It was heart disease that ultimately killed 58-year-old ultrarunner Micah True in late March, according to an autopsy
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You know you are talent-rich when you don’t bother to include the current world record-holder on your Olympic marathon squad.
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May 8, 2012
When Tenzig Norgay and Ed Hillary first topped out on Everest in 1953, it took five days for the news to reach the outside world.
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May 8, 2012
Just like a car, your body needs fuel to keep it going. But not just any fuel will do, especially if you want to push your body to extremes of speed and endurance.
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Gabriel Medina (Brazil), 18, took the top spot at the ASP Prime Nike Lowers Pro last Saturday, May 5, defeating surfing vet Glenn Hall (Ireland), 30, in
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At least eight people were found dead last Saturday, May 5, when a spring storm changed suddenly from rain to snow near Nagano, surprising climbers in Japan's Northern Alps.
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Annapurna strikes again: On Saturday, May 5, Tibor Horvath, a member of the Hungarian Annapurna Expedition, was reportedly killed by an ice avalanche just above Camp 2, as he descended the mountain
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The sky is falling on Everest. Or, more accurately, rocks are falling because no snow will.
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It’s been a harrowing couple of days of racing in Denmark, as the Giro d’Italia wraps up its first few stages abroad and heads south for some Italian sunshine.
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May 7, 2012
Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly recently unveiled plans to, ahem, upgrade the East Rim of the Grand Canyon.
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The 2012 Giro d’Italia promises to be an exciting one, as usual. A very challenging...
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It’s old hat by now that sports drinks like Gatorade and Powerade are a bit sugary (but it’s also understood
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While most of the cycling world is focused on the Giro d’Italia, at least a few pros ar
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At the end of this summer, a squad of current and former Penn State track athletes will attempt to break the 1,000-mile relay record.
The world-record attempt is being put...
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In my competitive cross country days, my appetite was never satisfied.
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Move over Amundsen, Peary and Nansen.
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It’s been just over a month since Micah True, the ultrarunner made famous by the best-selling 2009 book Born to
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Want to live longer? Go for a run.
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It’s a well-known fact that most put-ins, trailheads, campsites, crags, breaks and slopes are miles from a decent espresso (cyclists and runners, you are excused from this conversation).
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A gray whale baby boom has led to an explosion in the number of calves spotted off the California coast.