While for the most part hiking and trail running are safe, fun hobbies, there are precautions that you really ought to take if you plan to be safe out there. If you’re doing a hike in a municipal park or …
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Trip Report: Mount Pleasant.
Sunday we hiked up to Mt. Pleasant, which is a peak on a ridge that, together with Hessong Rock, forms a small massif-like formation just to the northwest of Mount Rainier, in Mount Rainier National Park. The way to get …
“Race” Report! The Park to Park Swim!
One nice thing about living in Seattle is that even when I can’t run (my hip is still injured), I have a lot of other things I can do. This past weekend, I participated in the Park to Park swim, …
Deep Frustration.
I mentioned during the Carkeek race report that my hip was bugging me. Well it turned in to a full-blown hip injury and as I write I haven’t run in almost three weeks. For a while I gutted through. But eventually …
Race Report: Carkeek Warmer Trail 10k.
Because Seattle has such a huge outdoors community, there are lots of opportunities for small races and intimate groups doing amazing and fun things. Last night, Melissa and I participated in one such event, hosted by Northwest Trail Runs. It’s …
Trail Report: Mount Defiance.
Today we got up disgustingly early in order to make sure we got a parking spot at the very popular Pratt Lake trailhead. We got there at 7 am, and there were already a lot of people there. But didn’t …
Product Review: LifeStraw.
Hello and welcome to Boundary Conditions’ first ever product review*. Today we review the LifeStraw, a device that allows people to drink from lakes and rivers and streams and such without worrying about getting sick. It’s a cute, portable, easy …
Trail Report: Twin Falls and Mount Washington.
Sunday, Melissa and I went out with the intention of doing 16.5 miles and about 4200′, running three segments of trails from the same trailhead: the Twin Falls trail, the Mt. Washington peak, and then a little stretch on the …
My Gold Medal.
I came to fitness and athletics later in life. As a younger man, I smoked a pack a day and was more than 50 pounds overweight. I drank too much. I ate terribly. And I was depressed and anxious, and …
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