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Castle Hill Fitness launches free Weekly Workouts at Waterloo series
The lawn outside Moody Amphitheater will host free fitness classes. Photo courtesy Waterloo Greenway Conservancy[/caption] Add this series of classes at Waterloo Park to the free fitness file… Castle Hill Fitness will offer a series of free community fitness classes...

Drop by Athletic Bar for non-alcoholic beer and a workout
Last year, when Athletic Brewing Company mailed me a shipment of non-alcoholic beer to sample, I gave most of it away to my non-drinking friends. If I wanted a beer, I thought, I’d go full octane. If I didn’t want one, why try to fake it? Choices have long been...

I’m test driving a pair of Hoka trail runners before my Grand Canyon trip
I’m pretty sure no one ever picked out a pair of Hoka One One shoes because they liked how they look. Or if they did, they’ve got an entirely different shoe aesthetic than me. I saw my first pair of Hoka One Ones, with their almost cartoonishly thick soles, at The...

Leap in a spring-fed river at Pedernales Falls State Park
I moved to Texas with my family from Michigan when I was 4 or 5, and when we got here, my dad bought a copy of a book of interesting places to visit around Central Texas. Pretty quickly we stumbled into Pedernales Falls State Park. I can remember many trips to the...