Health & Fitness

Running Injury Prevention

As the best time of the year to run approaches (spring at last!), it’s also the time when running-related injuries crop up. I’m talking ...

Sarah Hauge April 25, 2018

I’d just attempted a super long, two-day climb of Mt. Olympus in Olympic National Park. My partner and I had bailed partway up the Five ...

Matt Jones March 30, 2018

Danny Clark stands two feet off the ground, balancing on the long end of a block of firewood. He wobbles back and forth but in ...

Katie Botkin February 15, 2018

Mitigate the winter blues and darker, gloomy weather days in the Northwest, with these 6 strategies for improving physical and mental health.

Sarah Hauge February 1, 2018

We went straight to the doctor and asked how to avoid common winter sports injuries to help you up your odds of not getting hurt ...

Lisa Laughlin January 18, 2018

Both times I’ve consumed energy drinks rank highly in my poor judgment hall-of-fame, right up there with the time in college I dated a guy ...

Ammi Midstokke September 20, 2017

The number of race options in the world is enough to excite and, in some cases, overwhelm athletes. There are road races, themed races like ...

Summer Hess July 19, 2017

After a long winter, the lushness of late spring has arrived, and it is breathtaking here in the Pacific Northwest. The leaves of plants are ...

Out There Outdoors June 27, 2017

Take a look at your belly. There is some skin, a layer of adipose tissue (some of us may have more than others), some muscle, ...

Ammi Midstokke April 20, 2017