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When a Bike Ride Cannot Cure What Ails You

When I met him, Mark was already a shipwreck surrendered to the rise and ebb of addiction and the depression that rules it. When the ...
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The Power of the Sublime in Nature

One essay I love to teach in my day job at Spokane Falls Community College is Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Nature.” My love of the essay ...
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Living with a Wonky Ticker

Who remembers that feeling, when you were young(er), and all signs pointed to the likelihood of living forever? There was always a new challenge to ...
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Meeting the Spirit of a Race Director

When I think of race directing, I imagine someone hanging onto a cliff by their fingertips. If all goes well, they scramble up, carry on, ...
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I Have an Amazing Stoker

Back in my educator days, our leadership class headed up an annual, week-long project—Teacher Appreciation Week. One of those activities was to produce large posters ...
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How to Notice You’re Alive

We were about two miles into a gritty climb toward a remote lake in Montana. The older, faster kids had gotten carried away with a ...
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Author holding her quilt made from the graphic front side of old race t-shirts--standing in her living room with a canvas photo print of her running with her wife.

My Evolution as a Runner as Told in Race Shirts

Essay by Spokane runner Maeve Griffith about her 40-year collection of race event t-shirts and her personal evolution as a trans woman.
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The author's toddler and dog walking on the trail, with trees on side and a downslope on the other.

On Walking a Toddler in the Woods

Personal essay by Lisa Laughlin reflecting on how motherhood has changed how she experiences trails, hiking, and the great outdoors.
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Olivia Dugenet and friends approaching a high mountain pass.

A Woman’s Place Is In The Wild

Personal essay by Olivia Dugenet about how women challenge stereotypes and social expectations when they adventure in the great outdoors.
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