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Cap10K picks Marathon Kids as 2021 race beneficiary
The Statesman Capitol 10,000 - which always ranks high on my must-run list, but was cancelled in 2019 due to a storm and in 2020 due to a pandemic - has announced Marathon Kids as the beneficiary of its 2021 race. The 2021 event, presented by Baylor Scott & White...

Sand, stars and solitude: Five days on the Salmon River
I'm still shaking the sand out of my gear after last week's whitewater rafting trip on the Salmon River in Idaho. The trip - five days of rafting, swimming in cool, swirling waters, sleeping on a tarp under the stars, and hiking up hillsides to watch bighorn sheep as...

The Trail Foundation’s gala goes socially distant this year
The Trail Foundation’s biggest fund-raiser of the year is adopting an in-person, socially-distant look this year. The Twilight on the Trail gala will take place in three outdoor sessions Nov. 1, at the Four Seasons Hotel. Tables of various sizes will be arranged on...

My assignment: Taste test a dozen Utah craft beers
I’m been making good use of my pandemic-induced time at home by educating myself through online classes here at home. So far I’ve studied chocolate, whiskey and cheese. Most recently, I dug into beer. Besides learning that beer is best tasted in tulip-shaped glasses,...