Two Wheel Transit’s first 10 Hour Mountain Bike Race will be held Saturday, April 29, at Camp Sekani Park. Although similar to a 24 hour race, Two Wheel Transit manager, Simon Hartt, says he’s “always wanted a single day event.” The course is 9 miles and options for registration include solo rider or relay teams of up […]
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The ski season may be coming to an end, but there’s still time to sign up for Silver Mountain Resort’s 13th annual Leadman held on Saturday, April 22. The Leadman is a unique triathlon combining skiing/snowboarding, biking, and running. Competitors will begin the race with a 50 yard dash to their gear before skiing or
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Nothing beats starting the day at your favorite camp spot with the sound of an old-school percolating coffee pot bubbling away while sitting in your camp chair enjoying morning bird song with the smell of steamy java wafting through the crisp mountain air. Spokane Valley-based GSI Outdoors can get you outfitted with a camp kitchen
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A snowy day in January doesn’t deter Isaac Rigo, Spencer Kimbro and Michael Hoyt from a tough interval workout. The three are members of the team ParaSport Spokane and are training for Bloomsday. While the roads may be impassable for wheelchairs in January, that doesn’t keep these three athletes from their training schedule. This training
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Easy access to both the mountains and the deserts ranks high among the many benefits of living in the Inland Northwest, and April is a month for deserts. While it could still snow at any moment in the higher elevations, it’s almost certainly snow-free west of Spokane, and there are usually abundant wildflowers at this
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As this year’s legislative session enters its final month, Alex Alston, state policy director at Washington Bikes, recaps the statewide bike-related bills and budget proposals she sees as top priority this year. The advocacy arm of Washington Bikes, called Washington Bikes PAC, works across the aisle to promote bicycle-related issues. It also works to pass
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This is a fun little 8-mile run if you and your quads are locked in a death-feud. The starting line is at a pastoral grassy spot near the shore at Liberty Lake Regional Park. Apparently this location was chosen, I can only guess, to give a delusion of upcoming peace and enjoyment. Congenial Trail Maniacs
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I sat more and moved less this winter than just about any other time in my life. A hefty work load, learning to be a parent, and an endless plague of family colds meant way less time outside. I joked repeatedly (only half joking) that I was getting fat from not riding my fat bike.
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2017 marks my fifth year running the Spokane River Run. We are blessed with unpredictable winters here in the Inland Northwest, and I have been using this event as training motivation for the last five years. The Spokane River Run was my first 50K race (as well as my wife’s first 50k), and Riverside State
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