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Category: Sports/Fitness

Austin: Free Yoga at the Four Seasons!

How cool is the Four Seasons? Not only is it a total celeb hotspot (most recent sighting? Jessica Simpson and her cutie ex-NFL boyfriend), but they’ve been doing things just for us locals like Dive-In Movies, TRIO Happy Hour, Austin Restaurant Week, and now this! Allow me to introduce Yoga on the Lawn. The Spa…

Austin: GORILLA RUN

Yes. That could be you on January 22, 2011 at 9am in downtown Austin. YOU could be running in a gorilla suit through the streets of Austin. Or rollerblading, even. In a gorilla suit. For only $99.95! Run, post-race partay, AND gorilla suit. The Austin Gorilla Run is coming soon! Hot pink dye/rollerblades on your…

Aspen: Golden Leaf Half Marathon

I had full plans to run the Vasque Golden Leaf Half Marathon, named by Trail Runner as one of “America’s 14 most scenic races”, which gains 970 feet in elevation on a narrow, winding singletrack before peaking out at 9,400 feet above sea level … but then I ran the Aspen Valley Half Marathon in…

Austin: TGITailgating

Thank goodness for tailgating! You wouldn’t really know it’s fall in Austin without hordes of burnt-orange-clad revelers crowding the streets of campus. Three of my top picks (two are recurring, one is this weekend only): La Condesa’s awesome tailgate 17th & Congress from 12 pm – 6 pm for all home games FREE Grilled Mexican Street Corn and…

Aspen: Only 63 days ’til ski season … The Meeting

Although its name is sort of ominous, The Meeting is not. It’s the convergence of ski and snowboard (who see each other like step-siblings) and film and star athletes all in the little town of Aspen. Today through Sunday, The Meeting welcomes winter sport lovers, top athletes and renowned filmmakers with parties, a fashion show…

Aspen: Motherlode Volleyball Tournament Labor Day Weekend

What was already a huge beach volleyball tournament just got even bigger: Aspen’s Motherlode Beach Volleyball tournament is (sadly) benefiting from the AVP’s decision to scrap the rest of its season due to $$ (lack thereof). Read the full Aspen Times article here. Want to watch some seriously awesome vball this weekend? Here’s the scoop:…

Austin: Weekend!

How excited are you for Step Up 3D? I’m seeing it tonight. After happy hour where I plan on trying some new Thirsty Planet beer. Yep, Austin has a new brewery–Thirsty Planet–that has three beers: a super-hoppy Buckethead IPA (I won’t be trying that), a 50/50 barley/red wheat Yellow Armadillo, and a malty Thirsty Goat…

Salutation Nation

Everyone knows lulu is de rigeur for CrossFitters. But the company actually started for yogis, so it’s MORE apropos that they host Salutation Nation, this Saturday from 9-10am. Like the Nike Human Race with less competing and matching tees, thousands of people across North America will take their asana practice outside for a complimentary class…

Aspen: Soccer Spectating

I’ve been playing a lot of soccer out in Aspen, apparently it’s all anyone does in the summer. And I’m actually getting kind of good! That might be an overstatement. I’m getting decent, like where people might actually pass me the ball and not expect an immediate turnover. Nali, however, thinks I’m fantastic.