Category Archives: Racing

The Tinman

Mariah McPherson wrote this on Friday, September 11th, 2009

Categorized as Ambassadors, California, Racing, Training, Triathlon

I ran track in high school, but never was a fan of the stress that it induced. I liked running, however, not racing. I didn’t like the pre-race butterflies, the side aches or the high [...]

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East Coast Events — beginning SUNDAY

Peter Wadsworth wrote this on Saturday, August 29th, 2009

Categorized as Adventures, Ambassadors, Racing

It’s a sweltering and humid 80 degrees in VT with Hurricane Bob kicking up epic surf just a few hours away on the coast, and that can only mean one thing:
Ski season is close!
OK, not [...]

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Give One Back

Mark Scholl wrote this on Friday, August 7th, 2009

Categorized as Adventures, Ambassadors, Causes, Racing

Runners at the start of Speedgoat 50K held at Snowbird Resort
(All pics taken by cell phone.)
Just a humble plea to those who enjoy racing…whether it’s road or mountain running, adventure racing, riding road or mountain [...]

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Tour de Trainer: Discovering new levels of suckiness

Dina Mishev wrote this on Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Categorized as Adventures, Biking, Racing, Rants, Training

Yeah, so 177 riders – national, world and Olympic champions; Lance Armstrong — started the Tour de France a few days ago. They’ll be riding over 3,000 kilometers and some of the world’s most challenging [...]

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MTBuilt for Two

David J. Swift wrote this on Friday, June 19th, 2009

Categorized as Adventures, Mountain Biking, Racing

It was touch and go there for a while. Where are they? Lost? Eaten by bears?
No. They had lost their GPS doodad.
Jay and Tracey Petervary, a Jackson Hole couple, are riding a tandem mountain bike from [...]

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Spring Skiing in the Whites

Joe Klementovich wrote this on Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Categorized as Adventures, East Coast, Racing, Skiing, Spring

Spring has finally arrived in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

The gullies are full of corn, ripe for the picking. Another banner year of snowfall has giving us a bit longer of a spring ski [...]

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Freeride World Tour: Verbier Extreme 2009

Jessica McMillan wrote this on Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Categorized as Racing, Skiing

It is always an honor to compete in the Verbier Extreme. It is the biggest freeride competition in the world with some of the best skiers in the world. The streets of Verbier are filled [...]

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Heather Paul Memorial Rando Race – Last Chance!

Dina Mishev wrote this on Monday, March 16th, 2009

Categorized as Causes, Racing, Skiing

I’ve got a few nicknames: “One gear,” “single speed,” “asshat.”
Actually, that last one is more a term of endearment … at least I hope so, as it comes out of my husband’s mouth several times [...]

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Team America! F*%# Yeah!

Ian Anderson wrote this on Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Categorized as Europe, Racing, Skiing

Sari and I are in France where she’s racing in the 24th annual Pierra Menta, an infamous, four-day randonee stage race, where 180 teams of two will skin up and ski down over 10,000 meters [...]

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Toughen Up Camp

Lauren M. Whaley wrote this on Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Categorized as Racing, Videos

Toughen Up Camp from Lauren M. Whaley on Vimeo.
When his Brown University football buddies visit each year from the east coast, Stefan Fodor makes gives them the full western treatment. They shoot guns, shotgun beers, [...]

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