Rachel Shrader

Words Count: Justin Shrader

Words Count: Justin Shrader

Mountain hiking during daylight amidst calm weather can have its erratic, exciting moments. Hiking Japan’s Mt. Fuji, a sacred, stratovolcanic structure of basaltic lava and rock resulting from sequences of volcanic activity, in the dark wee hours during typhoon season, tends to heighten the hiking experience to a whole other level. Between periodic rain, 60 […]

Colonial Manor resident goes from fitness zero to hero

Colonial Manor resident goes from fitness zero to hero

It was never on Rachel Shrader’s bucket list to compete in a triathlon.  The 59-year-old Colonial Manor resident was not a jogger or a cyclist and as a native Floridian, the only swimming she had ever done was to take a dip in the ocean or splash around in a pool. However, on January 6, […]