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Fear 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...
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The 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...
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Pushing 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...
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The “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...
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A 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...
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Becoming 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...
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Charging 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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