiking Sassafras Mountain, SC

May 25, 2020 By Vanessa Vila 3 Comments

Hiking Sassafras Mountain, SC

On Friday, May 22nd, my brother and I bagged our third highpoint en route to our goal of all 50 states, at Sassafras Mountain, South Carolina. We had made plans to do this highpoint (along with Georgia's) at the end of March, or in April, but of course COVID-19 changed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Highpointing, Hiking, Travel, Trip Report

Hiking Moore’s Knob Loop Trail

May 13, 2020 By Vanessa Vila 3 Comments

Hiking Moore’s Knob Loop Trail

Hike: Hanging Rock State Park, Moore's Knob Loop trail (first time for me doing the full loop!) on Mother's Day, 5/10/2020. Also, I say "hike" here but really this was meant as a trail run... so much of it was difficult to run, it ended up being a run/hike. Goal: Wanted to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hiking, Trail Running

Silver Linings – 5 Random Things

April 24, 2020 By Vanessa Vila Leave a Comment

Silver Linings – 5 Random Things

Things are undoubtedly dismal in the world right now, with the whole range of issues due to COVID-19 pandemic/job losses/stuck at home/political drama, etc. I'm going to ignore all the bad for a few minutes, and I hope you'll join me. I'm choosing to focus on the good, so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Photography, Running

Virtual 10K Race Report

April 19, 2020 By Vanessa Vila Leave a Comment

Virtual 10K Race Report

On Sunday, April 12th, I set out to run a fast 10K with my dog, Luna. I prepared, trained for 9 weeks, visualized success... and achieved what I set out to do: run fast. As I mentioned in my last race post (Atlanta 5K), I had no idea I wouldn't be racing for awhile. Even though … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 10K

Why I wear a WHOOP band

April 12, 2020 By Vanessa Vila 1 Comment

Why I wear a WHOOP band

If you know me, you already know I'm a nerd. I'm a RunNerd (nerd about all things running-related...obviously), and I'm also a data nerd... and a sleep nerd too, apparently :) I can keenly remember a classmate telling me, in 8th grade, how it's funny that I time myself doing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health, Product Review

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