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September 2017 Articles
Adirondack Sports magazine is available free at 600 locations
in the New York Capital Region, Adirondacks and beyond.
Even if you are unable to get your hands on a copy, you can read the complete issue pdf HERE, or the individual articles below. Thanks for reading! Enjoy!
Fall Payoff Rides - Fitness, Foliage and Fabulous Events
By Dave Kraus
Ah, fall! The weather cools, you’re in shape from an entire summer of cycling, and the expanding palette of fall color turns every ride into a new explosion of stunning scenery. Fortunately the Capital Region and North Country offer a host of organized fall riding events. More...
A Kaleidoscope of Fall Trail Races
By Laura Clark
Remember playing with a kaleidoscope when you were a kid? The shifting display of colors and patterns teased countless hours of wonderment. You had control of the turning mechanism, but still there was no way to predict the outcome. This autumn’s offering of trail races is like that glimpse into a magical world where brilliant leaves and twisty trail generate both focus and wonderment. More...
Raquette and Seventh Lakes - Paddling and Camping
By Alan Mapes
For a paddler, the Adirondack Park is a giant candy store – sometimes you don’t know what to try first. If you are deciding what to try next, one area I recommend highly is the central/western region between Blue Mountain Lake, Inlet and Old Forge. More...
Crane Mountain - High Peak of the Southern Adirondacks
By Bill Ingersoll
Although its summit elevation of 3,254 feet falls well short of the Adirondacks’ highest peaks, few mountains present a profile as stunning as Crane Mountain. The combination of exposure, ruggedness, and natural beauty distinguishes Crane and earns it the reputation of being “the high peak of the southern Adirondacks.” More...
Karen Bertasso - Running Down a Dream
By Christine Bishop
“If you can dream it, you can do it,” said Walt Disney, but it’s not as easy as it sounds. In reality it takes commitment, hard work and sacrifice, and if anyone knows that, it is Karen Bertasso, a magical runner with a big dream: to race in the United States Olympic Marathon Trials. More...
Peak Foliage, Peak Performance!
By Mona Caron
As summer starts to wane, we have foliage and race performances at their peak! Autumn always delivers colorful leaves, crisp apples, pumpkins, fun festivals, and some great racing opportunities to take advantage of your summer running fitness. More...
By Scott Birdsey
#crossiscoming – As I write this in late August, about every other image in my Instagram feed is currently labeled as such. That strange and beautiful thing called cyclocross is upon us. ‘Cross is labeled a niche sport, and understandably so. The average American, no matter how athletically-inclined, is unlikely to have a reference point. We’re working on it. More...
By Skip Holmes
Over 71% of the Earth’s surface is covered by water and the oceans hold about 97% of all the Earth’s water. So it would seem there should be plenty of clean, healthy water for us all. Sadly that is a false assumption. More...
Thanks for reading!! Enjoy!