This weekend is Hatið Hafsins in Reykjavik, the Festival of the Sea, which Orion and I spent visiting ships, looking for puffins, and generally being caught up in maritime merriment. Yesterday, however, we went to Rauðavatn, a lake just inside the Reykjavik city limits that has some great trails--although no map that we could find, so … Continue reading Dispatches from Iceland #3: Training Days
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Dispatches from Iceland #2: Range finding
We spent much of this week searching out trailheads and routes along the Climate Run route through Þhingvellir National Park and farther south to the Atlantic coast. Over the past few weeks, it has become increasingly clear that the Kjölur Road across which I had originally planned to run remains too snowy for a successful trans-Iceland … Continue reading Dispatches from Iceland #2: Range finding
still winter in the mountains
A few miles on the slopes of Mount Mansfield yesterday evening...
Names and Places
With only 75 days to go before my trans-Icelandic run, I found myself in Boston this past weekend—revisiting routes that I'd walked, run, biked and driven hundreds of times over the years. I grew up less than a mile from the route of the Boston Marathon through the City of Newton—a stretch of about four … Continue reading Names and Places
counting down & ramping up
I was fortunate to be able to spend the first part of this week in relatively snow-free and above-freezing temps in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. I found miles & miles of great trails along the beach, through cedar swamps and pine forests, along the Susquehanna River, and on the Appalachian Trail near the Delaware Water … Continue reading counting down & ramping up
2015: A year of intention
We look with uncertainty beyond the old choices for clear-cut answers to a softer, more permeable aliveness Anne Hillman 2014 ended with some wild swings of the weather pendulum--each one carrying with it its own seasonality, memories, and sense of place. Late autumn brought an early winter, with temps … Continue reading 2015: A year of intention
the art of running in the rain
My dog Dragon and I sat nestled by the woodstove on the couch one late fall evening on the week before the solstice, listening to a fresh access of wind that caught against the house a moment. I had put off (I would say we, but that would make Dragon equally culpable in my procrastination...) the day's run, … Continue reading the art of running in the rain
Kjölur Run article in Trail Runner Magazine!
Raising Climate Awareness, One Stride at a Time A Vermont professor's plan to promote environmental engagement by running 171 miles across Iceland See the original article at Trailrunnermag.com
Supporter Spotlight: Brio Coffeeworks and Squirrel Stash Nuts
I'm so excited to announce that Kjölur Run and Athletes for Climate Resilience is now supported by two fantastic Burlington, Vermont area purveyors of locally-produced yumminess -- Brio Coffeeworks and Squirrel Stash Nuts! Brio roasts some of the tastiest beans that owners Magda and Nate Van Dusen can find. I learned more about coffee in … Continue reading Supporter Spotlight: Brio Coffeeworks and Squirrel Stash Nuts
an early winter run
Fantastic training run across some of the Franconia Ridge in New Hampshire's White Mountains today!
Climate Run 