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A couple of young ladies taking us to the "Gun Show."

National Running Day

Yesterday was National Running Day. What? You say you missed it? Take a lap. According to runningday.org, National Running Day, held annually on the first Wednesday in June, is a

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One of the cat awards.

The 2012 Catsmacker

(NEW CONTRIBUTOR! Jen Freilino gave us her race report from the Catsmacker this year. Thanks Jen!)  The Catsmacker is a 23 mile fun-run on 4-wheeler trails, forest-service roads, and a

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Arkansas Outside Contributor Cliff Li enjoying the race. (Cliff placed 3rd in his group)

The Battle for Townsend’s Ridge

Since the beginning of the year I’ve been trying things on bikes that I’d never done before. Not tricks or specific skills but just throwing myself head first into some

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Big Weekend!

We had to make a lot of decisions on what to cover this weekend. If you see us at any of the following please say hi. If you are going

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Firecracker 5K
The new logo.

Arkansas River Trail System

From MetroPlan – Community leaders will gather Friday, June 1, at 10:00 am on the Little Rock side of the Big Dam Bridge to sign “A Memorandum of Understanding,” establishing the

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My just-got-dropped-but-it's-okay face.

OMG! It hurts like hell!!!!

(Welcome Chris Randle to our stable of contributors. Chris rides for Team Spokes and was embedded in the crit race this past Wednesday night. He is also a Bike Nerd

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An Afternoon Quickie

While shooting the Syllamo’s Revenge this year I attached a video camera to a tree across the trail just to see what I got. I got a lot of mountain

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Walkers, runners and quick little kids were involved.

Easter Seals Rock Run 8K

The temperature for the day was expected to reach the upper 90’s. The area’s largest music festival, Riverfest, would be in full full swing over the weekend. The three day

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Alex takes the pack through a turn.

I Feel the Need, The Need for…

…SPEED! It’s time again for the Dr. Feelgood Ronde van Burns Criterium Series. I have a habit of calling this the NASCAR of cycling. I’ll probably continue to call it that

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