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This home-made pull-up bar is kicking my butt
Back when shelter-in-place started here in Austin, my husband installed a pullup bar made out of an old set of bicycle handlebars and a length of waterski tow rope on a tree in the front yard. The thing hangs there, taunting me. I venture out from behind my computer...

Sweet and sturdy: Good Juju Energy Balls by distance runner Katie Visco
I’m always looking for stuff to eat while I’m out adventuring. It needs to taste good, but it’s got to be sturdy, too, it’s wearing a tiny suit of armor. Cheese melts, fruit gets mushy and white bread smushes - I need something that holds up. Ever hopeful, I ordered a...

Miss your biking friends? Join this online Texas Gravel & Cross Happy Hour on Wednesday
Have shelter-in-place orders thrown off your cycling mojo? Capital City Racing will host the first Texas Gravel & Cross Happy Hour tomorrow on YouTube, so you can commiserate with other grounded athletes. “You join in and tell us something funny, make a snarky...

I jumped in the lake at dawn today, and it felt great
For the past 35 years, I’ve jump-started three-quarters of my days by leaping into water. Swimming jolts me awake. It feels like a full-body hug from Mother Nature, and gives me time, inside my head, to think, subconsciously solve problems and even frame articles I’m...