Hi. I’m Sue. Also known as Ripple. Several years ago I thru hiked the Appalachian Trail, Ripple was my trail name. I will talk more about that in a later post. I genuinely love to walk. I have walked marathons, half marathons and numerous other races. I have hiked all 48 of the 4000 footers in the White Mountains of NH, many of them in winter. As well as hiking the 2200 miles of the AT, as mentioned.
I started hiking when I was about 35. I was going through a very stressful time in my life and decided I would try walking to relieve some stress. I set out to walk about 2 miles to the church in our little town then planned to turn around and walk home. Less than a mile in I realized I would not be able to complete this. I turned around. But the next day, I tried again and went a bit further. I continued to walk day after day gradually increasing my milage. To my amazement I began to look and feel like an athlete. I had never in my life considered myself an athlete. I went to high school prior to Title Nine. There were very few sports options for girls.
Fast forward to the present. I am 72 years old and I continue to walk every day. I generally walk a minimum of 5 miles a day but am doing endurance training for an ultra 8 hour race coming up. I am repeating the 48 peaks so as to earn an over 70 badge. I look forward to sharing how you can take steps to age with strength, health and grace.
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