Ten years ago, my wife and I brought our two boys up north from California’s Central Valley to Spokane. We bought a house that happened to be only a mile from the Dishman Hills Conservancy. Over the next few years, I slowly built up my distance by running in that amazing urban wilderness. Running became […]
Q&A with a runner who took up the sport during the pandemic about why he started and why—despite definite ups and downs—he hasn’t quit.
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Run Wild columnist provides encouragement and advice for continuing a running routine during winter, especially for one’s mental well-being.
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On the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend I completed a new-to-me feat: back to back half marathons (Windermere and Coeur d’Alene), with just a week between the two. With Bloomsday, it added up to three races in May. For some people this is probably a normal (maybe even light?) race schedule, but for me it
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I left for this morning’s run without my dog. She watched, old white paws up on the windowsill. “Bye, Em,” I said with a wave before running down the block. For years the most energetic, eager being in our household was our dog, Emmy. But over time I’ve taken her along on fewer and fewer
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Why do you run? You could ask a hundred runners that question and get a hundred different answers: to get stronger, for mental clarity, to get the dog out of the house, for the endorphins—the list stretches on and on. A few local runners shared how running has been a part of their own
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In June 2015, I wrote an article for Out There Monthly called “Why I Run” about training for my first 50k trail run. The run never happened. I was supposed to be shaking my legs out in nervous excitement alongside a couple hundred other runners at the starting line of the Rattlesnake Ridge Run. Instead,
Cover photo courtesy of Karie Lee Knoke Have you ever wondered why we incessantly talk about the weather? Yes, climate change is a topic of heated discussion around the world (no pun intended), but I’m referring to the typical conversation that has been occurring for generations prior to the threats of climate change. Typically, a
The day I sat down to write this article back in January, it was 30 below zero with the wind chill. So yeah, hell really did freeze over. It was so cold I was wearing two pairs of socks around the house. The first pair was a feeble attempt to keep my feet warm, and
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By Joel Sattgast For many individuals, the change in seasons provides an opportunity to unplug, enjoy a few more seasonal beverages or holiday treats, and to begin strategizing for the upcoming season of hiking, camping, running, biking, and other outdoor activity of choice. However, due to the wide-ranging opportunities available year-round within the Northwest, we
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