Oiselle Makes the Best Women’s Running Shorts
You wouldn’t think running shorts are all that different from each other. But you’re totally wrong. Last year, I ran my first marathon. After I signed up for the race, to ease my stress, I treated myself to a brand new…
A History of Marathon Fueling
What was once spontaneous consumption has turned into a science of its own Today, marathon nutrition is a closely dialed science. Runners prepare their bodies to eat and drink during the race the same way they train to run it.…
The Agony and Ecstasy of Free Climbing El Capitan
> On October 21, 48-year-old Rob Miller was perched on a small stance 2,600 feet and 34 pitches up solid granite on Yosemite’s El Capitan. Above him were 15 feet of increasingly steep half-pad crimps and fish-scale edges that would…
Hey Families, the Ascent Is Your Next Subaru
> After more than a year of concepts and teasers this is it: The all-new 2019 Subaru Ascent three-row SUV. The largest vehicle Subaru has ever made is built right here in America and is jam packed with the practical features…
Environmentalists' Public-Lands Enemy Number One
Congressman Rob Bishop of Utah wants to transfer federal land to the states, gut the Endangered Species Act, and eliminate the Antiquities Act—and D.C. is starting to listen Facebook Icon Twitter Icon sms email On a sunny day in early…
7 Hip Exercises
> With a roster of muscles ranging from the powerful glutes to the small and agile abductors, the hips control practically all your movements. Almost every endurance athlete overworks some hip muscles while underworking others, causing severe imbalances: Runners are…
The World’s Best Mountain Bike Race Takes Place in British Columbia
It doesn’t matter if you’ve ever raced before. Anyone who loves to mountain bike should take on this multiday adventure at least once. The 2017 BC Bike Race has wrapped, and if the organization has learned anything in its 11…
The Importance of Servicing Your Own Bike
A little hands-on experience is a much better performance investment than that tempting new upgrade or those mind-numbing hill repeats Some years back, I made sort of a half-assed commitment to work on all my bikes myself. What makes this…
Sunny Stroeer's FKT on Annapurna Circuit Is Crazy
> Last November, runner, mountaineer, and all-around fastest woman you’ve never heard of Suzanne “Sunny” Stroeer crushed the women’s speed record on the Annapurna Circuit, a punishing Himalayan trail that includes a 17,769-foot pass. The 136-mile trek, which is among…
Can My Kids Handle a 50-Mile Bikepacking Trip?
Our correspondent heads to Bears Ears National Monument to find out “We’re not going to ride up there, are we?” My eight-year old daughter, Pippa, pointed to a red-dirt road winding menacingly up the side of a mesa. You could…