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San Diego: The Fittest City

Surfing THE SCENE: From kid-friendly beaches to legendary breaks, San Diego is home to nearly a hundred surf spots. TRAINING GROUNDS: “I’ve surfed all over the world,” explains San Diego County resident and surfing legend Rob Machado. “There are not many places that are so compact with so many good surf spots.” Legendary breaks like Pipes at San Elijo State Beach, Swami’s in Encinitas, and Seaside Reef in Cardiff-by-the-Sea are world-renowned, while grommets (a.k.a. newbies) can hone their craft on the gentler waves at places like La Jolla Shores. EVENTS: There’s a constant calendar of amateur and pro surfing events, but the Annual Switchfoot Bro-Am at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas—which includes Nerf surf-jousting and a star-filled beachside concert—is the most entertaining. INSIDER’S TIP: Tourmaline Surfing Park at North Pacific Beach is a great place…

San Diego: The Fittest City

Dan Medhurst Last September, Medhurst visited Kazakhstan’s remote Charyn National Park, near the border with China and Kyrgyzstan, with writer Tristan Kennedy. Over three days mountain-biking along the park’s 700-foot cliffs, they saw almost no one, apart from the driver of the 4x4 that took them to the top of Charyn Canyon, where the photographer captured Kennedy and his brother, Rowan. “It was important to show how massive and empty the place was,” says Medhurst, who lives in London. “There was nobody there but us.” THE TOOLS: Canon 1D X, 70–200mm f/2.8 lens, ISO 500, f/5.6, 1/2,000 second Mike Schirf Marcus Caston was almost certainly the first person of the season to ski the fjords in Nordurfjördur, Iceland, where he and Schirf traveled last April. “The roads were just being cleared up,” says Schirf. “Marcus…

King of the Mountains

DALE REMSBERG FELL IN LOVE with the mountains as a kid in the Pacific Northwest. Now, as technical director for the American Mountain Guides Association, they’re his office. “Right from my very first AMGA course, I just knew that to make guiding a career, I had to become an AMGA guide.” Now certified to guide skiers and climbers across the world, Remsberg also teaches aspiring guides the finer points of mountain safety. “It’s very intellectual when your clients are young guides. You have to make sure you’re on top of your game.” Safety is a guide’s biggest priority, and having reliable, high-performance equipment isn’t negotiable. “Your gear has to do its job so you can focus on decision-making,” he says. That’s why Casio Pro Trek PRW3500 is essential: Its barometer allows Remsberg…

King of the Mountains

BETWEEN the LINES

Our Adventure Disorder Given the title of this magazine, it’s probably no surprise that we get the bullhorn out whenever research is published about the positive effects of time spent outdoors on the human brain and our overall wellness. As we’ve reported in the past, activities as simple as taking a short walk or smelling the forest soil—or even just staring at a photograph of the ocean—can profoundly counteract the stress and fatigue associated with our plugged in, screen-addled lifestyles. Outside plays a role in the digital deluge, of course. We contribute to the social-media firehose on an hourly basis via multiple feeds on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. We load inboxes with daily e-mails offering our latest Web exclusives on fitness, gear, and travel. We transmit 24-hour programming on Outside Television.…

BETWEEN the LINES

THE DISTINCTIVE UA logo of activewear brand Under Armour has been showing up in some unexpected places of late. The company, known for its affiliation with big-name athletes like Tom Brady and Stephen Curry (and crossover stars like Lindsey Vonn), recently sponsored trail runner Kyle Dietz and snowboarder John Jackson. It agreed to provide outerwear for employees at nine ski resorts in the U.S., including Killington and Deer Valley. It had a large booth at this year’s Outdoor Retailer, the industry trade show in Salt Lake City. It even signed on to become the title sponsor of the ski- and snowboard-porn auteurs at Matchstick Pro ductions, a move befitting its launch this winter of a modest line of topend snow jackets, pants, and bibs. In other words, the $3 billion com…

The Most Interesting Man in the World

ABOUT A THIRD of the way into A Splendid Savage ($30, W. W. Norton), author Steve Kemper addresses the lure of gold rushes during the late 19th century by noting, “Sometimes reality matched imagination.” The same is true of the book’s subject, Frederick Russell Burnham, whose life was so full of derringdo and fearless exploits that, lacking historical record, one would assume him to be myth, more Man with No Name than Wyatt Earp. Burnham manages to make them both look like armchair cowboys. He rode through an enemy camp of several thousand Ndebele warriors in an attempt to capture their king, was quickly surrounded, and escaped under cover of night. During his teenage years in the 1870s, Burnham tracked the Apa -ches then fighting in the Arizona Territory. He once ran…

The Most Interesting Man in the World

MORE THAN A THOUSAND years ago, chocolate was consumed one way: Mesoamericans fermented and roasted cacao beans, ground them up, blended them with spices, added water, and whipped it into a thick froth. “It was very bitter,” says Simran Sethi, author of Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love. Though shops in Mexico and Europe have continued to offer similar, sweeter versions of sipping chocolate, Americans are only recently rediscovering its pleasures, thanks to the burgeoning chocolate movement. “Chocolate is the new craft beer,” says Todd Masonis, cofounder of Dandelion Chocolate in San Francisco. Like brewers, chocolatiers want to transform the whole industry, including the drinkable stuff. Shops and coffee bars around the country are now offering $5-and-up glasses of sipping chocolate—both the thick, sweet, European-style drink, made…

High Fly in Center Field

THIS FEBRUARY, Fenway Park’s most distinctive structure won’t be the Green Monster, the 37-foot-high left-field wall inside the 103-year-old home of the Boston Red Sox. It will be the 140-foot-high snow-covered ramp. On February 11 and 12, sixty of the world’s best snowboarders and freeskiers—including Americans Sage Kotsenburg, the gold medalist in slopestyle snowboarding at the Sochi Olympics, and Joss Christensen, who took gold in the same event for skiers— will huck themselves off the incline before a crowd of 20,000 people (and an estimated million-plus viewers on the NBC Sports Network) during the big-air competition of the U.S. Grand Prix freeskiing and snowboarding tour, which will make previous stops in Park City, Utah (halfpipe), and Mammoth Lakes, California (halfpipe and slopestyle). But before the athletes can vie for the…

High Fly in Center Field

The Key to Their Olympic Dreams? Your Wallet.

IN 2013, AFTER eight years of early mornings training in freezing temperatures, Drew and Danny Duffy were named to the U.S. Ski Team. There was just one more hurdle to overcome before the brothers from Vermont could compete: come up with $25,000 each for travel expenses for the season. The U.S. Alpine Ski Team, like most Olympic sports organizations, earns money primarily through fund raising and sponsorships, which often generate enough to cover travel for only its 20 or so top competitors. To raise cash, the brothers turned to crowdfunding. While Kickstarter campaigns typically promise early versions of products or a share in the company, athlete endeavors offer perfunctory gifts like signed posters—or nothing at all. That doesn’t keep donors from lining up. “They mostly just want to be a part…

The Key to Their Olympic Dreams? Your Wallet.

Running Down a Dream

WHEN ERROL JONES was growing up on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s and 60s, his mother used to tell him, “Everybody has a cross to bear. You bear yours.” It’s a philosophy that Jones took to heart, and it’s helped him endure dozens of ultramarathons over the last 35 years, including the Western States 100, Badwater Ultramarathon, and the Bear 100, which he co-directs. What’s more, “the Rocket” is best known on the trail for acting as a pacer by running alongside fellow competitors who are hitting the wall, coaching and cajoling them to stay in the race. “I try to get them to come to grips with what’s happening and know that this won’t last,” says Jones. “Just roll with it for a while and it…

Running Down a Dream

An Embarrassment of Riches

1 Make a Plan The stars aligned. The grandparents agreed to take care of the kids, and my wife and I were free to fly. Two weeks, the two of us, New Zealand. But where to begin? My buddy Kyle scoffed when I asked him what the trip should include. “You need at least a month,” he said. After I compiled a hit list of ideas, I started to think he was right. A couple of deep breaths and two fingers of bourbon later, I surfaced with some waypoints. We would focus our efforts on the South Island. We needed to see old friends in Nelson, on the northwest tip, and I had become obsessed with mountain biking around Wanaka and sea kayaking in Doubtful Sound, both in the southwest. Now…

An Embarrassment of Riches

THE THING ABOUT out-of-bounds skiing is that the best untouched lines tend to be deep in the woods. Getting to them takes time, and that’s time you’re not making turns. Which is why we love huts: book one and you’ll spend the night where the snow falls without freezing in a tent. And sometimes the snow falls a lot. Waking up after a massive storm and knowing that you’re already there—no 4 A.M. alarm, no loading the car, no waiting in lift lines—is Christmas morning for ski loons. NO 1 British columbia ✦ Alpine canada operates 23 winter huts, but its crown jewel is heliaccessed bill putnam (also known as fairy meadow), which offers a staggering variety of terrain. it’s popular, so be prepared to apply for a lottery the spring before…

Tips and Tricks

Book It: These huts fill up quickly, so be prepared to reserve well in advance. You can usually find a single spot, but we recommend rounding up a crew of friends and booking the entire thing. Get There: most North American huts are ski-to only, and colorado’s 10th mountain system even enforces a nonmotorized zone. for a lot less work on the way in, some huts offer helicopter access, like british columbia’s kokanee glacier and Alaska’s Snowbird. Travel Light: Skinning with a heavy pack sucks. many huts provide bedding, so check in advance to find out whether you can ditch your sleeping bag. booze should have a high alcoholto-volume ratio—so no to wine, yes to whiskey. Stay Safe: it’s backcountry skiing, so bring the required safety gear— beacon, shovel, and probe—and practice using…

Tips and Tricks

Eastern Mountain Flyer

ADVENTURE TOOLS, TESTED & REVIEWED IN 2009, Vermont carpenter Jesse Loomis was frustrated. He wanted a snowboard that could handle the powder of his state’s steep, open fields and tight trees—the terrain he grew up riding to get away from skier-clogged resorts. But he couldn’t find one on the market that fit his needs. “With very few exceptions,” Loomis says, “most were variations on the classic popsicle-stick shape, designed by and large for park riding.” What he needed was a board with rocker, for speed and fl oat over deep stashes, but enough sidecut for hard carving and a fl exible body that afforded plenty of control. So Loomis set about crafting it himself. His creation, the PowderJet Gypsy, features a notched tail and pointed nose more reminiscent of the guns…

Eastern Mountain Flyer

Birds of a Different Feather

outer layers BEST FOR: Snowshoeing Hurricane Ridge The North Face FuseForm Insulated Dot Matrix $299 The only truly waterproof jacket here, the Dot Matrix offers optimal protection against soggy Pacific Northwest winters. Its HyVent shell easily repels water, and PrimaLoft Silver Eco fill doesn’t wet out in the rain. Pit zips and FuseForm construction— which integrates strong nylon in high-wear zones and breathable polyester through the torso—help keep you dry, too. thenorthface.com BEST FOR: Taking On All Tasks Westcomb Tango Hoody $300 The Canadian-built Tango may be outwardly unassuming— it’s preposterously thin, is short on fl ashy doodads, and has just two pockets—but the combination of breathable Polartec Alpha insulation and a weather-shedding Pertex shell makes it ideal for a host of cold-weather pursuits. This hoodie is perfect paired with a base layer for trail running…

Birds of a Different Feather

1. Jetboil MicroMo cooking system $130 Tiny but powerful, this stove weighs a mere 12 ounces, packs into its own container, and can boil two cups of water in just over two minutes. Pair it with the Pot Support ($9) and it will also fry up a pan of eggs and bacon. jetboil.com 2. PackTowl Personal towel $10 Crafted from a blend of polyester and nylon, the compact Personal soaks up four times its weight in moisture, then wrings out nearly bone dry—perfect for wiping down everything from damp equipment to dishes. cascadedesigns.com 3. Bernzomatic 3-in-1 Outdoor Micro torch $35 Sure, matches are great. But for those times when you need serious firepower, the Micro torch produces a concentrated fl ame that will have your woodstove roaring in minutes. The heated blade attachment lets you…

1. When it comes to denim, cut is everything. That’s why we’re fans of Duer’s L2X Slim Fit jeans ($129; dishand duer.com). Blended with a touch of Lycra for nonconstricting stretch, they’re way more comfortable than fancy selvage. 2. The Icebreaker Spire cardigan ($250; icebreaker.com) is woven from a cushy merino and acrylic blend, great for lounging fireside or on the lodge deck. 3. Your feet have been jammed into clammy ski boots all day. Give them a break with Stance’s Grainer socks ($14; stance.com). The smooth, combed cotton feels like silk compared with thick wool. 4. The Will Leather Goods Gunner belt ($35; willleathergoods.com) has a tight weave that all but guarantees a snug waistline, and it comes in 13 colors, so you can add pop to otherwise muted…

Curated Content

A. KinderBox $35 PER MONTH KinderBox casts a wide net with its minimum five monthly products, from EDC knives to shave cream to beer coozies. And since no case contains two items from the same category, you won’t get stuck with a pile of jerky. THE VERDICT: A well-rounded pick for do-it-all outdoorsmen. thekinderbox.com B. BivySak $75 PER QUARTER All the gear in one BivySak box would cost up to $120 if you bought everything separately. The company starts with a premium item like a Salomon Trail 20 pack and builds around it with offerings like a Nal gene bottle and hand warmers. THE VERDICT: Hardcore, quality gear on the cheap. bivysak.com C. The Feed $49 PER MONTH The Feed appeals to athletes at their core—the stomach. With six packages fit to individual sports, these boxes contain calories to keep you moving.…

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The Importance of Play

Everybody from psychologists to neuroscientists now agrees that play can relieve stress, increase happiness, and help us better bond with friends and family. The best part? Play works across ages, genders, races, and even species—consider how we play with our dogs—to bring us together. Here are five surefire ways to inject more play into your life. 1. Play, Don’t Compete You can’t play with a purpose and call it play, according to Stuart Brown, the head of the National Institute of Play and part-time professor at Stanford. That means no winners, no losers, and no one keeping score. Rather than seeing who can climb to the top fastest or catch the most air off that kicker, strive to get everyone in your group to the top or catching air. KEY TO SUCCESS:…

The Importance of Play

YOU’RE NOT DEAD UNTIL YOU’RE WARM AND DEAD

MIRACLE ON ICE The sun was setting over the Tantalus Mountains on March 31, 2014, when Christine Newman snowshoed past an empty ranger station and climbed the final rise to the Elfin Lakes shelter in garibaldi Provincial Park, about 45 miles north of vancouver. Twenty-four years old, with long blond hair, she was wearing rented snowshoes and a small daypack and was hiking alone. Temperatures were headed for the twenties as she settled into a bunk with more than a dozen other campers there for the night. ¶ At breakfast the next morning, someone remarked that at around 2 A.M., Newman had told her that she was leaving because she wanted to get an early start back to the trailhead, about seven miles away. The night had been clear, and the…

YOU’RE NOT DEAD UNTIL YOU’RE WARM AND DEAD

THE OUTDOOR INDUSTRY IS THE NEXT NRA

Not so long ago, the outdoor industry had essentially zero influence in state and national politics. Though individual companies played a role in conservation campaigns and other causes, there was little collective muscle to push issues like boating access to rivers and lakes the way, say, big oil can fight against higher fuel-efficiency standards in cars. that’s started to change in recent years, thanks to two developments. first, in 2006, the outdoor industry association (oia) began publishing an annual report detailing the massive impact of recreation on the U.S. economy, now responsible for $646 billion in annual consumer spending (twice what americans spend on pharmaceuticals) and 6.1 million jobs (a big enough number that recently proposed legislation could require the commerce department to start tracking it). Second, in 2013, Sally jewell,…

VEGANS WILL OWN THE PODIUM

IN 1991, A YEAR after going vegan, track star Carl Lewis put on the performance of his life at the World Championships in Tokyo, winning two golds and a silver. Lewis’s victory did little to encourage other competitors to renounce highprotein meats, but fast-forward to today and a growing number of pro athletes are switching to nonanimal fuel—from climbers (Steph Davis) and ultrarunners (Scott Jurek) to NFL linemen (David Carter) and tennis players ( Venus Williams). All of them claim that a plant-based diet makes them feel and perform better. Just as important, the recipes they’re using are delicious and—surprise—loaded with protein. Take this veggie and quinoa bowl, a go-to recovery meal of 18-year-old pro surfer Tia Blanco. We asked Danielle LaFata, director of nutrition at Exos, an elite training…

VEGANS WILL OWN THE PODIUM

ADHD IS FUEL FOR ADVENTURE

By second grade, it was clear that while Zack smith could sit in a chair, he had no intention of staying in it. he was disruptive in class, spoke in a loud voice, and had a hard time taking turns with others. his parents fed him a series of medications for attention-deficit hyper activity disorder, or adhd, many of which didn’t work. Zack, who attended school in west hartford, connecticut, was placed in special classrooms where he showed a propensity for lashing out. Twice suspended, he was miserable. He didn’t seem to care about anything at school. When his parents realized that his path would likely lead to worse trouble, they pulled the ripcord on eighth grade. Where Zack eventually landed is clinging spread-eagle to an east-facing slab of quartzite in…

ADHD IS FUEL FOR ADVENTURE

YOUR LOCAL SKI AREA SHOULD BE A NONPROFIT

It’s no secret that small hills are having a tough go of it. Between tight budgets, changing weather, and ever expanding conglomerate resorts, the only way to survive may be to forgo the pursuit of cash and seek 501(c) status. “It helps on taxes, and it may create some additional opportunities to reinvest in the ski area as a local community asset,” says Dave Byrd, director of risk management at the National Ski Areas Association. Take Antelope Butte in northern Wyoming. In 2011, when officials at Bighorn National Forest considered tearing down the facilities, locals created the nonprofit Antelope Butte Foundation to accept private funds; last September, the foundation made a $55,000 down payment on the $275,000 purchase price for the ski area. “It’s ours to either make happen or…

YOU CAN ACTUALLY HEAR THE CLIMATE CHANGING

SOUNDSCAPE ecologist Bernie Krause has recorded jaguars in the Amazon, ice in Antarctica, insects in Zimbabwe, rainstorms in Borneo, and orcas in the Pacific. The 77-yearold began studying nature’s sounds at age 30, later earning a Ph.D. in creative arts. (This was after two successful decades as a musician and producer.) He has since traveled to the world’s most remote areas to create an audio library that began as an inventory of the intricate symphonies unique to each ecosystem but has become a way to document biodiversity and, most recently, loss. Krause’s archive now consists of 5,000-plus hours of what he calls “whole habitat” field recordings. To get them, he sets up a wind-protected microphone on a tri pod, plugs it into a handheld recorder, and captures everything that occurs. More…

YOU CAN ACTUALLY HEAR THE CLIMATE CHANGING

AVALANCHE RESCUE NEEDS A REVOLUTIONARY

On January 7, 2008, Todd Weselake, a 23-year-old photographer living in Fernie, British Columbia, picked up two friends, Janina Kuzma and Ian Bezubiak, for a morning of backcountry skiing and snowboarding on the northern slopes of Mount Proctor, a 7,851-foot peak within view of town. The trio snowmobiled up a valley for 45 minutes, then climbed to an alpine ridge where they began their descent. From the start, they knew to be careful: prolific early-season storms had left the snowpack layered and unpredictable. Though Weselake had snowboarded the same run the previous day without incident, he and his partners descended with caution. They stuck together on low-angle slopes, where they crossed tracks from the day before, then paused above a wide gully halfway down. When Bezubiak, who was 23 at the…

AVALANCHE RESCUE NEEDS A REVOLUTIONARY

BICYCLE HELMET LAWS ARE DANGEROUS

There’s no question that helmets make cycling safer. A recent study by researchers at the University of Arizona found that wearing one makes you 59 percent more likely to survive a collision. But according to many bike advocacy groups, laws requiring that adults wear helmets actually lead to more injuries. How’s that? Studies show that the laws deter people from riding, and the fewer riders there are on roads, the more car-bike accidents occur. Research backs up the idea that more cyclists on city streets reduces the number of collisions with automobiles, though exactly why is unclear. Anti-helmet-law groups believe it’s because motorists become accustomed to sharing the road. “Nothing makes cycling safer than more cyclists,” says Keegan Stephan, an organizer for New York City advocacy group Right of Way.…

BREWERS ARE OUR MOST CREATIVE CONSERVATIONISTS

Among the countless industries affected by the California drought is craft brewing. Beer is water intensive—it takes seven barrels of water to make a bar rel of suds. So it’s no surprise that after four years of paltry precipitation, some of the golden State’s 570 craft breweries—the most in the country—are coming up with innovative approaches to conservation. In August, Anheuser-Busch-owned Shock Top, maker of a Belgian white ale, announced that it would fund water-saving projects through crowdfunding site Indiegogo. It’s first investment: $100,00 to a startup that produces rubber bricks to put in toilet tanks, reducing the amount of water used with every flush. But that effort was outdone in october by Mavericks Brewing in Half Moon Bay, which as a marketing stunt created an IPA made from recycled…

EVERYTHING IS A BARGAIN AND STILL NO ONE IS HAPPY

MOSS TENT WORKS STARLET (1983) $350 ($836 in 2015 dollars) (1) The ripstop nylon shell was tough but heavy, making for a 4.5-pound tent in your pack. (2) Just a single door on this two-person design. (3) Setup required two aluminum poles, taking up more space and weight than the Hubba Hubba’s one. MSR HUBBA HUBBA NX $400 (1) Micro mesh improves ventilation and drops the Hubba Hubba to almost a pound lighter than the Starlet. (2) Two doors means no tripping over your tentmate to exit. (3) Polyurethane and DWR coat ings cause moisture to bead up and roll off. LANGE (1965) $165 ($1,246 today) (1) The low-top de sign afforded minimal support. (2) Bob Lange developed the lightweight metal buckles himself; they were much easier to close than the lacing systems they replaced. (3) Lange made…

EVERYTHING IS A BARGAIN AND STILL NO ONE IS HAPPY

EATING RIGHT CAN SAVE THE WORLD

“Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are.” That’s what the French lawyer Jean anthelme brillat-savarin, who happened to have a deep love of gastronomy, wrote in 1825. A century later, a diet-hawking american nutritionist named victor Lindlahr rendered it as: “you are what you eat.” I propose revising it further: Tell me what you eat and I will tell you how you impact the planet. Most of us are aware that our food choices have environmental consequences. (Who hasn’t heard about the methane back draft from cows?) But when it comes to the specifics of why our decisions matter, we’re at a loss, bombarded with confusing choices in the grocery-store aisles about what to buy if we care about planetary health. Are organic fruits and…

EATING RIGHT CAN SAVE THE WORLD

DISCOMFORT IS THE SECRET TO HAPPINESS

Countless products promise to improve our lives by making them easier. (Think laptops, Boa closures, child leashes.) But a new class of industrial designers want to achieve that end by making things harder. That’s why Berlinbased Weng Xinyu, 28, created a lamp that switches on only when you slot your phone into the base, derailing sleep-disrupting latenight screen time. Another example: sitting is bad for you, even if you’re using an ergonomic office chair. So Benoît Malta, a 25-year-old French industrial designer, created a seat that has only two legs, forcing you to engage your core to stay upright while you sit. And because driving to work doesn’t make you (or the planet) nearly as happy as riding a bike, 32-year-old Matthias Laschke, a German industrial designer, devised a wall-mounted…

THE OUTDOOR LIFE IS A MAGNET FOR TECH GEEKS

THE BOULDER BOOM A consistent performer on Outside’s annual Best Towns list, Boulder, Colorado, is the quintessential adventure-tech hybrid. It has one of the highest percentages of STEM jobs in the nation and will soon be home to a new Google campus for some 1,000 employees. As you might guess, many tech companies here offer serious active-lifestyle perks. Consider these three. SLICE OF LIME 20 employees • The app company made Inc. magazine’s 2014 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. and sponsors regular staff hikes up Colorado fourteeners. SPHERO 100 employees • This smart-toy maker is known for its app-controlled balls and robots; employees take dawnpatrol ski laps at Eldora and cast fl ies in Boulder Creek at lunch. ZAYO GROUP 350 employees • This expanding company—it acquired 34 businesses in the past eight years—lays fiber-optic cable…

THE OUTDOOR LIFE IS A MAGNET FOR TECH GEEKS

60 IS THE NEW 25

It’s two days after Ned Overend’s 60th birthday, his back hurts, and he’s staring into the weeds at Suicide Six—billed as one of the oldest ski areas in the east—puzzling out how to avoid a broken hip. He pushes his gray carbon cyclocross bike up a 30-degree slope, noting ruts, loose dirt, a toad, and the keen left curve that tomorrow he’ll be taking at considerable velocity during the finishing sprint of the Vermont Overland Adventure Ride. Overend— known to his fans simply as Ned, à la Sting or Prince—stands five foot eight, weighs 140 pounds, and walks slightly bowlegged, like a cowboy who has forked a horse every day for six decades. “This isn’t good,” he says. Ned is concerned about the myriad loosegravel descents throughout the 52-mile grinder, essentially a…

60 IS THE NEW 25

PREVENTIVE MEASURES

1. Half Turkish Get-Up (unweighted) Lie on your back, right leg extended, left leg bent so your foot is fl at on the ground. Use your right arm to prop yourself into an upright seated position, with your right arm straight and your left elbow resting on your left knee. Push through the ground with your left heel to raise your hips toward the sky. As you do, raise your left arm so that it points at the ceiling. Repeat by lowering your butt to the ground, returning your left arm to your knee, and driving your hips and arm back toward the ceiling. 2. Bear Crawl On all fours, crawl forward ten steps, moving your opposing hands and legs forward at the same time. Stay low, with your back straight and your…

PREVENTIVE MEASURES

REGULARLY SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE

Superstuds like Ned Overend don’t get that way by charging relentlessly through middle age. They understand that at least half the game involves recovering properly, which allows for consistent hard efforts without the detrimental effects of overtraining. A nutrient-rich, plant-heavy diet and lots of sleep are essential, but a recovery plan that includes daily breathing exercises, foam rolling, and mobility work will help you rebound even faster. “A lot of top athletes come in wanting to improve their movement and speed, but their nervous system is out of whack or they’re broken down,” says Miguel Aragoncillo, a strength coach at Cressy Sports Performance in Hudson, Massachusetts. “There are techniques to help you regenerate between workouts and correct the problems.” Here are six of Aragoncillo’s favorite recovery exercises. Do them immediately following…

REGULARLY SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE

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