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Trek Dirty to Me: 33 days until it is north to Maine on the AT, and I've decided I will intermittent fast during my thru-hike.

February 28, 2020 by AJ Feeney-Ruiz in Appalachian Trail, Trek Dirty to Me, Projects

I was stressing out about how I would have to completely change the way I eat next month, in an effort to prepare for my April 1 start to my Appalachian Trail thru-hike. I have experienced a stacked stat sheet of health benefits from my two months of Intermittent Fasting, and I didn’t want to give those up or change the way I had become accustomed to eating and performing. Then I realized I didn’t have to stop fasting at all. It’s just one more thing to add to my list of shit folks just haven’t really done (or talked about much) while long-distance hiking. So I’m going to do it and let you know how it goes.

Trek Dirty to Me: 39 days until it's into the woods to get the thing that makes it worth the journeying into the woods, but today I shall take a break and reflect.

February 22, 2020 by AJ Feeney-Ruiz in Appalachian Trail, Trek Dirty to Me, Projects

With a week left in India, before returning to Indiana for the final monthlong March homestretch, I’ve wrapped up almost everything left to do here to get ready for my thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. Of course, looking ahead, it feels like this was just a warm up for a whirlwind 28ish days in my hometown of Indianapolis.