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Turkey Tales: C&O Trail to GAP Trail Bike Ride
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One guy's experiences in ultra-endurance. Tuesday, October 8, 2013. C&O Trail to GAP Trail Bike Ride. We’re really blessed here in Western PA to have a lot of outdoor assets right in our backyard. The county parks system, the Laurel Highlands and numerous state parks are right out our backdoor. Pittsburgh also hosts the western terminus of the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) which extends to Cumberland where it meets the C&O Canal Tow Path. Just Left Union Station. Getting on the C&O Near Georgetown. Ferry...
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Turkey Tales: Hardrock Acclimatization Day 8
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One guy's experiences in ultra-endurance. Thursday, July 12, 2012. Hardrock Acclimatization Day 8. Hardrock Acclimatization Day 8, 2012. I’ve posted a couple of more videos to Youtube. You can see them at my Youtube channel:. Http:/ www.youtube.com/user/trailturkey? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Follow this turkey via email: enter you address below. Who is this turkey? View my complete profile. What's this turkey talking about? The explaination in my first post. Hardrock 100: July 13. No, I'm not *...
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Turkey Tales: Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail Double Crossing - May 2013
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One guy's experiences in ultra-endurance. Sunday, May 5, 2013. Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail Double Crossing - May 2013. Laurel Out and Back Report – May. The Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail (LHHT) located in southwestern Pennsylvania is a 70-mile, point-to-point foot path that connects Ohiopyle at the south terminus to Seward (near Johnstown) at the northern terminus. It is a 100% single-track trail except for a short section of less than a mile that follows a gravel gas line access road. An unsupported e...
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Turkey Tales: Hello World
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One guy's experiences in ultra-endurance. Wednesday, October 20, 2010. What am I writing about? This blog will be about the ultra-endurance activities I participate in. I’m mostly a runner so most of it will be about ultra running. I will try very hard to write in a non-technical, non-insider lingo and in a “Guideposts” style that can be enjoyed by people not associated with the ultra endurance community (aka, the other 99.9% of the population). Why am I writing? Don’t I shirk social media? I've been an ...
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Turkey Tales: May 2013
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One guy's experiences in ultra-endurance. Sunday, May 5, 2013. Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail Double Crossing - May 2013. Laurel Out and Back Report – May. The Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail (LHHT) located in southwestern Pennsylvania is a 70-mile, point-to-point foot path that connects Ohiopyle at the south terminus to Seward (near Johnstown) at the northern terminus. It is a 100% single-track trail except for a short section of less than a mile that follows a gravel gas line access road. An unsupported e...
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Turkey Tales: Hardrock Acclimatization Period: Day 1 to 5
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One guy's experiences in ultra-endurance. Monday, July 9, 2012. Hardrock Acclimatization Period: Day 1 to 5. We’ve been in Colorado but off the grid for a few days. We’ve been camping at trail heads and hiking trails since we’ve gotten here. I’ve uploaded photos and videos to a flicker site:. Http:/ www.flickr.com/photos/74146447@N05/sets/. Here’s a summary of what we’ve been up to since we got here:. Hardrock Acclimatization: Day 1, Thursday, July 5, 2012. Distance covered: 9 miles (out and back). Start...
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Turkey Tales: May 2011
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One guy's experiences in ultra-endurance. Wednesday, May 25, 2011. 2011 Massanutten Mountain Trail 100. After I completed the Oil Creek Trail 100 last fall I decided to set my sites on another 100 mile footrace in the spring. After all of my conversations with my friends, MMT became the choice. The Massanutten Mountain Trail 100 (MMT) is run on a rugged mountain range in north western. The run utilizes the 70 mile orange blazed Massanutten trail in. Race weekend kicked off by picking up my friends Eric G...
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Turkey Tales: September 2011
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One guy's experiences in ultra-endurance. Monday, September 5, 2011. This past weekend I made the pilgrimage to Front Royal, Virginia to take part in The Ring. As some of you may know, there was a bit of drama associated with my first attempt at The Ring in 2010. ( That report can be read here. After my DQ last year, I was very determined to clean the slate. Owl we spotted on Dickey Ridge. 65279; kind it is? Thanks to Q for this picture). A VHTRC event before: I've always gone to bed the. What happened a...
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Turkey Tales: July 2012
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One guy's experiences in ultra-endurance. Thursday, July 12, 2012. Hardrock Acclimatization Day 8. Hardrock Acclimatization Day 8, 2012. I’ve posted a couple of more videos to Youtube. You can see them at my Youtube channel:. Http:/ www.youtube.com/user/trailturkey? Wednesday, July 11, 2012. On our run back from Handies to Grouse Gulch, Jim and I came across. Hardrock Acclimatization: Day 6, July 10, 2012. Summary: AM: Manual labor volunteering with HR HQ setup, PM: 1. Distance Covered: 2 miles. Notes ab...
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Turkey Tales: 2015 Reverse Ring
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One guy's experiences in ultra-endurance. Monday, February 23, 2015. Many thanks to my friends Bur and Quatro and there hardy volunteers who came out on Saturday to support us. Special recognition to Triple-Bur who pulled a half-dozen cars out of snow drifts, including me, who couldn't even get out of the Signal Knob parking lot. Good times. The write up below is longer than I expect. Pictures to follow after I steal some. 2015 Reverse Ring Report. Out again we went, Jim Heath and I, now breaking trail i...