Celebrating 60th Anniversary with a Huge Variety of Outdoor Sports Exhibitors

Many winter sports, year-round adventures, free admission and $10,000 in prizes

The Adirondack Sports & Northeast Ski Expo returns on Saturday, Nov. 11 and Sunday, Nov. 12 to the Albany Capital Center at 55 Eagle Street in downtown Albany. Admission is free for the two-day show, slated to take place from 10am to 5pm on Saturday and 10am to 4pm on Sunday. Nearby on-street and garage parking are available adjacent to the center both days.

The Adirondack Sports & Northeast Ski Expo will feature $10,000 in prizes, including lift tickets, trail passes, gift certificates, outdoor gear, snowshoes, lodging packages, and much more. There will be lunch and drink options, including craft beer and wine, soft drinks, sandwiches, soups, salads, and kid-friendly items. READ MORE

Turkey Trots - Fly Away Home with the Turkeys

By Laura Clark

Even though the 1996 feel-good, family movie, Fly Away Home, involves geese and not turkeys, and overlooking the slight detail that turkeys are homebodies and do not migrate, the keyword here is home. And reflect carefully on the phrase “fly away.” In many instances we would fly to a place, but around the holidays many of us feel compelled to point our wingtips toward our home of tradition, rather than our home of current residence. Wherever your Home for the Holidays might happen to be, and whoever your flock might happen to include, Thanksgiving is the time to tune up your navigation instruments, either for a cross-country ultra or for simply cruising around the block. READ MORE

Start Training for the Slopes

By Mona Kulkarni Caron

Enjoy the resorts this winter by training now and staying injury-free. You can protect yourself from getting hurt by building strength and improving your flexibility and balance. Strength in your legs, hips and core are the best preventive measures to help avoid injury and now is the time to get started before the season begins. If you’re a fit cyclist or runner, you may have a head start. READ MORE

Potential Benefits of Advanced Cholesterol Testing, Part One

By Paul E. Lemanski, MD, MS, FACP

In the first 111 installments of the Non-Medicated Life, a healthy diet and lifestyle has been shown to accomplish naturally for the majority of individuals most of the benefits of medications in the prevention of the chronic medical conditions mentioned above. In order to maximize the benefit of lifestyle changes it is best to first establish a baseline of laboratory tests of so called “surrogate markers” of risk. Markers such as fasting blood sugar, Hgb a1c, total cholesterol, HDL (the good cholesterol) and LDL (the bad cholesterol) and Triglycerides (blood fats) are routinely followed serially to determining increasing or decreasing risk. After a discussion with your primary care physician or cardiologist additional testing may be helpful. “Advanced” cholesterol testing such as High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (HS-CRP), Apolipoprotein B (Apo B), Trimethylamine-N Oxide (TMAO), and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance LipoProfile (NMR LipoProfile) may offer additional identification of risk and when measured serially may help direct and refine lifestyle choices. In this two-part article, Part One will address the first two advanced tests, Part Two the remaining advanced tests. READ MORE

Buck 50 – An Epic Trail Race is Born

By Bill & Naomi Hoffman

The idea of traversing 32 miles through remote wilderness may seem like a foreign concept to 99% of the population. However, the growing sport of ultra trail running routinely has people doing that and more. Each trail race is a unique adventure, rooted in the idea of sharing an awe-inspiring place with like-minded runners. On October 21, the inaugural Buck 50K united volunteers, runners, forest rangers, and others along the shores of Lake George. The mountain route – from YMCA Camp Chingachgook in Kattskill Bay to Buck, Sleeping Beauty, Black, Erebus, Buck and back – proved to be an excellent challenge. READ MORE

Kathy Meany – A Life of Service

By Kristen Hislop

We often hear the phrase ‘a life of service.’ That’s what first came to mind when thinking about a profile about Kathy Meany. As I gathered stories, I realized it was way more than service. Kathy has spent her life making people better. Better students, better swimmers, better stewards of the environment, and better people. READ MORE