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Roadtrip: The Sleeping Lady In Leavenworth WA

SOME VACATIONS FEEL SO busy and exhausting that once you return home you need another vacation just to rejuvenate. Staying at a resort—and focusing your recreation and other activities around that focal point—is one way to ensure a relaxing getaway. Located outside of Leavenworth along Icicle Creek is Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort, whose namesake peak […]

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Long-distance swimmer swims 18.5 miles without stopping in Lake Coeur d’Alene

Bruce Gordon, 49, of Denver, Col., is a long-distance swimmer looking to do what has been done just 19 times before: cross the 26-mile Kaiwi Channel connecting the Hawaiian islands of Oahu and Molokai. To prepare for his historic crossing, he swam 18.5 miles in Lake Coeur d’Alene, Id., starting at Harrison and landing at

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Tri Rockstars: Local Athletes Stay Grounded In Spokane While Competing Worldwide

Triathletes can seem almost superhuman. The average person often marvels at their ability to swim then bike then run—especially in grueling long races like the Ironman (2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike, 26.2-mile run). To succeed at such feats, elite triathletes (pros) and devoted age groupers (amateurs) often pour hours daily into training. A two-workout day might

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Was This Man Cheated Out Of An Olympic Medal? Don Kardong and the strange case of East German Athletics

As he raced down the tunnel into the bowels of Olympic Stadium, chasing the East German runner leading the race, it did not matter whether the time gap was 3.2 seconds or 3.2 minutes. On that balmy, wet evening of July 31, 1976, in Montreal, Spokane’s Don Kardong would be “stuck in 4th place” in

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Adventure Racers Are Made, Not Born: Turning North Idaho Into Off-Road Multi-Sport Mecca

It all started with an unflattering picture in Hawaii. The image of a whale that had beached itself on shore was actually the photo of a man, about to reach his turning point. “I realized I was fat, middle-aged and white,” says Dave Adlard, director of Adventure Sports Week. “I couldn’t change it all, but

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