Dreaming of Dynamite I couldn’t fall asleep last night. I was too busy thinking about the logjam on Sol’s guided overnight Redrock Backpacker: Southwestern, Utah trip. The logjam grew by at least 4 feet between my May and August, 2007 trips, forming a waterfall out of what used to be a simple rock chute dropping …
The Making of a Zion Canyoneering Guide It’s time to devote some energy to the better half of what Sol Fitness Adventures represents: wilderness, and all things wild. We’ll start with the “Webb F-1’s.” The F is short for filial, of course, meaning my pure genotypical parents’ offspring; all nerdy biologists kids know this. One …
Look out, Laird Hamilton! I think I found my new toy – the paddleboard. My friend Amie and I had just hiked the Billy Goat Trail, a wild little gem on the outskirts of D.C., when we spotted a guy with ripped-up arms gliding across the pond on a board. He looked like he was …
I’ve always wondered how long it would take to walk a slow mile, but the competitor in me won’t let me do the research! Last Saturday’s Race for the Cure 5k in Washington, D.C. gave me the perfect opportunity to find out. Between my broken little toe (don’t ask, it’s not an impressive athletic story) …
Whoa, dag! I missed one of my favorite adventures of the season – the demolition derby in southern Maryland. Never mind the junker cars that remind me of my high school parking lot, the big bouncing ball car volleyball game, or the enraged driver fist-fights, it’s the plumbers-bumbs and beer bellies that I go …
Yesterday I was a guest fitness expert at Ferebee-Hope Elementary School’s career day, in Anacostia, Washington, D.C. Although I had been looking forward to the visit for over a month, I went to bed the night before still at a loss as to how to inspire 1st and 5th graders. Fortunately, I woke the next …
Sol Fitness Adventures is proud to be a sponsor of Human Development Systems team entered in the National Race for the Cure 5K on June 7th in Washington, D.C. The team has set a goal to raise $5,000 to benefit breast cancer research and will rally with thousands of others to celebrate life, hope, and …
“But this doesn’t happen to me!” my rational mind argued as I tried to run out a stomach cramp toward the end of mile 2 of the first race of the season. “Help! I’m having an appendicitis!” the little irrational mind chimed-in, only slightly influenced by the previous night’s episode of Lost, where stoic Jack …
Alright water haters, I’m back to tackle the water argument after consulting my textbooks and some of the latest research. Like Reuters, I came up short on finding specific studies that proved several common beliefs about the benefits of drinking water. However, I disagree that the lack of scientific research in certain areas validates decreasing …
Speedy Sistah’s – that’s the name of our relay team for the Smith Mountain Lake sprint triathlon that is now only two weeks away. I showed up for the same race last year before I realized something – I don’t like to swim and I still haven’t recovered from flying over my handlebars and ending …
