by editor | Jul 9, 2018 | Active Lifestyle, Bike, Features, Fitness, Run
Cliff Cave is a park transformed. Since we last wrote about it in our May/June 2017 issue, this richly historic property has benefitted from a $4.3-million expansion that opens the park up to people of all ages and abilities — and adds a soaring overlook with...
by editor | May 14, 2018 | Active Lifestyle, Bike, Fitness, Run
There’s old African proverb that says, “If you want to run fast, run alone.” If only endurance sports were that simple. Sure, you can print out an Internet training plan and chug along, all by your lonesome, but how far (figuratively speaking) can you go on your own?...
by editor | May 14, 2018 | Run
I was about an hour into the 2018 Barkley Marathon and had just reached the Pillars of Death (a series of lichen-covered rock columns that you hopscotch over) when I looked down and saw that the waterproof sleeve holding my map was gone. My gut dropped, and I felt...
by editor | May 9, 2018 | News, Run
The 9th Ferguson Twilight Run takes place on Saturday, May 19, starting at 4:30 p.m. in the heart of downtown Ferguson. Since its inaugural race in 2010, the Ferguson Twilight Run has become one of the premier annual events of the greater St. Louis area. Each year it...
by editor | Feb 1, 2018 | Features, Run
The night before the 2017 MO’ Cowbell Half Marathon in St. Charles, in a floaty ceremony acted out with liturgical gravitas, Mark Spewak shuttled his left shoe into one room and his right shoe into another. The next morning, having put asunder what Saucony — his...
by editor | Jan 26, 2018 | News, Run
Held at Cedar Lake Cellars in Wright City, Mo., the Missouri Wine Wobble will give oenophiles the opportunity to work up a sweat and sample wine, too. The inaugural event on April 28 will offer a 1k walk/jog through the vineyards with tasting stops along the way, or a...
