Browsing Category Adventure
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Adventure 1
RUNNING ACROSS ICELAND: WHAT IT MEANS TO FAIL, PART 3
TRAIL MAGIC AND THE REBIRTH OF A GOAL “Look at the sky!” she smiled, her blonde dreadlocks brushing past my face as she turned to point behind us. ...
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Adventure 1
RUNNING ACROSS ICELAND: WHAT IT MEANS TO FAIL, PART 2
Of course I’m going to be raped and murdered within a few hours of arriving in one of the safest countries in the world, I remember thinking cynically ...
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Adventure 4
RUNNING ACROSS ICELAND: WHAT IT MEANS TO FAIL, PART 1
There was a white tuft peeking out between tall grass on a ledge overlooking the valley, maybe 50 feet from the trail where I was plodding another descent. ...
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Adventure
WOMEN IN THE WOODS: HEADING OUT ON A SOLO ADVENTURE
Hey all! I woke up this morning surrounded by fog, cold air, and with my dog bouncing around the van in anticipation of breakfast. There really is nothing ...
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Adventure
YOSEMITE: YOU ARE ALWAYS AND NEVER ALONE
There was light streaking across the sky. Actually, it was fire streaking across the sky. “Something tells me we’re experiencing what the Dinosaurs did. Like, ‘Oh, look! It’s ...
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Adventure
YOU ARE STRONG: SMITH ROCK ASCENT 50K RACE REPORT
This week, I’m wearing a single blue toenail on the second toe of my right foot. I don’t usually paint my toenails, but when I do, it’s apparently ...
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Adventure
BREAK FREE, BE PRESENT
How often do we get stuck in to do’s, should’s, can’ts? How relieving it is to accept that we are imperfect, that our minds ramble, that we are ...
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Adventure
Training for an Ultramarathon: Part 1
Sun and exposed-skin lovers rejoice: despite the east coast’s world of white, Winter is more than half over! We’re on our way towards the warmth, dampness, and blossoming ...
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Adventure
THE ZEN OF ENDURANCE
An active life – it’s brought me adventure, uncontainable smiling, and peeks into intimate corners of the natural world. Whether it’s running for… forever, or biking through forests, ...
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Running
RUNNER’S TROTS – AVOIDING THE JOYS OF GI DISTRESS
Ladies (& Lady-lovers) – it’s officially winter! With proper layering, riding, running, and being active outside are all amazing this time of year. Yesterday while out on a midday ...
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Adventure
The Triumphs (And Humiliations) of My First Ultramarathon
Allo, Ladies & Lady-lovers! Check out my first article published over at Ravishly.com: an awesome website written by awesome Ladies! I’m so grateful to be able to contribute ...
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Adventure 2
CONQUERING YOURSELF
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves. -Sir Edmund Hillary Climbing mountains, whether on two feet or two wheels, is a feat of endurance and strength ...
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Adventure 2
BOOK OF THE MONTH
Hey Ladies & Lady-Lovers! I’ve been doing quite a bit of technical reading as of late due to thesis research requirements, but I’m finding time to check out ...
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Adventure
ADVENTURE AT MOUNTAIN BIKE OREGON
Hello Ladies & Lady-Lovers! I’m back and refreshed after tagging along on Mountain Bike Oregon this past weekend. An aside: As someone relatively new to mountain biking, I have ...
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Adventure 1
100km TO FREEDOM
There are myriad ways to run away from things. Shut down emotionally, move to new cities every six months, speak appeasement rather than truth, silence an incoming call, ...
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Backpacking
SIMPLE NOMS
Granola. I once relegated this patchouli staple to the bullshit pantry – it says it’s health food, but it’s really just sugary oats. Well, after years of shunning ...
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Editorial
LADY EDITORIAL: 3 WISHES FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Wreaths tacked upon doors, grills, and fenders. Lights stranded meticulously… or haphazardly. Seasonal dustings of warmth atop tops of trees and bushes; neighboring properties swallowed in blizzards of ...
