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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...

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...

I’ve never had a problem peeing in the woods. In fact, I generally prefer squatting behind a tree to some of the restrooms I’ve encountered at roadside convenience stores. But long-distance paddle racing presents its own array of challenges, especially when it comes...

A little more than a year ago, I retired the Trek 5200 road bike I’d been pedaling back and forth to the Austin American-Statesman for 15 years and bought a gravel bike. Since then, I’ve been riding my new Specialized Diverge (nickname Banana Cream Pie) gravel bike...