Erin Quinn

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  • Coffee and a Scone January Strava Challenge

    Coffee and a Scone January Strava Challenge

    New Paltz is taken it to the streets, Main Street, to be exact. What are we doing? We’re going to run or walk (no wheels) a .45 mile segment around the village as often as we can or want to within the month of January. The individual who completes the most segments of this loop Read more

  • Run Local

    Run Local

    We always hear about the importance of shopping local, supporting independent businesses and even “staycations,” where instead of jetting off to far-flung places, you spend your time and money exploring your own backyard. As a local journalist and swim coach, who not only grew up in New Paltz, New York, but also raised three children Read more

  • Running Reflections & Goal Setting Exercise for 2026 Workbook

    Running Reflections & Goal Setting Exercise for 2026 Workbook

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  • Winter Running Hacks

    Winter Running Hacks

    It’s that time of year. At least, here in the Northeast. I’m so excited to have a real winter again, but as a runner, it definitely limits my options. The beautiful system of 19th Century Victorian carriage roads that are my go-to training grounds here in the Shawangunk Mountains are groomed and occupied by cross-country Read more

  • The Middle Miles

    The Middle Miles

    I woke up today feeling frantic. The only part of Christmas I have engaged in was to purchase a wreath from the local church bazar. No presents, no stockings, no poinsettias, no holiday sparkle. As I wrote in my journal—something I usually do first thing in the morning, I realized that I had this odd Read more

  • DFL (Dead Fucking Last)

    DFL (Dead Fucking Last)

    I was at Thanksgiving dinner at my mom’s house when I received a text from an athlete I coach. She had just completed the local Turkey Trot. She sent me a picture she and her sister at the finish and said how happy she was with the time she ran. I congratulated her and thought Read more