By Mark Elmore You run. Or, you train for triathlons or cycling. Regardless of your primary sport, I have an alternative that is sure to spice up your winter: snowshoe racing. You heard right. In North Carolina, you ask? Absolutely. North Carolina boasts a number of fine ski resorts
By D.C. Lucchesi In a state more famous for tobacco and sweet potatoes, North Carolina has cultivated quite a field of distance runners hoping to represent the United States in the London Olympics. Their next hurdle, pardon the pun, is January’s Olympic Marathon Trials, run in conjunction with the
By Joe Nuss After shutting down the second relay point at the inaugural Duke Medicine Ramblin’ Rose Half-Marathon, I made my way to the finish line, where I was greeted by a sea of pink shirts on the lawn beside the Durham Performing Arts Center. The city
Let Me Run! After coaching Girls On The Run for elementary-age girls, Ashley Armistead could not wait for her sons to have a similar opportunity: an after-school running program that offered a safe space where the boys could be themselves, express their fears and dreams and feel the
Challenges for Boys A current challenge for boys is the “Boy Code” that Dr. William Pollack, the senior adviser for Let Me Run, writes about in his book “Real Boys.” As a result of this code, boys develop a “mask of masculinity” to hide their shame, vulnerability
Get Moving with RUN@WORK Day On September 16, 2011, the Road Runners Club of America will promote the 6th Annual RUN@WORK Day nationwide. Company-based wellness programs, human resources departments, running clubs, running events, running shoe stores, and individuals nationwide are encouraged to plan fun runs and walks around
Operation Beautiful By Jennifer Kirby It was just one chemistry test. But when it came back with a bad grade, capping off an already stressful day, Caitlin Boyle escaped to the bathroom so her classmates wouldn’t see her cry. At 24, she was back in school, balancing
So There I Was ... By Victor Jimenez Riding my mountain bike, flying down a narrow swath of single track. Lightning was striking all around and the trail was now nearly invisible through the torrent of muddy water. I was alone, lost and freezing in Pisgah National Forest.
So There I Was ... By Brian Beatty There I was, with my father, above tree line in the Never Summer Mountains in Colorado. We were about 12 miles in on a 20-something jaunt when the weather changed and storm clouds blew in. I enjoy exposure, Dad
So, There I Was ... By Sage Rountree After a happy series of coincidences started by being in the right place at the right time, I found myself in Vancouver, racing for Team USA at the 2008 Age Group World Championships for short-course triathlon. The temperature in