Pure Outside

How closely do you time your runs? If you’re like me, up to year and a bit ago I never timed anything. I’d run a distance I thought was close to when I should run and call it a day. I didn’t really measure much. I guess that’s why my results were less than stellar [...]

Snowshoeing is one of the easiest sports to get into. All you need are some snowshoes and to go walk in the snow. It doesn’t get much simpler than that. Snowshoes range in price from $50 to $300 can you can buy them at almost any outdoor store. A couple years ago, a few friends [...]

2012 is going to be another awesome year to get outside and participate in the great events all over the island. There are races of all size and description for you to participate in. You can run, mountain bike, ski, kayak, snowboard, road bike, canoe and sail. Make sure you check back to this page [...]

This first part is a bit of a story about the demise of my Garmin Colorado 300. Skip to the second part for the Montana 600 review. I’ve had the chance to use a few different GPS over the last couple years. They were all Garmin but they all had different features that I could [...]

Why we hike eh? (Yes, I am Canadian. It’s not obvious right?) Tom Mangan at Two Heel Drive posed the deep question earlier this week. Why do we hike? There are so many different answers. I loved reading through all the different posts. Tom has them all linked up at Two Heel Drive if you [...]

I’m a big fan of the Lightning Ascent snowshoes from MSR. They’re lightweight but at the same time, gnarly enough for any terrain. The hinged binding system allows easy access and doesn’t flick up much snow. Parts can easily be removed and replaced in the field. I’ve rounded up a ton of reviews of the [...]

I’ve been trying to ski as much as possible lately but if the trip is with people that don’t have skis or is in more technical terrain sometimes we opt to go with snowshoes. Here are the things I bring with me snowshoeing. Let me know what you bring in the comments. Main Items Snowshoes [...]