After receiving 27 entries earlier this month, response to the Trail Treasure hunt seems to have slacked off.
Either someone's stolen the Treasure Chest again, or interest is waning and it's time to wrap up the contest and pick the winners of the Goodale's gift certificates.
Well, I plan to keep it open through Labor Day, but [...]

Most runners I know don’t care much for the heat. Humidity and temperatures in the 90s can slow a body down no matter how much water one guzzles, and the hot weather often coincides with Bad Air Days, when we are cautioned not to inhale outdoors. There are races throughout the summer, but the schedule [...]

As several people wrote to let me know, someone swiped the Treasure Chest while I was off on vacation. I have since replaced it, and checked on it just last night, so check back if you get a chance!
This contest was perhaps too easy, and the chest hidden in a place too often visited. The next one [...]

NHPR (New Hampshire Public Radio) had a nice piece on the physiology and psychology of running. Check it out here.

There's a whole genre of literature, of which I have become very fond, that involves people going off to live in a cabin in the wilderness, and writing about it.
 
 
Here are some of my favorites; please feel free to suggest others.
Woodswoman by Anne LaBastille - there's a whole series, recounting her experiences building a cabin [...]

I spent the past week with family, getting acquainted with the southern end of West Virginia on a Sierra Club multi-sport camping trip.
 
The trip was led and organized by Marty Joyce of Pittsburg, PA, and drew a lively group of the very best sort of people, if I do say so myself.
Evan and I were joined and sponsored by [...]

I’ve got plenty of responses from people who found the Treasure Chest, and also heard from some people who have the good dope on regional rail trails.  
First, because it’s short and sweet, I got a shout out from Carl Knoch of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. They have a website with information on rail trails all over the U.S.
Next up, a local [...]

Congratulations to "Hogans10," the first person or persons to find the Treasure Chest! I will be off from work and away from e-mail this week so I won't be answering messages till I get back. If my inbox gets full, you'll get a message to that effect; just wait and resend it later. I'll keep [...]

It’s hard to imagine that the Nashua River Rail Trail needs any introduction, seeing the number of cars crowding the parking lots on sunny summer Saturdays.
There are other rail trails in the region, too, and still more are in the planning stages. That’s good news for people who like to get outside. Rail trails are [...]

Two studies have been published just lately touting the benefits of my favorite recreational drug: caffeine.
 
Last week, researchers at Rutgers University announced that both exercise and coffee help reduce the risk of skin cancer, and combining the two creates even more potent protection, in mice anyway.
Today I read reports of research in France showing that coffee helps older women to [...]