West Virginia Mountain Trail Runners
A Mountain State of Running
Highlands Sky 40. Ascents, descents, creek crossings. Mud, rocks, running. Done. The longer version is: Months prior to toeing the line I had this re-occurring lower abdomen pain that was difficult for the doctors to diagnose. (With a cancer diagnosis in my history, they…
Highlands Sky is a tough,technical 40 (41) mile race in and around West Virginia’s Dolly Sods Wilderness and finishing at Canaan Valley Resort State Park. The word is that it runs more like a 50 miler, even though the profile doesn’t look all that imposing…
Highland Sky 40 Canaan Valley, WV June 15, 2013 Aaron was right: the 50k distance wasn’t too long for me, it was too short. Although I had been reluctant to try running a longer distance until I had mastered eating and holding my stomach…
Praise God we can run! I returned to Highland Sky for a third time after a one year hiatus as last year’s run was on the day of my eldest daughter’s high school graduation. I greatly enjoyed the chance to be in WV for…