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fitness, Goals, half marathon, outdoors, running -

Journey to the Half

I did something late last night I swore I would never do again. I signed up for a half marathon. This is not my first half. It will be my third. The reason for my swearing off of half marathons was because of my second. After little time to train, I went into it unprepared. I finished the last 3.1 miles in pain and agony due to major cramping and pain in my legs and feet.  All this because I simply didn't have the time to train. It was for this reason I swore off half marathons or anything longer....

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Belaey Rides Bike Across Slackline

Mountain biking is an impressive enough sport in and of itself, but apparently it wasn't impressive enough for Kenny Belaey, who is a four-time Union Cycliste Internationale world champion in mountain biking trials. The Belgian mountain biker decided that he needed to up the ante. He wanted to ride his bike across a slackline. And that's exactly what he did. In a ski area of the French Alps called the La Plagne, Belaey completed this amazing feat on a slackline stretching 59 feet across and 367 feet above a gorge. Belaey told Red Bull, "The moment my wheel touched the...

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conservation, deer, hunting, nature, outdoors, police -

Police in Missouri Town to Cull Deer

Earlier this week, I read an article about the town of Ellisville, Missouri deciding to allow their police force to cull an overabundant deer population. According to the article the town's mayor, Adam Paul, stated the population of deer has reached 52 deer per [square] mile and city officials have a goal of reducing said numbers down to approximately 30 deer per [square] mile. Now it's no question that the population is high, but the method the city has chosen to cull the population has become somewhat of a controversial topic among town citizens and even in the hunting community....

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Bigfoot, nature, outdoors, Sasquatch, weird -

Bigfoot Hunters Hamper Search for Texas Marijuana Suspects

Today, a handful of reports have come out of Texas about a $6.5 million marijuana farm being located by local officials. While the story itself is mildly interesting, it's not the reason I wanted to draw attention to it. Most reports mention in passing that Bigfoot hunters have hampered the police search for suspects behind the marijuana farm. While there are few details about what actually happened, our guess is the Bigfoot hunters were mistaken by local authorities as the marijuana growers, at least for a short time. This incident, though, brings up an important "note to self" moment: be...

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adventure, beautiful, meteor shower, nature, outdoors, photography -

Perseid Meteor Shower Images

We discussed in a previous blog about our journeying to the great outdoors to view the Perseid Meteor shower. The evening was absolutely spectacular, and our Oklahoma weather played very nice that evening. Over the course of the three or so hours we were in the field, John Sullivan, Carlus Call and myself together witnessed approximately 100 meteors streaking across the moonless night sky. While there, John Sullivan, our staff photographer, also captured some amazing images of the Milky Way, and even managed to snag a few with meteors streaking across the frame. Check out a few of the outstanding photographs...

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