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OutdoorsNW E-Newsletter
Volume 8, Issue 5b
May 15, 2014

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In This Issue
New Cool Bicycling Gear
Hut-to-Hut in Mt. Hood National Forest
San Francisco Marathon: Golden Gate Challenge II
Bicycle Resources
Bicycle Resources
Run your best half, at June's Scotiabank Vancouver Half!
Vibram USA Agrees to $3.75 Million Settlement; New Weekend Bus Service to Columbia River Gorge; BeWild with Expedition Denali May 16
Upcoming Events
New Cool Bicycling Gear 

Optic Nerve SideSwipe™; PDW Aether Demon Bicycle Taillight; Rainy Day Biking Reflective Mud Flaps; Tonik Colette Cycling Jersey; RideOut FireFly Handlebar Grips; and more in this review from NW Cyclist . . .
Hut-to-Hut in Mt. Hood National Forest  
Choose your own bike adventure
with Cascade Huts!
By Rebecca Agiewich
Woven through the Mt. Hood National Forest - 20 miles east of Portland, Ore. - you'll find a network of more than 50 miles of fantastic singletrack where you can bike from hut to hut for days . . .

 

      Read more . . .
San Francisco Marathon: Golden Gate Challenge II 
Rain or Shine
By Diane Rudholm

Sundays are my long training days for running the San Francisco Marathon this July. Sunday was a 14 miler. Sunday's weather also happened to be rainy, windy and generally unpleasant . . . 

 

Help Beat Type 1 Diabetes with Nordstrom  
Beat the Bridge to Beat Diabetes
Join Nordstrom on May 18 for our annual fundraiser to benefit JDRF and their efforts to help cure, better treat and prevent type 1 diabetes. Sign up for the 8K run or wheelchair race, a 4-mile walk, 1-mile fun run or the Diaper Derby for toddlers-there's a way for everyone to show their support!
   
Sponsor

Bicycle Resources  
2014 NW Cyclist Resources 
Compiled by
NW Cyclist staff
Street closures, Maps, Report a pothole, Our favorite local bike blogs and Tweeters, Stolen bike, and Other stuff . . .

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Run your best half, at June's Scotiabank Vancouver Half!  
Go ahead! Treat yourself to your best half-marathon, at the Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon on Sunday June 22! . . .

 

Buzz
Vibram USA Agrees to $3.75 Million Settlement
Vibram USA has agreed to pay a total of $3.75 million to consumers who bought its FiveFingers shoes to settle a 2012 lawsuit that alleged it marketed the shoes with unsubstantiated claims that they strengthened muscles and prevented injury . . .

New Weekend Bus Service to Columbia River Gorge 
The month of May marks the beginning of a new weekend bus service in Skamania County. The Gorge's West End Transit (WET) has added four runs per day . . .

      Read more . . .


The 2014 BeWild Speaker and Film Series is underway at the Mountaineers, and you're invited! Next in the series, May 16, two Expedition Denali climbers - Tyrhee Moore and Rosemary Saal . . .

Upcoming Events


May 16:
BeWild at the Mountaineers, Seattle, WA

May 16: Bike to Work Day! National
 
May 18: Beat the Bridge, Seattle, WA

May 31: JrGap2Gap Relay, Yakima, WA

May 31, Jun. 7, Jun. 14: Somerset Rec Club Triathlon Training Clinics, Bellevue, WA

Jun. 1: Gap2Gap Relay, Yakima, WA

Jun. 7: Evergreen Mountain Bike Festival, Issaquah, WA

Jun. 7: Pioneer Century, Canby, OR

Jun. 7: Survivor Mud Run 5K, Carnation, WA
 
Jun. 7: Ride for Two Rivers, Sisters, OR

Jun. 8: Edge to Edge Marathon, Ucluelet, BC

Jun. 14: Bavarian Battle, Leavenworth, WA 

Jun. 20: BeWild at the Mountaineers, Seattle, WA

Jun. 21: Ann Weatherill Cycling Classic, Walla Walla, WA

Jul. 24: BeWild at the Mountaineers, Seattle, WA

Aug. 30: Pocatello Marathon, Pocatello, ID


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