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June 10, 2011

Aspen: OUTSIDE in Aspen

This weekend, Outside Magazine again hosts its outdoor adventure weekend in Aspen! If you didn’t pay $100 to sign up for a guide-led activity (there’s still time, check the list here—you can climb Castle Peak with the original Bachelorette winner Ryan Sutter!), there’s still tons of FREE fun to be had.

SATURDAY:

8am–4pm Base Camp open to public: includes sponsor tents and giveaways and Birkenstock Recovery Lounge: Free chair massage and foot treatments, oxygen lounge, recovery smoothies, Spin to Win prize giveaways, Birkenstock demos and tune ups.

8-8:45am & 11-11:45am Yoga Class for all levels with Aspen Yoga Society

8am–4pm Outward Bound Trail Restoration Sign Up. Sign up at the Outward Bound Tent to help restore the Ute Trail on Sunday [the Ute Trail is one of my favorite quick hikes in the Aspen area].

2–3pm Autograph signing with First Ascent pro athletes Melissa Arnot, the only Western woman to have summited Everest three times; Jake Norton, Everest guide and adventure photographer; and Ben Stooksberry, professional kayaker.  At ACES Kids Nature Corner tent in Gondola Plaza.

2–5pm Live Music Stage at Ajax Tavern featuring Colorado favorite band, Salem.

3pm Adventure Dog Demonstration with Mike Stewart of Wild Rose Kennels. At Outfitter Check-In Tent on Hunter Street.

SUNDAY

8am–4pm Base Camp open to public: includes sponsor tents and giveaways and Birkenstock Recovery Lounge: Free chair massage and foot treatments, oxygen lounge, recovery smoothies, Spin to Win prize giveaways, Birkenstock demos and tune ups.

8-8:45am & 11-11:45am Yoga Class for all levels with Aspen Yoga Society 

8–10 am Dagger Kayaks Paddle with the Pros at Sky Hotel Pool. Learn techniques and tricks with Dagger pro Brad Ludden and Dagger head designer, Mark “Snowy” Robertson.

9am–2pm Outward Bound Trail Restoration Project. Meet at Outward Bound Tent to help restore the Ute Trail.

3-5pm Athlete Panel Discussion – The Outer Limits: the Risks and Rewards of Extreme Adventure. Panelists: Melissa Arnot,  Michael Brown, Nick DeVore, Brad Ludden, and Ben Stooksberry. Followed by the Gear of the Year Giveaways.

This weekend is always a ton of fun, even if you don’t go on any of the guided tours, because there’s plenty of swag and free events with extreme athletes! Check it out :-)

 

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April 29, 2011

Austin: MUST GO! Blondes vs. Brunettes

This will be my first year NOT playing, but I’m confident the brunettes can still dominate! This event is AWESOME to watch and be a part of, so DO IT! (it’s in just 2 weeks, get your tix now!!)

BvB Austin blondes brunettes football powderpuff

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April 15, 2011

How Genius are RunPhones?

On a recent cool-ish April morning, I cruised Town Lake for a run. I had recently read about this awesome idea: a headband with headphones built in. I was super excited, because then you can jam out running without the need to adjust earbuds or wipe sweat!  For someone with small earholes (weird, I know), this is even more exciting. RunPhones, a division of AudioSheep, sent me a pair to try:

RunPhones

They look just like a normal headband, right? BUT they pipe music into my ears and stay in place better than lululemon headbands! I was THRILLED with my test run. No adjusting, great sound, and no sweat in my eyes! What more could a girl ask for?

Formed in 2007 by a family doctor and her husband, AcousticSheep products are designed with comfort, quality, and the environment in mind. Headquartered in Pennsylvania, thecompany is powered by 100% wind energy. RunPhones comes in summer and winter fabrics (awesome!) that are 88% recycled plastic while being soft, wicking, and washable (the speakers are removable). I love the company and I love the product!

summer runphones

Summer Version RunPhones $34.95 / Winter Version RunPhones $39.95

www.RunPhones.com

Additionally, I tweeted this pic from my run:

Austin Town Lake

… Austin is beautiful, and RunPhones are awesome.

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April 14, 2011

Aspen: Spring Celebrations Announcing BlissFits Aspen Boot Camp!

shutterfly-announcement-celebration

As spring rolls around, there are lots of announcements: babies, graduation announcements, save-the-date cards, and so on. Since I have no news of that sort, I’m excited to celebrate a more Lyssa-like announcement: BlissFits Aspen Boot Camp!

You guys know how much I love CrossFit, and sharing the word about fitness and how awesome it is. I’ve had my CrossFit Level 1 certification for over a year, and all last summer I was having a blast experimenting with Nature’s Garage Gym workouts. While I am confident the boot camp will be a success and that I’m a great coach, it’s nonetheless terrifying to be shouting to the world: “I’m making moves! I CAN HELP YOU GET FIT!”

It’s empowering, ya’ll. Because when you throw out the fear of failure, I KNOW I can help people. BlissFits Aspen is a chance to share my love of fitness and food firsthand, to affect change in people I know and don’t know. It’s a chance to bring my world in Austin, my wolfpack, my people (that’s you, CrossFitters), to Aspen in a format that resonates with Aspen. Outdoors. We moved here for the 70-degree summers with bluebird skies every. single. day. So why not move our fitness there too?

Aspen Boot Camp!

If you’re in Aspen, I’d love for you to come check out the FIRST boot camp, next Monday, April 18, ay 6pm at Rio Grande Park (across from Clark’s). BlissFits Aspen Boot Camp will run Monday through Thursday the last two weeks of April, and then I’ll update everyone on the times etc. once we see how this works! (www.blissfitsaspen.com for more info)

Now for the rest of you (and Aspenites), I’d love to offer you the chance to shout about something exciting going on in your lives! Maybe you’re preggers or graduating, or you want to mark some occasion with a photo book. I’ve got TWO Shutterfly giveaways! TWO thisislifeinaustin & aspen readers will get to choose between 50 announcement cards or an 8×8 photobook to commemorate whatever is going on in your life right now (or later, or earlier, or whatever, I don’t care!)

*Giveaway Alert!*

Post by 5PM CST on FRIDAY April 15 in the comments below what you’re celebrating (can be silly, serious, or inbetween) this spring and I’ll randomly choose TWO winners (promise I won’t judge your comments for funniness, as I sometimes do, because this is SERIOUS. I want you to CELEBRATE!)!

Are you a blogger, too? Click here to register for a chance at 50 free announcements!

This post is part of a series sponsored by Shutterfly. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity.com, as I do.

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April 5, 2011

Aspen: Mountain-Top Yoga (and some in the city too)

There’s less than a week left of skiing on Aspen Mountain, so Aspenites and visitors absolutely must take advantage of FREE yoga at the Sundeck every single day through Sunday (closing day)!

Taught by a rotating group of yogis, all of whom are skilled instructors, the yoga runs from 9:30-10:15ish every morning. Mats are provided, so you can show up in ski gear, strip to your skivvies (yoga appropriate skivvies, of course), and get posing … then just throw your boots back on and hit the slopes, relaxed and ready to rip.

Want more little-known yoga? One of the yoga instructors, Kendall, teaches at ACES (behind the post office) on MWF from 5-6:15pm. It costs just $5.

She also teaches at the Aspen Institute at Meadows from noon-1pm on Tuesday and Thursdays. That costs $8.

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March 30, 2011

Aspen: Be the Next Aspen Ninja Warrior

Yeah, that’s right: Thursday night, Aspen will crown its second Aspen Ninja Warrior. The obstacle course is hosted by the Red Brick Recreation Center.

Ninja Warrior Aspen

$20. Registration and run qualifier take place competition day from 5-7pm with the Finals Competition taking place from 7:30-9pm. Men and Womens Divisions. Ages 14 and up. Cash prizes will be awarded!

… I don’t know much more than this. But it sounds AWESOME and I will be there fo sho!!

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March 16, 2011

Aspen: More Skiing! Ski til 6pm

Rotating across the mountains are extended lift hours: ’til 6pm or later! Even better? Each of the late days has a theme and a party!! What could be better??

Lifts: Summit Express

Hours: Lift serviced skiing until 6:00p.m.

Theme: St. Patrick’s Day

Party: Cliffhouse until 6:00p.m. then the party moves to Bumps at the base!

Special: Terrain Park remains open until 6:00p.m.

Lifts: Silver Queen and Ajax Express

Hours: Lift served skiing and riding until 6:00p.m.  Downloading on the Silver Queen Gondola until 9:30p.m.

Theme: Moonlight Dinner

Party: Sundeck Moonlight Dinners

Date: April 1st

Lifts: Village Express,  Big Burn, Cirque (conditions permitting), Coney Glade

Hours: Cirque until 6:00p.m.,  All other chairs until 6:30p.m.

Party: Party at Sam’s Smokehouse from 3:30 until 6:00. Party then moves to Sneaky’s Tavern

Theme: April Fools’ Luau

Special: Terrain Park remains open until 6:30 serviced by Coney Glade.

Lifts: Exhibition and Loge Peak

Hours: Bowl until 5:00p.m. (conditions permitting) Loge Peak until 6:30p.m.

Theme: Spring celebration

Party: MGR until 6:30p.m. then it moves to the base!

Special: Golden Horn and Thunderbowl (the run) will close at  5:00p.m. Last ride up on Exhibition is at 6:30.p.m. Downloading until 7:00pm.

 

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March 5, 2011

Austin: SHAPE Magazine Diva Dash!

SHAPE magazine, the #1 women’s active lifestyle magazine and place where I got my start in journalism, is bringing a women’s-only obstacle adventure race to Austin! I am so excited, these big magazine-sponsored events never happen in Austin!

SHAPE will hit Walter E. Long Metropolitan Park (6614 Blue Bluff Rd, Austin) on April 9 with an adventure filled obstacle race made up of running, swinging, climbing, and dashing.  The journey will be held on 3 miles of road and trail, and the course will include stimulating activities along the way. This route will challenge participant’s strength, speed and balance with activities involving water, ropes, mazes and more and will offer alternative tracks designed for beginners.

The Diva Dash is for female runners and walkers of all abilities. More than 2,000 athletes are anticipated to participate—from novice to elite. Don’t feel up to the task quite yet?  Two training plans have been created that will get participants ready to take on each obstacle. Already a pro? The training plans incorporate work outs suited for every level, one of which is a do-it-yourself training clinic developed by the fitness experts at SHAPE magazine. Training takes place twice per week at RunTex Riverside (422 W. Riverside Dr).

Each woman who crosses the finish line will receive a SHAPE Diva Dash pewter necklace, and the grand prize winner will win a trip to Aruba.  Men are welcome to join the ladies at the after party, which will be held on-site and will be a celebration of the days success with music, prize contests, and other fun activities.

The SHAPE Diva Dash race benefits GENaustin, a non-profit organization serving teenage girls throughout the state of Texas. Presenting sponsors at the race include Acura, Athleta, and Luna.

Registration is now open, so sign up with your favorite ladies at www.DivaDash.com. Prices start at $35 in advance, and participants will also have the option to register the day-of.

SO EXCITED!!!!

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March 4, 2011

Aspen: TWO Extreme Mountain Mountaineering Competitions!

Power of Four Ski Mountaineering Race

Holy extreme! This event has participants covering 11,000 vertical feet of climbing and ski descents on Snowmass, Buttermilk, Aspen Highlands, and Aspen Mountain—without ever getting on a bus. Aspen has a lot of extreme events, but this is serious! It’s the first year, so it should be interesting to see how it goes!

The race begins in Snowmass Base Village at 7:15am.  How crazy is this course: skin to the top of High Alpine via Sheer Bliss and The Dikes, traverse to Hanging Valley Wall, ski down via Roberto’s and Lower Ladder, traverse from Elk Camp to West Buttermilk through the backcountry. Skin to the top of West Buttermilk and ski to the bottom of Tiehack. From Tiehack, cross the footbridge to the Aspen Recreation Center and head across Maroon Creek Road to the Five Trees chairlift to begin the climb up Aspen Highlands. Racers will go all the way to the 12,300-foot summit of Highland Bowl. Ski down the bowl, then ski through backcountry terrain to Castle Creek Road via the Congo Path. Racers cross Castle Creek Road and begin the final climb of the day up Midnight Mine Road to the Sundeck on top of Aspen Mountain. The final ski would be down Copper Bowl and Little Nell before the race ends in gondola plaza.

Organizers estimate that the fastest racers and teams will complete the course in four to five hours, while the slowest racers would take eight.

“It ties in with the brand,” SkiCo spokesman Jeff Hanle said. “We have four mountains — hit ’em all.”

Registration ends TODAY, click here for more details.

Chris Bove Memorial Uphill Challenge

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Chris Bove Memorial Uphill Challenge (aka the “Buttermilk Uphill”)

Uphill Aspen

The annual events is set for this Saturday too, with racers and hikers of all ages on skis, snowshoes, or other uphilling gear competing in an uphill race and walk-up-a-thon to benefit Challenge Aspen’s local scholarship program and the Children’s Hospital Immunodeficiency Program of Denver.

Less extreme, probably a lot more fun :-)  Click here to register!

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March 3, 2011

Austin: Another Free Day of Yoga Yoga

You know the annual free day of yoga (the one where I took my mom to Bikram and she hasn’t stopped going since and it’s been like 5 years?). Well the city of Austin is having “Another Free Day of Yoga” this Saturday!

“Another Free Day of Yoga is an opportunity for people who are new to yoga to try a classand for existing students to try a different style of yoga,” explains Christina Simon, Director of Center Operations at Yoga Yoga. “Every year on Labor Day, Yoga Yoga participates in theannual Free Day of Yoga citywide-event, and we see over 1,000 people in our studios. With interest in yoga on the rise, we saw the need to make this a semiannual occasion, giving more people access to the benefits of yoga.”

At five Yoga Yoga locations across the city, 56 free yoga classes will be taught, from beginner-friendly yoga classes to prenatal yoga classes to a yoga bootcamp class at 7:30am! Class schedule and Yoga Yoga location information at yogayoga.com/another-free-day-yoga.

Of course, there are tons of other studios participating too. Check out freedayofyoga.com or contact info@freedayofyoga.com.

According to the 2008 Yoga in America study, 6.9 percent or 15.8 million U.S. adults practice yoga. That’s a lot, but we need more, so get thee to a studio stat! (Click here to check out the best free podcast yoga class I’ve ever heard—it’s the closest I’ll ever some to having a private instructor at home!)

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