So There I Was... By Brian Diaz A few of my buddies and I were hiking and mountain biking through Utah’s Grand Escalante National Park when we got a little off course and had to cross a river that was dark gray in color and flowing fast. While
So There I Was... By Angelina Stevens So, there I was, walking my mountain bike down the long stretch of railroad tracks hovering 30 feet above a chilly Missouri river. In order to reach a new section of trails, I and the rest of my adventure racing team had to either cross the
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
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
The New Duke Cancer Center Building Components 7 total floors, 3 clinical floors 140 clinical exam rooms 75 infusion stations Radiation oncology services Imaging Notable Features Consolidates cancer services into one location Provides new multidisciplinary team spaces Connects to 14,000 square feet of renovated space in the Morris
Determination. I was excited to see the Runner’s World July Issue: Outrunning Cancer. More than two years ago, I conceived our very own “Cancer Awareness” issue to be run in July with the bold idea of snagging an exclusive Lance Armstrong interview. My mission was to tie together for
The Endurance Sport of Cancer Science By Joe Nuss In her play “Let Me Down Easy,” veteran movie and television actress Anna Deavere Smith explores the topics of medical care and end-of-life issues, like cancer. To create it, Smith used the exact words of people she interviewed -
Photo courtesy Marine Mud Challenge at Belmont Abbey. Wannabe Warriors, Spartans and Mudders Beware! By Joe Nuss Not all mud runs are created equal. True, most boast mud, throngs of participants, obstacles, post-race beer and race directors who almost always seem to be former British special forces,
My first mud run was Volkslauf held on Marine Corps Base El Toro, Calif., circa 1988. The challenge was a Marine Corps obstacle course separated by progressively deeper and thicker mud trenches. As the lightest member of our team, my job was to be the first to hit the