Back in January, Ragnar, along with Salomon, announced the big news that the Ragnar Relay would take to the trails for the first time and Utah would be the first place to host a trail event. That race is happening at the Zion Ponderosa Ranch in April. Today a new stop in the Ragnar...
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Running shoes come is all shapes, sizes, and styles these days, and Altra, a Utah company specializing in “biomechanically proper footwear,” has joined the fray with their Zero Drop designs. The Lone Peak trail running shoes are a classic example of of this, and I got to test out a pair to see what...
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Summer may be winding down, but there are still plenty of warm weather events to participate in, like the Hidden Peak Challenge and Widow Maker races at Snowbird. Both events, one a trail running race, the other a mountain biking hill climb, take place on September 15th. If you’re a runner, then take the...
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It’s 3 AM and I’m halfway through my third leg of R-Scape. Someone has taken my lungs and replaced them with lead filled balloons, tied an anchor to my ass and then acquired the help of gremlins to dismantle the soft tissue of my hamstrings. Well, in reality, I just finished climbing that fun...
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Patagonia Footwear is hitting the trails hard this year with a big expansion of their trail running line. These new light-and-fast kicks are supposedly Patagonia’s lightest shoes they’ve ever made, and are an indication that their focus will be on performance shoes next year. First up is the Patagonia EVERmore, the company’s lightest shoe...
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In a world populated by runners, there are runners, and there are trail runners. And for the those trail runners, there’s the R-Scape 18 Hours of Ogden, 18-hour relay race that’s run entirely on trails that wind around Ogden’s east bench. This year’s R-Scape 18 Hours of Ogden begins on Friday, August 10th, and...
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Are you in? That’s what I think of when I see the moniker R-U-N? But in reality, the acronym comes from the race organizer who has a dog who knows English too well. As she put it, “once my dog learned what “run” meant, we had to start spelling it out so he wouldn’t...
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Performance cotton – that’s a misnomer, right? Well, it wasn’t long ago that cotton was verboten among outdoor circles due to the fabric’s lack of moisture management. But times have changed and the Polarmax AYG underwear with XTRdry™ performance cotton is proof. What’s more, there’s even AYG (All Year Gear) tech silk shirts and...
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Don’t call the new Salomon Synapse a hiking boot. Hell, don’t even call it a hiking shoe. For all the comfort I felt the first time I put these guys on my feet, I’d rate them something more akin to a hiking slipper. But that was at home. Judging by the light weight, ultra...
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Suunto has long been a brand that makes high-quality, precision technical watches for training, diving and outdoor sports, but one thing has always been lacking in their watches which their competitors have had for years – GPS. Well, that’s all about to change as Suunto listened to its customers’ demand and launched the new...
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