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Grand Canyon Rafting and Camping: Eight Sublime Days for One Extraordinary Family Trip 5 Aug 2013 | 12:18 am
There is nothing else quite like it—a deeply entrenched water corridor two hundred and eighty miles long through a desert wilderness of almost overwhelming beauty. No other American river offers, in o...
Maine by Backroads: Don’t Miss These Must-Do’s 21 Jul 2013 | 08:57 pm
My husband Morgan and I could have called our Backroads trip the Backup trip. Going with the Berkeley-based, cycling-focused travel group Backroads to bike around Maine was not something we ever thoug...
A Rusticator’s Dream: Running and Biking the Carriage Roads of Acadia National Park 11 Jul 2013 | 03:13 pm
This week, during our Backroads tour of coastal Maine, I ran and biked a network of wide trails so idealized, perfectly groomed and thoughtfully designed that they don’t qualify as “trails.” But they’...
Four Reasons to Race 26 Jun 2013 | 04:26 am
Racing four very different races in a six-week period gave me a lot of time to ask Why? Why do I repeatedly register for something that sort of feels like taking a hard test? Races sap energy and hija...
A Disappointing Date with Scott Jurek 15 Jun 2013 | 11:39 pm
Waiting for the talk to begin, I pondered what it is about a whiff of celebrity that can make us act like morons or groupies, and why do I in fact care about Scott Jurek? I like Scott because he's the...
In Awe of Ann Trason 6 Jun 2013 | 04:31 pm
The Trail Runner blog symposium prompt this month is, "Tell about someone awesome you've met through trail running." A lot of runners think Ann Trason is more than awesome; she's considered legendary ...
Why I Hired An Omniscient Hardass Coach 3 Jun 2013 | 09:06 am
I'm entering a new phase in my training: being coached. I hired Matt Hart three weeks ago to dictate how I run. We barely know each other, but, like Santa Claus (though not at all jolly or fat), he kn...
A Q&A with Scott Dunlap, Master Trail Runner & Blogger 18 May 2013 | 07:41 pm
Longtime trail-running blogger Scott Dunlap was named USATF Masters Ultrarunner of the Year in 2010, and has won Masters titles in the 10-mile, half marathon, marathon and 50k distances. Then he went ...
Lake Sonoma 50 Race Report: It Worked! 22 Apr 2013 | 11:24 pm
It really mattered to me to have a strong, solid 50-miler this season to build confidence in advance of the 100-miler this September. If I had another inordinately difficult 50-mile effort, then I mig...
Two Summer Adventure Trips for Running and Rafting 7 Apr 2013 | 07:55 pm
I'm sharing the details of two group trips that my husband and I booked because both still have space available and sound amazing—so sign up to join us running the Tahoe Rim Trail or rafting the Grand...
