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The world’s most popular cycling race, the Vätternrundan, sees 13,000 hearty souls riding 196 miles around a lake in Sweden, in a single day. In 2024, one finisher was 89 years old. On the cusp of my own 60th birthday, I interviewed this gracious gentleman and three other super elderly finishers for wisdom on athletic longevity.
Bicycling
Edited by Leah Flickinger
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Cyclist Lael Wilcox rode 18,000 miles in 108 days, breaking the Guinness’s around-the-world record. I pedaled 100 or so miles in her slipstream to get a sense of her hopeful, inclusive spirit and her badassery.
Red Bulletin
Edited by Nora O’Donnell
After hundreds of years, dams along Boston’s Charles River could come down to let the currents run wild and free—and help the environment. To get a closer look, I kayaked the 75-mile length of the river.
Boston Magazine
Nineteen-year-old Ku Stevens is both a record-breaking distance runner and an inspiring Native American activist intent on exposing the dark history of Indian boarding schools.
Red Bulletin
Edited by Nora O’Donnell
Iohan Gueorguiev made beautiful films about his adventures cycling all over the world. In the eyes of his 100,000 YouTube followers, he had a dream job. So why, then, did things so wrong for him?
Bicycling
Edited by Leah Flickinger
Gold Medal winner, Adventure Travel, 2022 Lowell Thomas Awards
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How do you escape Joseph Stalin? In June 1945, Soviet naval mechanic Valeri Minakov slipped away from the coast of Siberia in a small, homemade walrus-skinned boat, intent on reaching Alaska. He suffered from paranoid schizophrenia. His six-year-old son, Oleg, was sitting in the bow.
The Atavist
Edited by Jonah Ogles
Snowboarding pioneer Jake Burton’s life story, as told by his closest associates.
The Red Bulletin
Edited by Nora O’Donnell
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In walking over 9,000 miles along the perimeter of the United States, Rue McKenrick got shot at, got stopped by police 20 times, got attacked by biting ants, had a tree fall on him and battled depression. And he never stopped being an idealist.
Backpacker
Edited by Casey Lyons
Three scientists chronicle the life, death, and the last stand of Grizzly Glacier.
Backpacker
Edited by Casey Lyons
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