LOCAL • INDEPENDENT • FREE Volume 14
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Issue 25
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June 19 – June 25, 2020
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4 Miles; Every 4 Hours; for 48 Hours! 2 Local Athletes Run 50+ Miles for A Cause by Opal Jessica Bogdan Saratoga TODAY
Alexandra Besso and Simon Wood ran over 50 miles to support Downtown Business. Photo courtesy of Alexandra Besso.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — A local team ran four-miles every four-hours, for 48 hours straight, until they reached a total of 52 miles. Alexandra Besso and friend Simon Wood joined together to complete the 4x4x48 challenge, designed by David Goggins, a retired Navy Seal, author and motivational speaker. Completed this past weekend, Besso said the experience was one to remember.
“The reason I chose to do this is because I got into triathlon and ultra-running a few years ago and this year was my first big year of really intensely running. I signed up for a 50-mile ultra-marathon over in Vermont. Due to COVID-19 that race and all of my smaller training races were cancelled,” Besso said. “I set a goal for myself of running 50 miles and it was something that was important to me to achieve. I figured if I couldn’t do it through my race in Vermont, I would do it on my own.” See Story pg. 3
Antibody Testing THE WILD Now Available GOES VIRTUAL SARATOGA SPRINGS — Saratoga Hospital offers COVID-19 antibody testing at all outpatient laboratory locations, including Malta Med Emergent Care, Saratoga Hospital Urgent Care – Wilton and Saratoga Hospital Urgent Care – Adirondack. Antibody tests are blood tests that look for proteins that have developed in response to an infection, in this case the new coronavirus. A positive test result means that a patient has had and has recovered from COVID19. Antibodies could offer some protection against future COVID-19 infection by preventing reinfection or helping the immune system fight the virus faster or more effectively. See Story pg. 10
Palmertown Range. Photo provided by Saratoga PLAN. See Story pg. 18
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