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	<title>Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine</title>
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	<description>Blue Ridge Outdoors is the source for gear reviews, events, expert outdoor advice, and travel destinations in the Blue Ridge Mountains for skiing, snowboarding, running, camping, hiking, and other outdoor sports.</description>
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		<title>National Wildlife Refuges in the Region</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fifty National Wildlife Refuges are located within our Blue Ridge region. The majority are located along the coast, where they were established to provide habitat for waterfowl migrating along the Great Atlantic Flyway. However, at this time of year, I’m suggesting you visit one of the inland refuges that was created for additional purposes.
My first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/blogs/habitual-hiker/national-wildlife-refuges-in-the-region/</link>
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		<title>Age Grading</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago, I ran a race wherein the winners were not the ones who got to the finish the fastest but rather the ones who got to the finish fastest when you also subtracted age-grading variables. For those who do not know, age grading stems from the undeniable fact that both men and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/blogs/running-matters/age-grading/</link>
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		<title>Is silicone cookware safe?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear EarthTalk: Are there any health hazards associated with the use of the new silicone bake ware and cooking utensils?  I have found information associated with the hazards/benefits of Teflon and other cookware but nothing on the use of silicone.                               &#8211; Jean McCarthy, Sebastian, FL
With all the negative press about Teflon and about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/blogs/earth-talk/is-silicone-cookware-safe/</link>
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		<title>Four-Wheelin&#8217; Forever?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Park Service recently released their preferred alternative for governing ORV use at Cape Hatteras National Seashore. For the past two years, the park service has heavily restricted ORV use on the island after a lawsuit from the Southern Environmental Law Center led to a ruling from a federal judge. Wildlife and park visitation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/blogs/editors-blog/four-wheelin-forever/</link>
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		<title>Baaba Seth reunites this weekend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you were around the Charlottesville music scene in the &#8217;90s, you&#8217;re definitely familiar with Baaba Seth. The world jam outfit was one of the region&#8217;s most popular bands throughout the decade—mixing a potent ensemble concoction of funk, jazz, rock, African rhythms, and Latin grooves. The high-energy sound was put to good use during the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/blogs/mountains-of-music/baaba-seth-reunites-this-weekend/</link>
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		<title>Thoughts on Cycling Safety from the Driver&#8217;s Seat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Road bikers have to be on alert at all times for idiot drivers, but it’s true that some road bikers, due to vast bad experiences, are on hyper-alert. 
Hyper-alert=hyper-defensive=chip on shoulder. 
I was driving down a narrow road through my neighborhood today when I met a hyper-defensive road biker who practically flung himself into a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/blogs/spinning-my-wheels/cycling-safety%e2%80%94a-reverse-perspective/</link>
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		<title>The Steel Wheels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the spirit of complete disclosure and unrepentant bias, I must admit to being an unabashed Trent Wagler fan. 
Adrienna Valentine, the 2009 release from Wagler and Jay Lapp, last year earned the distinction of being, at any given moment, the record most likely to be found in my CD player and it was, by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/blogs/mountains-of-music/the-steel-wheels/</link>
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		<title>Future Gear 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This gear won&#8217;t be in shops until the spring or next fall. But here&#8217;s a peek at a few innovations and out-there items coming soon to an outdoors store near you.

Glowing Sandals &#8212; Never trip in the dark again. A small LED light is built on the tow strap of the Teva Illum sandals, which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/blogs/gear-junkie/future-gear-2010/</link>
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		<title>E-Waste</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear EarthTalk: I work for an office equipment company selling copiers, fax machines, computers and printers. Each year new models come out making old ones obsolete. As a result, we have loads of trade-ins with nowhere to go. What can we do with this old equipment? &#8212; Jeff P., Worcester, MA
Electronic waste, or “e-waste” as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/blogs/earth-talk/e-waste/</link>
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		<title>Purity of Ultrarunning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let me state this unequivocally.  There is no “purity” of ultrarunning. Why am I even stating this?
As the Winter Olympics end, and with the Summer Olympics over two years away, some people who love this international gathering of athletes and the spectacle (good and bad) with which it brings, have made clamoring about the possibility [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/blogs/running-matters/purity-of-ultrarunning/</link>
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		<title>THE NEED FOR  SPEED</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cyclists pursue ultramarathon speed records
Last summer, when most guys his age were on the golf course, 64-year-old Gerry Eddlemon set 10 state cycling speed records. Eddlemon, an extreme road biker from Knoxville, Tenn., is part of a small niche of ultracyclists who like to post the fastest times for pedaling across states from one end [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/current-issue/features/the-need-for-speed-3/</link>
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		<title>RUNTOWN U.S.A.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These top Southeastern running towns elevate the sport from pastime to passion. 

WASHINGTON DC
Click here to download route maps for the DC area. 
Politics may be D.C.’s business, but running is the city’s pleasure. Our nation’s capital has no less than 11 full-fledged running clubs, some of the region’s most popular races, a surprising amount [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/current-issue/features/runtown-u-s-a/</link>
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		<title>CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why pay to run epic trail races, when you can stage your own for free?
Running one of the classic 100-mile ultra races seems like an impossible endeavor—and for most of us, it is—but what if you spread that distance across five days? The Minnesota-based Adventure Running Company is doing just that, taking small groups of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/current-issue/features/choose-your-own-adventure-2/</link>
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		<title>Cool Schools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BRO’S Honor Roll of the Region’s Greenest Colleges and Universities 
We did our homework for this assignment. Blue Ridge Outdoors researched, interviewed, and examined all of the region’s colleges and universities to determine which schools are not just teaching about a better world but also are actually doing something about it. Over the past year, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/current-issue/features/cool-schools/</link>
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		<title>Stage Runs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Watch video of the 2009 Chattanooga Mountains Stage Race]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/web-exclusives/stage-runs/</link>
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		<title>Zippedeedoodah</title>
		<description><![CDATA[View a canopy tour, Southern style.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/web-exclusives/zippedeedoodah/</link>
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		<title>Going the Distance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Watch a clip of the documentary about Suprabha Beckjord at Blueridgeoutdoors.com.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/web-exclusives/going-the-distance/</link>
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		<title>Ask the Expert</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Stephen Pribut is a D.C.-based podiatric surgeon and an expert in running injuries. He advises a number of running magazines and operates a popular running injury website: drpribut.com. 
What running surfaces are worst?
While we can adapt to almost anything, concrete is one of the most unyielding surfaces you could choose. The shock transmission is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/departments/ask-the-experts/ask-the-expert-3/</link>
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		<title>Should hikers allow their dogs off-leash?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No: 47%
Dogs should absolutely be on leashes when they&#8217;re on public lands. Sometimes I think the length of the leash needs to be pointed out to some oblivious dog owners. More than once I have been running on a greenway and had a dog on a 20-foot leash dart across the path in front of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/current-issue/switchback/should-hikers-allow-their-dogs-off-leash-2/</link>
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		<title>Bikers on Capitol Hill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Get past your political biases and embrace a “bike-partisan” agenda. You’ll definitely hear that new outdoor buzz phrase at the National Bike Summit, which rolls back into Washington, D.C., for the tenth straight year from March 9-11. The League of American Bicyclists’ annual bike advocacy event combines two days of educational workshops on topics like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/departments/news-briefs/bikers-on-capitol-hill/</link>
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