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2022 WEDŪ Gift Guide
by The WEDŪ Team
Bikes for Kids Uvalde
By Courtney Knott
Zwift Tips
by WEDŪ Zwift Crew
Profile: West Hansen
Pam LeBlanc. Photo by Erich Schlegel
Arctic Cowboys aim to become first to paddle the Northwest Passage
Gear Haulers
By Berne Broudy
Eleven bags that keep you gear clean, dry and organized at the starting line, trailhead or gym.
Profile: Nepal's "RJ Ripper"
By Berne Broudy
Get to know Rajesh "RJ" Majar, a kid from Kathmandu with mountain bike aspirations as lofty as the Himalayas.
Embrace the Struggle, Change Your Life
By Jesse Itzler
The serial entrepreneur, former rapper and creator of new endurance retreat 29029 describes the moment—at Mile 96 of a 100-miler—when his entire perspective on life, human potential and hardship changed.
My Six Tour de France Predictions
By Lance Armstrong
Riders to watch, team travails and course-design gimmicks—this year's Tour de France is shaping up to be an interesting one. My half-dozen predictions for how it'll all go down.
Go-hard 101 with Eric Byrnes
By Brian Metzler
13 Life-changing Habits To Try and Do Every Single Day
By Ryan Holiday
Stay Fast AF As You Age
By Julia Polloreno
12 Epic Endurance Races
By Allison Pattillo
When it comes to these beastly events, suffering is a given. Crossing the finish line requires some serious grit and fitness, and more than a little luck. While accessible to anyone who wants to push themselves to their limits and beyond, you don’t want to sign up on a whim. These events demand a lot of planning, expertly structured training and respect. That said, there’s nothing like conquering a monumental challenge that seems impossible, crazy even. It’s an experience that leaves you changed, and likely hungry for more. So, which one will you tackle first?
Summer Gear Essentials
By Berne Broudy
Beat the heat, have more fun, and look good doing it with this must-have stuff
5 Totally Badass Women We’d Love to Hang With
By Allison Pattillo
From swimming with great white sharks to adventure cycling 20,000 miles in a year, the combined stories from these fearless five are nothing short of epic. We’d love to crack a beer with these badasses post-training, which is probably the only time we’d be able to keep up. Get know these incredible women, who personify passion and grit as they push the boundaries of their respective sports.
Best Training Tech for Endurance Athletes
By Berne Broudy
Train smart, be safe and optimize performance with this ingenious gear and gadgetry
Why I Ran Across the U.S.
Last year, ultra-runner Rickey Gates ran from South Carolina to San Francisco—a 3,700-mile solo jaunt that crossed through 11 states. What possesses someone to run for five months straight? Lance Armstrong posed that very question—among others, like how many pairs of shoes he blew through and what he thinks about the boom in ultra-racing—during a recent conversation with his running buddy.
The Sūffer Files: Belgian Waffle Ride
The first in a series profiling extreme endurance races and the people that tackle them.
The Canyon Belgian Waffle Ride in San Diego is North America’s rendition of a single-day Euro-style Spring Classic race. Here, amateurs can join the fray to test themselves against the pros and then party with them in the beer garden. The course is a little different every year, but there’s been one infamous consistency in the event’s seven years: it will absolutely brutalize the hardest of hardmen and hardwomen. The 2018 edition set the stage for some supreme suffering, covering 133 miles with 12,000 feet of climbing and 46 miles of skull-rattling dirt.
BWR is the kind of event you survive, one that leads you to deeply uncomfortable places but rewards every finisher with a new kernel of self-truth. Photographer Jake Orness snapped portraits of BWR riders before and after this year’s ride, documenting how a hard day on the bike literally changes us. The toll is evident in each weary, salt-caked face, but even more intriguing than the physical manifestations of a long day in the hurt locker are the mental shifts or psychological breakthroughs that can occur.
Meet eight finishers of this year’s BWR, each with their own understanding of the virtues of self-imposed suffering on the bike.
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