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It’s not too late to sign up for your local Turkey Trot or Gobble Wobble. These races are a healthy, great way to kick-off Thanksgiving for you, a furry friend, and the whole family. Signing up is easy. I will be jogging my way through a Turkey Trot along with some family and friends.
This is our first adventure race, and we are doing it together, for fun, and with no competitive intentions. We’re the only all-female team in the two-person open division. Our goals: Have fun and don’t finish DFL (dead effing last). But she is smoking me, and we are actually doing pretty well.
Why am I so hesitant to weed out my water bottle collection? Because each bottle is connected with a memory or meaningful event. Sure, the memory won’t disappear with the bottle, but the bottle is a concrete reminder of the event. Read on for examples.
It reads like a recipe for disaster: Ride a three-wheeled auto-rickshaw over 3,000 kilometers. Across India. In two weeks. With no support. I am to choose my own route across the country: from the eastern hills of Meghalaya to the Rajasthan desert, only hours from the Pakistani border.
Okay, so the title is a little much considering any woman who conceives a child is automatically considered an endurance athlete, but I figured since I am working my way into the Ultra Running world it would fit for now.
A perfectly fitting running shoe designed to propel you forward and optimize your efficiency? What more could a girl want? Not much more, but Mizuno offers more in the Wave Prophecy, a running shoe launched earlier this summer.
What are the odds of getting struck by lightning? Are people who exercise outdoors daily more likely to be struck? What factors increase the chances? Would you survive?
I am always amazed and impressed by women who take the time and energy to give back to the active community and get other women out moving and grooving. One of those women is Nicole DeBoom, the founder of Skirt Sports.
Imagine mountain biking up a steep ascent and reaching the top only to continue with white-water rafting, running, zip lining, climbing, and rappelling. Now imagine doing all of this with one leg. Or blind. Or paralyzed. Welcome to the 2011 Adventure TEAM Challenge, a race among teams of five that each have at least two disabled members.
Kate McCaughey—also known as Miss Rhode Island—preps for the Miss USA Pageant with mud masks and steam treatments, just like any other beauty queen. Unlike any other pageant girl, though, Kate won’t receive these treatments in a spa. This weekend, she’ll be caked with mud then sprayed with water and made to run through fire, continuing on a 10-mile trail run. It’s all part of Tough Mudder New England.
Reader, Shannon Slater, is inspired to celebrate her 40th birthday in a most adventurous way.
Running grants me confidence and a positive outlook on everything. Even on my worst days, I gain inner strength and personal satisfaction simply from trying.
I’ve heard only fabulous things about barefoot running but didn’t understand it until I experienced it. The first time I laced into Merrell’s Trail Pace Glove, I ran less than one mile. The next few times, I strolled around town and took a couple mini hikes. Then I increased the distances I ran in them. Now I wear them whenever I get the chance.
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