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Bigfoot 200: PART 2 Coldwater Lake to Quartz Ridge
Coldwater Lake (mile 45.2) to Norway Pass (Mile 63.9) Just as the sun began to set, I ran into the Coldwater Lake aid station where I was...
alizalapierre
Sep 10, 20237 min read
Bigfoot 200: PART 1 - Start to Coldwater Lake
Start to Windy Ridge (Mile 29) I always get nervous and this was no different. Where do I line up? How hard do I go out? Am I carrying...
alizalapierre
Sep 5, 20236 min read
Cocodona 250: PART 4 -Sedona to Fort Tuthill
Sedona (Mile 163) to Schnebly Hill (Mile 180.1) With our loaded packs we walked out into the darkness to continue on through night two....
alizalapierre
May 25, 20234 min read
Cocodona 250 - PART 3: Jerome to Sedona
Jerome to Sedona Jerome (Mile 126.5) to Dead Horse State Park (Mile 135.6) After coming into the aid station Jason worked on my feet as I...
alizalapierre
May 23, 20235 min read
Cocodona 250 - PART 2: Friendly Pines to Jerome
Friendly Pines (Mile 71.2) to Whiskey Row (Mile 78.3) Jack, Jason, and I entered the aid station building together and my eyes...
alizalapierre
May 20, 20237 min read
Cocodona 250 - PART 1: Black Canyon Trail to Friendly Pines
PART 1: Black Canyon City Trailhead (Start/Mile 0) to Crown King Saloon (Mile 37.4) The start to the Crown King Saloon Aid Station was...
alizalapierre
May 18, 20237 min read
Finish
On August 2nd, I set out from the Northern Terminus of the Long Trail to try and break the Women's Supported FKT record. There were...
alizalapierre
Sep 21, 20206 min read
Bewilderment
What Day is it - night has turned to day but I have no clue so the word for Day 5 was without doubt BEWILDERMENT. I continued to be...
alizalapierre
Sep 7, 20205 min read
Vulnerability
Day 3/4 Blur -Somewhere in the darkness day 3 turns to day 4, maybe my 15 minutes of sleep marked the official transition to day 4, but I...
alizalapierre
Sep 4, 20204 min read
Giving
Day 3 - I woke up to chilly air and socked in conditions. As I rolled out of bed to get dressed I peeked out the window to see my next...
alizalapierre
Sep 3, 20204 min read
Determination
Day 2 - The word for day 2 was determination, as this day included the most technical terrain, the most evaluation gain and loss and...
alizalapierre
Sep 2, 20204 min read
Beginning
DAY 1 - On August 2nd, 2020 I stood at Northern Terminus of the Long Trail, with what many would refer to as “unfinished business”. Just...
alizalapierre
Aug 26, 20204 min read
2019 - Peaks, Valleys & Everything in Between
Looking back at 2019, like any other year there were peaks, valleys and everything in between. Things year I trained, but struggled to...
A.Lapierre
Jan 2, 20202 min read
Women & Sport
Growing up my sport, my passion, and my life was that of a ice hockey player. Early morning ice times, freezing cold rinks and maple...
A.Lapierre
Mar 8, 20193 min read
Antsy
I did the work for UTMB. Prescribed workouts, long runs, recovery days, I did each focused on circumnavigating Mont Blanc. With that...
A.Lapierre
Nov 4, 20185 min read
Call It What You May...
Call it bad luck, misfortunate or perhaps it was karma, but it happened. Arriving in the Alps always comes with excitement. The towering...
alizalapierre
Sep 28, 20187 min read
A Simple Exercise Before a 100 Mile Journey
The instructions from Max Romey, a Salomon videographer, were simple. Each of us in the house were to take the provided card a write a...
A.Lapierre
Jul 5, 20184 min read
A Change of Surfaces
Growing up in Burlington I traveled to and from school, sports and social activities up and down the roads and bike paths where a...
A. Lapierre
Sep 20, 20165 min read
Bucket List - Miwok 100k
Miwok 100k has always be on my bucket list, but the timing in relation to Western States has always made me weary enough to not register....
A. Lapierre
May 19, 20168 min read
2016 Season Opener
April 16th was the first time this year that I have pinned a bib to my shorts, which means it’s been almost 7 months. I think that...
A. Lapierre
Apr 17, 20163 min read
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