Introduction With only a mile to go in the women’s U.S. Mountain Running Championship race at Loon Mountain, New Hampshire, Megan Deakins, a former student at Duke University, needed to pass one more runner to qualify for the U.S. Mountain Running Team and travel to Italy for the
The sport of trail running has grown from a fringe endeavor to a mainstream pursuit. There’s just something special about running in the woods, mountains, and deserts that pushes me further physically and mentally than running in the city. In his article “Hit the Dirt - Ditch the Pavement,”
By Scott Schneider | Here are five reasons why you should join the trail-running movement.
Trivium Racing is excited to be producing The North Carolina State Triathlon Championship on October 5th, 2014 in Greensboro at the Lake Townsend Marina and Bryan Park. This Sprint distance triathlon will take place in scenic Bryan Park in and around Lake Townsend. The course features a 750m triangle
By Brian Beatty The siren call of the trails captures us. Escape, disappear, rejuvenate, breathe, relax, connect to the natural rhythm of the earth, find balance; we each have own way of describing what we get from the experience. The off-road experience helps us in many ways. It can
Running has major benefits to overall health and well-being but can also cause stress and strain on your muscles. For this reason, many runners find massage therapy to be beneficial in alleviating pain, preventing injury and stretching out muscles before and after long runs. Massage therapy from a licensed
By James Haycraft I’m going to come right out and say it: Most triathletes use a wetsuit because it makes swimming “easier.” They prefer wetsuit swims because they know that they won’t have to work as hard as they would in non-wetsuit legal swims. Wetsuits greatly enhance classic adult-onset-swimmer
By Brandon McDearis This month’s recipe requires minimal work and the payoff is one of convenience and great flavor. You can think of these bars as a homemade trail mix with the added step of mixing and baking. They are great to have around on the trail, in your
By Brian Diaz The ab pike is one of the most performed exercises on the suspension trainer. It is also one of the most wrongly done exercises on the suspension trainer. Often, people complain of low back pain and more in their hip flexors than in the abdominals. I’ll
Since its inception in 2006, Run for Green has become a premiere running event in the area, with challenging courses – all USATF-certified. The run this year is again presented by MSC Industrial Supply Co. and numerous community-minded sponsors. The courses – 5k, 10k and half-marathon – all begin
