These tips from a PeaceHealth dietitian can help you finetune your plan. Are you planning to run the Bellingham Bay Marathon or another long-distance race? We asked PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical …

Photo by Tony Moceri. Story and photos by Tony Moceri The feet in front of me deftly navigate the rocks and roots as they scamper up the trail. Quickly, the trail running shoes I’m following reach …

COVER: A waterfall hundreds of feet high, full of stair-stepped drops, born on high snowfields and alp slopes, presents Jenny Abegg with a view to ogle over while fording. Photo by Jason Hummel. Fall …

Andy Porter photo from file A man jogging on a trail north of Lake Whatcom was attacked by a black bear August 3. According to a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) press release , the …

Reflections of a rainy marathon. File photo By Robert Rush, M.D. With sunnier skies, longer days and the Bellingham Bay Marathon coming up in September, it’s a good time to start talking about how …

Story and photos by Krissy Moehl S eptember 4, 2019 Janet starts to rock a bit and I let off the gas as the potholes deepen. Having turned off the paved road in my van (my family has an affinity for …

By Hannah Singleton I was hiking in the hills outside Bellingham when I arrived at what I thought would be a trail junction. Instead, the overgrown logging road dead-ended and I grabbed my phone and …

The 2020 Trail Running Film Festival is going virtual. Get a ticket at trailfilmfest.com and on May 1, you'll get a link to the the show that can be used to watch live or view it later. The full …

By Sneha Patel, doctor of osteopathic medicine P eaceHealth is the title sponsor of the Bellingham Bay Marathon , which takes place on September 29, so we’re focusing our attention on training our …

Mike Bateman rides Mullet on Galbraith Mountain. Paul Kelly photo. By Oliver Lazenby I. Evolution In the past 30 years, Galbraith Mountain has gone from a little-used patch of forest where dirt …

A change to the historic race allows competitors to race in three legs. Teams can have between three and eight members. By Oliver Lazenby What’s the hardest segment in the seven-leg Ski to Sea …

Politicians on first ascents, highest peaks, glaciology and an accidental bowel movement By Jason D. Martin Our last installment of mountain trivia was popular so we’re back with more. Think you …

Aspire Adventure Running guide Alex Giebelhaus on Church Mountain. Abram Dickerson photo. Festival 542, coming to the end of the highway this fall, will allow runners to make connections and run from …

The summit of Sherman Peak. Chris Duppenthaler photo. By Oliver Lazenby In 1938, the town of Concrete in the North Cascades foothills went dark and lost power just as aliens invaded in Orson …

By Oliver Lazenby Photos by Tyson geBauer Swimming and running both offer simplicity. You can do either sport with basically no special, expensive gear. Put the two together and they still don’t …

  Kristen Ingman at her studio in Bellingham. Stefanie Donahue photo. Story and photo By Stefanie Donahue It takes more than a set of oil paints and the right brush for Pacific Northwest painter …

Story and photos By Amelia Bethke 6 a.m., November 18 South Kaibab Trailhead, 7,260 feet From the dark, a frigid wind clawed at my legs, my spandex leggings seemingly disintegrated, and I am totally …

Illustration by Doug De Visser By Oliver Lazenby There’s a pill for that. Maybe “that” refers to heart disease, ADHD, depression, obesity or a galaxy of other ailments. But there’s also …

Krissy Moehl, left, running with Jenn Shelton on the John Muir Trail in 2013. Ken Etzel photo. By Oliver Lazenby When Krissy Moehl quit her day job seven years ago for ultra running, it allowed her …

Runners in Bellingham at the beginning of a run from Bellingham Bay to the summit of Mount Baker and back last year. Photo by Chris Duppenthaler. By Oliver Lazenby Dan Probst wants to hold a trail …