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Car-free adventures that don’t necessarily depend on a bike

Embracing the dark, Part one: Running!

It’s 11 days until the winter solstice, and these ever-shortening days are feeling rather… short. I know it’s not really soo bad in Portland, but the 4:30 sunset (4:27 today, actually) and 7:40 sunrise is hard. Every year, despite being intellectually prepared for it (“sure, sure, it’ll get dark early, …

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stasia •December 10, 2020Non-bike-specific Car-free Rambles
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Running, always running

At the end of March, I was supposed to run a grueling-looking trail marathon with my dear friend Marisa outside of Las Vegas. I “trained” for it for maybe 10 weeks, and during every single long run I took, my mind would at some point inevitably wander to fantasies of …

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stasia •May 22, 2020Fitness, Non-bike-specific Car-free Rambles
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Yard Masks of SE Portland (and other quarantine noticings)

I’ve been doing an awful lot of from-home wandering lately, which has been a super fantastic way to get to know our extended neighborhood. I mean, I always wander, but given that I have much more time lately, my wanders have become a little farther-flung and a lot more concentrated …

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stasia •April 21, 2020Non-bike-specific Car-free Rambles, Portland
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Trail running in Portland (or, why urban planning rocks my socks)

I harbor this fantasy in life about living somewhere with trails and wilderness just outside my door. From my little cabin in the woods, I would step out and breathe fresh air, hear my resident varied thrush, and start running for miles on end, never setting foot on pavement, not …

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stasia •February 4, 2020Fitness, Non-bike-specific Car-free Rambles, Portland
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