So There I Was ... By Cid Cardoso Jr. So there I was, floating in the Pacific, a quarter-mile from shore, looking for the dolphin fins I had spotted minutes before from the beach. It was two days after the 2008 Hawaii Ironman and I was exploring
So There I Was ... By Brandon McDearis So there I was ... at Hogar Belen, the orphanage in southern Peru that I have helped support since 2008. I was the last to arrive on the warm, sunny day off of that dusty road. I pulled into the
Survive and Thrive in Your Next Mud Run By Brian Diaz As an endurance athlete and outdoor enthusiast, I am routinely asked to do 12- and 24-hour adventure races, as well as 8- to 12-hour continuous mountain bike loops and road rides that challenge many aspects of
Devils Backbone Mountain Cross route ascends for 8 miles along the beautiful North Fork of the Tye river. Southeast Cyclocross, Oxymoron? Nah... By Joshua Stevens Those of you who know me, know that I love racing cyclocross. So when this month’s “Off Road” issue came up on the calendar, I
I wish the weight of my words could break another man’s jaw, but I’m not that interesting... yet. My pursuit of the Endurance Lifestyle has put me a half mile from shore in the Gulf of Mexico during a triathlon, in a poison dart frog infested jungle in
CHARLOTTE – The 10th Annual 24 Hours of Booty presented by Levine Cancer Institute spins past heat wave by surpassing all past 24 Hours of Booty, Inc. event fundraising records with $1.25 million raised to date. "We were thrilled to break the million-dollar mark prior to the event for the second
PHOTO CREDIT MELISSA DOBBINS Jennifer Pharr Davis Sets Sights on Appalachian Trail’s Overall Speed Record By Hilary Hutcheson Jennifer Pharr Davis, current holder of the Women’s Speed Record for the fastest thru hike of the Appalachian Trail, is back on the Appalachian Trail, hoping to make history by
Rethinking Fitness By Joe Nuss I’m staring at a brown nine-foot stone wall in Chapel Hill’s Forest Theater wondering in what way must I fail at this jump so that evolutionary fitness trainer Colin Pistell, founder of Fifth Ape, doesn’t ask me to try it again. I’m generally
How to ride faster by refining your pedaling technique By Victor Jimenez Recently I met with a client whom I have worked with for the past year on her pedaling technique. She originally came in for a bicycle fitting and through the fitting process we identified that part
Tracking Your Progress for Positive Fitness Gains Chris Eschbach, PhD, CSCS, HFS We often think of trail running as a low-tech endeavor, but for competitive runners and those just looking to improve their performance on the trail, monitoring progress and training effectively is key. The varied terrain that