This is a guest post by Lauren McClain On Saturday, people all over the country will join together to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day. Why Saturday? The date is March 21st, or 3/21. The date represents the number of 21st chromosomes people with Down Syndrome have. ...
Pay the Man Have you heard this saying before? This is the slogan of one of my favorite professional athletes Josh Bridges. He’s a retired Navy Seal and five-time CrossFit Games Athlete. Pay the man? What does it mean? What are we paying him? Who is...
by Bridgett Jensen Back in 1973, two Des Moines Register columnists decided to make a six-day bicycle ride across Iowa. They invited a few friends along on the adventure, and the number swelled to 120 participants and RAGBRAI (The Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa)...
Written by: Michael McKinney, CTB Why the heck would anyone run a 50k, let-alone a 50k trail run over difficult and at-times dangerous terrain? It’s a question I’ve been asked a few times as I prepared for my first ultra trail run a couple of weeks...
