Let me start by saying, you DON’T need special gear for trail running. All you need is a trail, some shoes, and the desire to enjoy the trail. But if you are addicted to gear like I am, you are always looking for the latest/greatest shoe, or sock, or jacket, or hydration device. Here’s a […]
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Located in the sweet spot between the Cascades and the Selkirk mountains, Spokane’s surrounding region hosts thousands of acres of public lands with hundreds of miles of trails. Resting on the edge of the arid Columbia River Basin, the stable climate almost permits year-round trail running. Spokane County features the two largest State Parks in
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Spring Dash (April 23): This is a great race to kick off the running season and raise funds for United Way of North Idaho. The beautiful course passes through downtown Coeur D’Alene and starts and finishes at McEuen Park. Priest Lake Spring Run (May 28): Choose from half Marathon, 10k, 5k or 1k Kids Dash
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For many kids who run, Bloomsday suffices. At nearly 7.5 miles, it’s long enough to require training if they want to take the race seriously, but short enough that many of them can show up on race day and just pound out (or run-walk) the distance. Far fewer kids are interested in racing longer distances,
It took almost a decade of living within a couple of miles to successfully navigate the eastern side of Spokane’s South Hill. Streets run in all directions and then suddenly dead-end. Little gravel connectors appear at random. Before you know it, you’re GPSing your way around, and that shortcut to Trader Joe’s wasn’t such a
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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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Over the past few years I’ve vacillated between running and climbing, but I always seem to hit a plateau that prevents me from making gains in either sport. I’ve watched my friends improve their flexibility and strength by incorporating yoga into their training routines. The benefits to yoga are numerous and include reduced stress, increased
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Why run trails? I have lived in the Northwest since 1982, but I actually didn’t start running until 2007 because it was required for a triathlon I wanted to do. I liked mountain biking and road biking, and I used to race mountain bikes back in the 90s. I just didn’t like running. It hurt,
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Catra Corbett has run upward of 120 races of over 100 miles each. She’s one of only a handful of people in the world to have broken the hundred 100-miler barrier – and she runs all those miles mostly on fruit, nuts and plant-based protein shakes. When she started 20 years ago, Corbett says, people
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