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2 weeks ago | 
bicycling.com | Micah Ling
Staying on top of your nutrition plan when the temperatures rise is no easy feat. This is due in large part because athletes are not only flying through calories and salts, it’s also difficult to consume enough—both because eating on the go is tough, and because appetite sometimes declines when the heat rises. During a mountain stage of the Tour de France or Tour de France Femmes, riders can burn more than 10,000 calories and lose several liters of fluid to sweat.
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2 weeks ago | 
fieldmag.com | Micah Ling
Photo courtesy Go Beyond Racing Guest Contributor Limited-edition content from our global network of photographers, journalists & adventurers. Micah Ling is a freelance writer specializing in outdoor adventure with bylines in Esquire, GQ, and Outside. You can follow her journey road tripping around America on Instagram @therealmicahling. In 2025 running is everywhere. And everyone that wants to, should run.
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3 weeks ago | 
fieldmag.com | Micah Ling
Photo courtesy Let's Wander Production Micah Ling is a freelance writer specializing in outdoor adventure currently road trippng around America with bylines in Esquire, GQ, and Outside. You can follow her journey on Instagram @therealmicahling. Today, Trail Sisters is a powerful movement advocating for gender equity in trail running and hiking with over 15,000 members. But its founder Gina Lucrezi initially set out to do something more modest.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
gearjunkie.com | Micah Ling
Want to pack a solid hiking shoe but don’t want the weight of a bulky shoe? The Altra Lone Peak 8 is a perfect option. The Altra Lone Peak 8 continues to be my go-to hiking shoe for camping trips when I don’t want to haul anything bulky. Don’t get me wrong — these shoes can do it all, within reason, and are absolutely perfect for short and mid-range hikes. I’ve now taken them all over the Elk Mountain Wilderness in Colorado and continue to love their minimalist feel.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
theradavist.com | Micah Ling |Ashley Gruber
Micah Ling takes us along for the adventure through southern Arizona with Lael Wilcox and 60 women for the Komoot women’s Arizona Rally. The 8-day loop included Mount Lemmon, Patagonia, Ruby Road, and endless highlights not on any map.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
gearjunkie.com | Micah Ling
The adidas Terrex Free Hiker 2 Low continues to be the hiking shoe that you can do anything in. The adidas Terrex Free Hiker 2 Low reminds me of the carefree nature of being a kid on summer vacation. A bag full of snacks and a camera: the last thing on my mind was sore feet. Just like those days that seemed to never end as a kid, the Free Hiker 2 Low makes me want to keep going — stay out just another hour, explore another corner.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
escapecollective.com | Micah Ling
Alex Howes has done plenty of epic things on a bike: 12 years on the WorldTour, followed by a shift to gravel and mountain bike events like the Life Time Grand Prix. But his first ever Vapor Trail 125 in Salida, Colorado this September was still a special moment: He said he wanted to do the race because folks who live in the Colorado mountains, who might know nothing of the Tour de France, consider it to be absolutely legendary. And it was, even for a rider of his experience.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
bicycling.com | Micah Ling
In what might be the most expected, but still exciting news in women’s cycling, Demi Vollering, 27, has confirmed a two-year contract with FDJ-SUEZ from 2025 to 2026. The Dutchwoman will join French riders Juliette Labous and Évita Muzic as a general classification co-leader. FDJ-SUEZ manager Stephen Delcourt confirmed that the deal had been made this spring, but all those involved decided not to go public out of respect for this year’s season with SD Worx-Protime.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
bicycling.com | Micah Ling
While the U.S. might not have the cycling prestige of European WorldTour racing, the gravel scene continues growing and branching out. These days, you can find events that are as rowdy (or tame) as you’re looking for at just about any distance. Perhaps more folks are signing up for gravel events in part because of the Life Time Grand Prix, where age groupers can ride the same courses as the pros, who are battling it out for generous prize purses.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
escapecollective.com | Micah Ling
Since its inception, Red Bull Rampage has become the premier event in freeride mountain biking - participation in it is the ultimate goal for anyone in the sport. Over the nearly quarter-century since Wade Simmons slid and dropped his way to victory in 2001's first edition, Rampage exists as a kind of record of the progression of big-mountain freeride: bigger jumps, deeper drops, and ever more style. But that growth, until now, had one major omission.
