Gear Up for Cycling Season – Early Summer Rides We Love

By Dave Kraus

The ground changes from brown to green, and the weather gets warm enough to be able to ride without getting dressed for the North Pole. It’s spring, finally! Spring events are happening, legs are slowly waking up and getting stronger, and you’re thinking ahead to riding with friends, enjoying good times, riding new events, or revisiting memories of great rides taken at past events by doing them again. READ MORE

Spring Forward Races

By Mona Kulkarni Caron

It’s time to get started! It’s spring, a season of new beginnings and optimism, and races on the calendar every weekend. Find a distance that suits you and kickstart your spring racing all while supporting great causes. Here’s a preview of races in our area over the next six weeks. READ MORE

Paddlesport Racing – Try This Exciting, Low-Impact Sport

By Ed Greiner

When the subject of canoe and kayak racing comes up in casual conversation, the usual response is, “You’re kidding. You actually race those things?” The incredulity is common.

Some people get involved with paddlesport racing in a logical manner. They start with a short, fun race after having had some instruction in technique and gear. Others jump in blindly, starting with an ultramarathon, and no idea what they are in for. The latter way was mine. READ MORE

Big Pond, Jones Hill and More

By Bill Ingersoll

The Hoffman Notch Wilderness is a perfect example of how true wildness can sometimes be hidden in plain sight. Although it directly abuts an interstate highway, and although its size is rather middling, solitude and natural beauty abound. In other words, Hoffman Notch is Adirondack wilderness at its best – despite its accessibility. READ MORE

Jessica Miller

By Jack Rightmyer

Jessica Miller was destined to be a ski patroller. Her mom’s parents were ski patrollers. Her parents were both ski patrollers, and they actually first met on a little mountain outside of Buffalo named Kissing Bridge. She has an uncle who still patrols. “Growing up I watched my dad serve in leadership roles for ski patrol, and run clinics to train patrollers in toboggan handling, which is how we get injured skiers off the mountain,” Jessie said, from her home in Burnt Hills. “When I graduated from college, I decided to become a ski patroller where my parents patrolled at Elk Mountain in Pennsylvania.” READ MORE

Start Your Season with a May Triathlon and Duathlon!

By Darryl Caron

After the recent summer-like weather, spring fever is here so lace up your shoes, get on your bike, and grab your PFD.

Schenectady County presents the 10th annual Pedal-Paddle-Run at Aqueduct Park in Niskayuna on Saturday, May 13 at 8am. With a paddling leg, it’s not your typical triathlon! READ MORE