Queenstown 3-5 Mile Run

November 4, 2011 by Heather Lucier Stanley 2 Comments

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My first day in Queenstown I ran between 3-5 miles in the woods, along the water, and later along the road. In hindsight, a running partner would have mitigated a lot of the anxiety I had while being all alone in such a remote area.

I ran the Sunshine Bay Walk to Sunshine Bay.

I recall, one dog that looked like a coyote whose owner did not appear until I had picked up a rock ready to fight it off, a solo male hiker, only 2 passing cars on the highway after I got off of the trail, and one stopped car with 2 male teenagers leaning against its hood, staring up towards me farther up the hill, that I did not dare pass them; and finally, they drove off.

The scenery was beautiful, but I would not run a similar area alone ever again because my heart raced from fear throughout most of the run and I did not enjoy it.

heather

About Heather Lucier Stanley

Heather Lucier Stanley grew up in Central Massachusetts and lived in New England until she started studying at the University of Michigan where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing and Literature. In her early 20s, she moved to San Antonio, Texas and started studying business and accounting. In her late 20s, she became a Certified Public Accountant. She has held many varied and interesting business and volunteer positions: public accountant, internal auditor, systems implementer, project manager, business analyst, tax preparer and Austin Skiers board member. While traveling 35% for a position she held, she earned her Master of Information Systems (MIS) at the University of Phoenix. She is enthusiastic about learning and trying new things. A few of her passions are personal development, fitness, snow skiing, and travel. She is outgoing and real. She feels that success is easy to attain if the individual defines what success means to her and then has a plan to achieve her individual success. No two definitions of success are the same because each of us is unique and has something original to share with the world.
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