MDK10 Outside

Some pointless map geekery for you, if you find yourself driving on the 5. If you're cruising on the 5, stop in one of these places and...

Maybe it was a little greener during the early pleistocene (or whenever the newly discovered Homo namedi lived.) From National Geographic,...

You shall not find new places; other seas you shall not find. This place shall follow you. And you shall walk the same familiar streets, ...

While running in Berkeley today I ran into noted ultrarunner Mike Palmer, as one does. (Seriously, this has happened to me so consistently ...

Below: as Chargers fans explain, even if a stadium isn't actually a good investment, there are much more important things on the line h...

I finally got around to reading Tim Noakes's Lore of Running , and among the many gems in it, is a brief discussion of the race mentione...

While back in PA I didn't have time to do much of anything fun outside, but I did get out for a run from Antietam Lake, up to the Pagoda...

Contiguously, but not all in one go. Previously I ran around the entire Bay . And finally I've crossed the entire Central Valley, unti...

Mercury is a concern in California waters. There was a lot of gold mining here in the central and northern Sierras, and lots of mercury was...

Not this guy, not until this past Sunday. The North Branch of the Mokelumne near Jackson is fantastic and isolated. Now one of my favorit...

Aww. From Wildlife Hotline . There are a bunch of mountain lions in Ohlone Wilderness. This is a bit nerve-wracking. Last time I was ...

Above, all roads in California. Found at reddit/r/mapporn of course. Roads are a good first approximation for population density, which...

Thought this was kind of interesting. Do note that 5 of the 6 biggest fires in CA history are since 2000. Like most of these things it...

...was Dave Kunst of Minnesota. (Or at least the first verified, per the article). His brother was killed by bandits in the mountains of ...

In California you need a permit for any open fire on Federal land . It would still be better to just forbid fire completely (as New Zealand...

"There is no place that compares to Chamonix in terms of the prestige of the mountains. Maybe Zermatt, but that's about it. The tr...

People sabotaging the trails so bikers can't use them , now facing prosecution. I have to admit, I'm always impressed with how well...

You know that are of awesome restaurants in South Sac at 65th and Stockton (mostly Asian, some not)? Okay, probably not. But you should. ...

Everyone who's not a numbskull accepts that some exercise is good. The question here is, is there such a thing as too much running, and...

People had warned me that it would be crowded and indeed there were more people than I expected at dusk - but the climb up to Blue Ridge (an...

It's weird in a Euro-silly kind of a way, BUT there's running and cool landscapes. It might make me uneasy just because the score a...

Late October and late November. Beautiful shots by Reddit users Jerry_Rigg and outside_guy respectively. That's a bald eagle in the ...