Get Out
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Fun Runners: Take Your Mark
What better way to celebrate April than a handful of fun races to get the spring and summer into full swing. We take a peak at three area races giving new meaning to the term "run free" this month, plus provide some other offbeat options for those willing to travel a little further for their fun.
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Century Turns 25
The 3 State 3 Mountain Challenge bicycle ride will celebrate its 25th anniversary on May 5 when more than 2,000 riders are expected to take part in the cycling adventure sponsored by the Chattanooga Bicycle Club. The 100-mile riders will start at Finley Stadium, climb Suck Creek, Sand and Lookout mountains traveling through the back roads of Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia.
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Standing Ovation
"It's not quite as dangerous as it looks," says Mike Tavares, a part-time Chattanoogan and whitewater paddleboarder.
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Morel-Mania
Casper Cox is a forager. He and a small group of friends entrusted with the locations of his secret bounties, trudge through local woodlands just as the trees wake from their winter slumber. He and his band of shroomers canvass the forest floor in tireless pursuit of the elusive, enigmatic morel - an edible mushroom that emerges from the depths of the Earth in the springtime and makes Cox and company's mouths water with culinary desire.
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“Get to the Chopper!”
The first minute is complete chaos as you leap from a helicopter, its rotors roaring right above you, stirring up a blizzard of loose powder and making it difficult to get your bearings.
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Deadly Depths
Keri O'Neil is a heavy sleeper; few disturbances get her up and moving. But at 5 a.m. on Feb. 12, 2011 lying on the maroon carpet in Room 108 of the Key West Inn, all it took was a slight shake of the foot.
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Ponytails & Mountain Trails
It was a surreal moment for Kym Flynn Fasczewski as she lined up at the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Finals' starting gate alongside 80 other top female mountain bikers from around the world.
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Getting On Board
I started skiing back in middle school, about five years before snowboarding was making its way onto most slopes. By the time boarders were finally finding a welcoming seat on the chairlift, I was already heavily invested in skiing in both gear and guts.
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Steps to Success
If you're hiking up to Sunset Rock and it starts to rain, it's usually an easy decision to hustle back down. Your biggest worry might be tracking mud from your soggy Merrells into your Subaru.
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Fighting for a Toe-Hold
In 1984, rock climber Rob Robinson had questions.