Meet Leslie

Leslie McCarthy is an executive editor for University Marketing & Communications at Washington University in St. Louis and a local St. Louis free-lance writer. Recently, she became one of 150 women to be selected for the “Over 50 Outside” challenge, a national campaign initiated by the team that started the 52 Hike Challenge to encourage women over 50 to get outside — at least 52 times in a year:

“How many miles of greenways are there? I aim to find out. The first thing I’ve learned through ‘Over 50 Outside’ is that a hike can be any length and anywhere, as long as there are green spaces and it’s outdoors. There are so many great trails in Missouri and the Great Rivers Greenway system is a huge part of it. No trail is the same on any given day — even if you’ve walked it before.” #over50outside

Home Greenway: Gravois Greenway (Grant’s Trail)