Outdoor Activity – Trail Running

Have you ever headed out to a nearby trail and ran? If you haven’t, I’ll paint a picture of my experience trail running. I usually like to run on trails in the mountains. I’ll pick one and jump in my car and drive. Once I get there, I lace up my shoes and plug in my music.

I enjoy trails that zig and zag through tall pine trees. You run through them and feel the coolness in the air from the elevation and the shade of the trees. My ideal trail run goes up and down in elevation as it zips through the forest. Eventually, my favorite trails end at a beautiful destination, such as a mountain lake, stream, or overlook of a valley. That’s why I’m out there, to enjoy the beauty. That why I work so hard to get there, because it is worth it.

In the Reno/Tahoe area, my favorite places to run are along the Tahoe Rim Trail. This trail goes all the way around the lake, and offers some of the best views of not only Lake Tahoe, but the valleys and areas on the other side of the mountain range that it follows.

I prefer trail running to street running because trail running usually offers more difficult terrain. There are more obstacles you have to look out for, always keeping your mind focused. It is also enjoyable for me to get out and get away from the city or places where lots of people are. It’s a great way for me to get out by myself and really have some good thinking time.

If you don’t trail run, I highly suggest you try it out! You can start hiking if you are more comfortable with that, it is a great way to see beautiful areas as well! What is your favorite trail run and why do you like it?

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Get Outside!

This is a video I made to show who I am, what I do, and what I value. It is an quick look into what I have been blogging about: the simple act of getting outside, seeing the beauty of this world around us, and being conscious of our environment.

Need a Haircut? Keep Tahoe Blue Partners with Aveda!

As spring begins to reveal itself in the Reno/Tahoe area, people start to do spring cleaning and think about the earth as they spend more time outside. What if you knew that your spring haircut could help keep Tahoe blue? Aveda is an amazing environmentally responsible company that is partnering with The League to Save Lake Tahoe for the second year.

Aveda’s annual April campaign inspires beauty professionals and consumers in over 30 countries to raise millions for the protection of clean water and a healthy environment. The company also partners with nonprofits who work with locals to help preserve clean water and educate the public about local water issues. This is exactly what Keep Tahoe Blue does, so it is very encouraging for this partnership to take place.

Twenty-three Aveda salons in Northern Californa and Northern Nevada will be hosting walks, special events, and other fundraising opportunities all month long this April to benefit Earth Month, and will be raising money for Keep Tahoe Blue. Locally, there is an Aveda salon in South Lake Tahoe, Minden, Carson City, Truckee and Reno. With so many locations, there is no excuse not to check one out! 

You can visit Keep Tahoe Blue’s events page to see what salons will be hosting, and contact each salon to find out the different activities they will be doing throughout the month.

Aveda is a company that creates high performance, botanically based products for beauty professionals and consumers. They use green technology to produce their products and create new benchmarks for environmental responsibility in the beauty industry. A fun fact about the company, they are the first beauty company to manufacture with 100% wind power. Their annual Earth Month campaign has raised over $26 million dollars to support environmental projects all over the globe.

Click here to visit Aveda’s website and learn more about Earth Month.

Now go out there, get a haircut, or participate in an Aveda event this month and come back to share about it!

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Look At The Beauty Around Us

I ski, snowboard, mountain bike, road bike, run, camp, wakeboard, and enjoy doing any outdoor activity. I have a deep love for Lake Tahoe. It is my favorite place in the world. I have had countless days where I am doing an activity outside, up at the lake, and I stop, and try to take in all the beauty that the landscape has to offer.

When I am in that moment, I am alive. I feel extremely blessed to have grown up and played all around the Lake Tahoe area. I become completely overwhelmed by the beauty of the lake and surrounding area. It is something that can be indescribable. The best way I can explain it is by acknowledging the beauty I am seeing, trying to take in every little detail, and give thanks to the one who created it all.

I also feel the desire to preserve this beauty. I want to look at the same exact lake in 50 years and see what I saw when I was kid. I want my kids to be able to see the beauty of this area.  I want to “keep Tahoe blue,” and do what I can to ensure that our environment stays as beautiful in the future as it is today.

This is what my blog will be about. I will share my outdoor experiences, in hopes that others can feel the same thing. I will inform about our environment, in order for those around me to become more conscious of our environment. I will also share ideas and efforts being used to preserve our environment.