Menlo Park (Global Adventures): Cyclists in 150 cities in the US can now use Google maps to plane their routes. The new feature introduced by Google gives step-by-step directions. Bike-friendly roads, trails and bike lanes show up as a new layer and are outlined directly on the map. Users can simply enter a starting point, [...]

Oceanside (Global Adventures): The 29th Annual Race across America (RAAM) is scheduled to kick off on June 8 with women and men aged 60 and over, followed by solo men on June 9 and teams on June 12. Racers will start in Oceanside, California and finish in Annapolis, Maryland. Solo racers will make the 3,000-mile [...]

France (Global Adventures): The European season of road cycling stage races traditionally kicks off with the Paris-Nice race. In 2010, the top riders of 22 teams will compete in the 799 Mile (1,285 kilometer) race, starting on March 07 in Montfort-l’Amaury.
The route moves through the Loire Region to Limoges before turning back to the east [...]

Des Moines (Global Adventures): The 38th edition of the Des Moines Register’s Annual Great Ride Across Iowa (Ragbrai) is coming July 25 through 31, 2010. Ragbrai was started in 1973 by columnists Donald Kaul and John Karras who thought it would be fun to ride their bikes across the state of Iowa.  They invited people [...]

Cochrane (Global Adventures): A man from Cochrane, Canada, will try to run 250 marathons and raise $250,000 for a charity in 2010. Martin Parnell, an ultra-marathon runner, says that he was inspired by Dean Karnazes who ran 50 marathons in 50 days across 50 U.S. states, and Larry Macon, a sixty-four year old lawyer from [...]

Hawaii (Global Adventures): October 10 is the day marked in red in every serious triathlete’s calendar:  The 2009 Ford Ironman World Championship will start in Kona, Hawaii. Since it began as a challenge between groups of Navy Seals, the Ironman has grown to become one of the most recognized endurance events in the world.
Originally a [...]

South Dakota (Global Adventures): One of the world’s most challenging human endurance competitions will start on Friday, August 14. Primal Quest Badlands gets underway in South Dakota, where teams of four will embark on a ten-day, non-stop adventure race across 600-miles of challenging backcountry. They will run, trek, mountain bike, and paddle their way across [...]

Atlanta (Global Adventures): To prepare for an adventures race or exploration, goals need to be set and met. “Thrive or survive” by pushing your limits during the daily training is NOT the most efficient approach.
Some of the questions you need to ask are:

What do I want to do?
How do I want to do it?
How long [...]