1.0% Two or More Races 0.5% Black or African American 0.5% American Indian or Alaska Native 3.5% Declined to answer CDT Hiker Education 51.5% Bachelor’s degree 18.5% Master’s Degree 9.7% Some college (no degree) 6.2% Associate degree 4.2% High school or equivalent 2.7% PhD 2.6% 12th ...
With the help of his wife Dorothy, they packed into the family van and found races to run and volunteer at all over the country. Though never a runner herself, Dorothy became the “ultimate crew chief” for Jans. She took extensive notes, took pictures of what Jans wore so he had a r...
The 2022 Tour de France was one of the best races ever, and I couldn’t get enough of it. Reading rider reflections, a persistent theme stood out: doing the Tour changes you. Three weeks of the hardest racing in the world can spur physiological supercompensation. But even more than that...
This aid-station was not where I pictured it in my head. Like previous Canyons, I thought it was down by the water but that’s called Rucky Chucky (or was in past races). Shawn told me that the actual aid-station was at the top of huge hill and was the Driver’s Flat staging ar...
I’ve done many other trail races since and none compare. I’ve done it 7 times now, going back to 2013. Skipped 2015 for some volcano climbs in Mexico and skipped 2020 because I assumed it wasn’t happening (I was wrong). And even though we’ll never be anywhere near the front ...
In the event a runner should choose to leave an aid station and return to the trail after being told by aid station personnel that they missed the cutoff and are being pulled from the race, the runner will be disqualified from the race and may be banned from future races. Drop Bags: l...
races to the future of running. Kortnee Borden, Matt Geofroy, Meddy Andrews and James Koka are friends and hosts of The Crossing Lines Podcast. They are long time friends and long distance runners talking about running, run culture and life while having some laughs along the way. Lace up ...
The Switchback Travel team has been cruising mellow mountain singletrack and boulder-strewn trails for years. Former editor-in-chiefJohn Ellingsand former senior editorJenny Abeggdrew from endless runs, races, and mountain scrambles—both locally in the Pacific Northwest and as far abroad as souther...
But before long, more than 7,500 competitors were taking part in theseven racesthat now make up the event – which stopped for only one year (2020) during the pandemic. There’d be many thousands more if they weren’t weeded out by a points system (which you accumulate by running in ...
I’m really looking forward to getting back to that Hiker Trash life style. Anyway, many thanks to all those who have wished me well on my journey. It’s greatly appreciated! Cheers to all for a great summer! See you in August! Happy Trails! Posted in Pre-Hike | 6 Comments ...