Inc. magazine on Newton Running

Interesting story this week on Inc. magazine’s website. It’s a profile of Newton Running, the shoe company out of Boulder, Colo. Great background and all…

Gear Review: Petzl SiGNAL light

The bottle-cap-size SiGNAL light from Petzl is a “multidirectional performance safety light,” according to the company. It’s a backup light source and blinker made for…

Rogaine Orienteering Race

In this feature story on the Minnesota Orienteering Club’s annual Rogaine event, I chronicle a six-hour backwoods race involving swamp swimming, flag finding, brush crashing…

Workout Wear

Preparing for outdoor adventure, be it backpacking, biking or mountain climbing, can require ample time training indoors. Here are a few pieces of apparel –…

Gracie’s Gear Sports Bra

The inspiration for Gracie’s Gear Inc.’s debut product came two years ago when founder Lauren Grace Updyke was training for her first marathon. She had…

‘O,’ The Defeat

Can you say ‘spanked’? Out of my league, maybe. This weekend I raced in the Big Blues Ramble orienteering meet outside Chicago, where a hundred…

Orienteering Gear for A-Meet

Tonight I head south from Minneapolis on the long drive to Chicago, where the Big Blues Ramble orienteering meet is taking place in the woods…

Inov-8 Debrisoc Column

Walk a mile through any woods, run down a ragged trail, and the chance of collecting a twig or pebble in your shoe is fairly…

12 hours + 26.2 miles = ?

I’m likely in over my head this weekend: At 1 p.m. this afternoon I’m heading to North Dakota to race in the state’s first-ever adventure…

Newton Running Shoe Review

Innovation in the realm of running shoes often comes in the form of new colors, added padding, or subtle — sometimes gimmicky — design tweaks…

The Stick

The Stick has been around for a while. I’ve seen guys hawking it at those trade-fair venues set up before marathons and tris for years.…

Inov-8 Race Pro 12 Pack

Inov-8’s new Race Pro 12 is an “elite lightweight hydration pack” made for trail running, cycling, adventure racing, and other off-trail excursions where speed is…

Kahtoola MICROSpikes

Yes, these are crampons. Well, sort of. Pedestrian crampons. But with 10 spikes, each one 3/8-inch long, and made of stainless steel, the Kahtoola MICROSpikes…

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