Glen Tana to add public lands and trails to Riverside State Park By Carol Corbin Cover photo courtesy of Carol Corbin Why are there so many people on my trail? Ever had that thought creep in as you’re lacing up your trail runners, clicking into your pedals, or setting off with a fly rod in […]
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By Justin Short Cover photo courtesy of Justin Short The Great Spokane Shop Ride (GSSR) is a sort of hair scramble event in which riders gather on the second Saturday in April (the 12th this year) at the Riverfront Park clock tower to receive a stamp card, and at the stroke of 10 a.m. they
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By Lisa Laughlin Cover photo courtesy of Priest Lake Watersports If this list doesn’t send you into a race-registering frenzy, I don’t know what will. Our region is packed with incredible options for running, riding, triathlon-ing, and getting outside from March through October. The only problem, my friends: you can’t be in two places at
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HOURLY PRESENTATIONS ON OUTDOORSY TOPICS ALL WEEKEND LONG! The Spokane Great Outdoor Expo is the perfect opportunity to beat the cold and midwinter blues and get inspired for the summer season! This event is family friendly, chock full of fun activities for kids and adults alike, and an expo ticket includes entrance to the Spokane
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By Amika Taniguchi Cover photo courtesy of Lara Gricar The GRiT (Girls Riding Together) initiative is NICA’s (National Interscholastic Cycling Association) effort to recruit and retain more girls to mountain biking. The first nationwide program of its kind, GRiT focuses intentional effort on creating an inclusive and welcoming atmosphere for girls, who are underrepresented in
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By Justin Skay One summer day soon, you or me’ll be grinding up Beacon or Iller Creek, or maybe slipping up the pea gravel on Five Minute Hill or Trail 140, moondust pooling in streaks of sweat from overwrought body parts raw with the sandpaper sting of third-degree chafe. Over the dusty rasp of labored
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By Olivia Dugenet Cover photo courtesy of Bobby Whittaker I walked the newly opened stretch of the Children of the Sun Trail on a sunny afternoon from Hillyard’s Columbia Avenue to Cleveland Avenue in the Minnehaha neighborhood. Traffic hummed along Market Street while the still-dormant section of the North-South Corridor slept like a concrete giant.
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Cover photo courtesy of Myk Crawford Ready to run, bike, paddle, swim and have some new adventures in the upcoming race season? The 2024 calendar is packed with chances to test your mettle individually or as a team in outdoor races, runs and rides. Some dates are still TBA, and a few races have shuttered.
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As Pat Bulger noted in the March/April issue of Out There, and as Inland NW locals have known for years, Spokane is an incredible bike town. Whether hitting singletrack on Beacon Hill or Mount Spokane; enjoying the rolling terrain of the Palouse; executing threshold TT intervals in prep for triathlon season; or adventuring off-road to
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The first time I showed up to the 24-hour mountain bike race in Riverside State Park, I was riddled with anxiety. “Three laps? That’s 45 miles. How the hell am I going to survive 45 miles?!!” At the time, “exercise” was a dirty word to me. The fitness I did gain during the year was
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