Mirna Valerio
1. Playing OutsideMirna Valerio s Instagram pics make one thing clear: This woman loves the outdoors. The Montpelier-based athlete and writer is pictured jogging on a snowy trail, fatbiking in the woods and soaking up sunshine in a field. Valerio, the subject of an August 2020 cover story in
Seven Days, has achieved national recognition as an ultramarathoner (someone who runs distances of more than 26.2 miles), creator of the blog Fat Girl Running and author of the 2017 memoir
A Beautiful Work in Progress. The Green Mountain Club hosts Valerio for the virtual talk Awe, Community and the Outdoors: A Perfect Trifecta, on Thursday, January 7, at 7 p.m. as part of its annual James P. Taylor Outdoor Adventure Speaker Series.
The woods along the Norch Branch Trails
Sometimes I m in the mood for the exact midpoint between hiking and walking, which is rambling. A ramble is a hike without a destination, or a more arduous form of walking. An ideal ramble involves no route planning whatsoever and a moderate probability of getting a little lost.
By this definition, Montpelier s
North Branch Trails are prime rambling territory. The 8.4-mile network, completed in the fall after three years of construction, traverses 195 acres of fields and forests.
I am a worst-case-scenario mongerer at heart; whenever I engage in an outdoor excursion, I like to calculate how far I d have to run screaming in any direction before I encountered another human being. Given its proximity to downtown Montpelier, the North Branch Trail system scores favorably on the screaming index. So, on a Sunday in early December, a friend and I set out from Burlington to Montpelier in separate vehic
Posted12/15/2020 1:00 AM
A Naperville-based company s virtual event Wednesday is doubling as a fundraiser for Loaves & Fishes Community Services, which organization leaders say has seen a dramatic increase in demand during the COVID-19 pandemic.
REFUEL was launched about four years ago to bring inspiration to Dealer Inspire employees with a lineup of celebrity guest speakers, CEO Joe Chura said. To fill the event s usual venue Naperville s Yellow Box he decided to sell the remaining tickets to the public and donate all proceeds to Loaves & Fishes.
Though this year s event is free and online, REFUEL is still accepting donations to benefit the hunger relief agency, he said, with Dealer Inspire s parent company and event sponsor, Cars.com, pledging a matching contribution of up to $25,000.