Finding Balance Now that your calendar is filled with virtual and rescheduled races, it’s time to start thinking about training. Whether you’re new to competing or tackling new distances, everyone can benefit from cross-training with yoga. As you tick up your mileage, it’s important to supplement your preferred activity or sport with yoga to boost flexibility, core strength, and stability. It also helps to improve your range of motion and joint mobility. Mentally, yoga helps create a heightened level of focus and awareness during training and racing. This mental training teaches athletes to perform more effectively during a race staying…
Author: Julia Partain
Julia Partain
Julia Partain, a Salt Lake City native, is a freelance writer and editor for local and regional publications, including Snowbird's annual Bird Magazine and Salt Lake City's Downtown Alliance Magazine. When she isn’t writing about happenings in her hometown, you can find her hiking in the Cottonwood Canyons or trying to keep up with her two daughters and husband at a local ski resort.
Snow Brings a Monstrosity of Fun to Bear Lake Okay, I’m going to fill you in on a little secret. Bear Lake, aptly referred to as the “Caribbean of the Rockies,” offers more than just summertime adventures filled with raspberry shakes, sandcastles, and turquoise blue water…it’s a year-round recreation mecca boasting opportunities for any outdoor enthusiast! Spanning the border of Utah and Idaho, this freshwater lake is 20 miles long, eight miles wide, and 208 feet deep. With its central location, the Bear Lake valley is a convenient spot to get to—roughly a two-hour drive from Salt Lake City or…