After graduating from Western in the spring of 2010, I moved to Boulder, Colorado. I spent three years there, finding my place in the running community alongside what were called “the old balls,” running legends with legends to tell, the likes of Mike Sandrock and his gang, with guest appearances from Frank Shorter, Arturo Barrios, […]
Dan the Man Probst is setting’ out again, in what will in all hopes be the final attempt at securing the possibility of the 108-mile bay-to-Baker-and-back accomplishment. This will be his fourth pursuit, this time accompanied by two others, California resident, Beat Jegerlehner and Bellingham’s Aaron Poh. These three men were part of the original
Fourth Time’s A Charm? Read More »
I am in my 30th year of mountain biking. Crazy to me. I came up through BMX and for a few years I rode motocross. At 16 years old, my first mountain bike purchase was made. My life has been pretty well dictated by my bike ever since. For instance, where can I live to
Ragnar NW Passage – a team of 12 to cover 200-miles over 2 days, from Blaine to Langley. Fittingly, we were team 12th Van, captained by the Russell Wilson horned up Ber. The night before I set aside IPA’s, bananas, bread loafs, pb, gu, energy bars, reflector vest, headlamp, sleeping bag, and a couple changes
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In a NY Times Phys Ed article written by Gretchen Reynolds, Reynolds relays current attention revolving around the benefit of increasing the intensity of your workouts, through research of the catecholamines in mice. See her article below, Intense exercise changes the body and muscles at a molecular level in ways that milder physical activity doesn’t
Feel the Burn, Gain the Benefits Read More »
Taking our car onto a ferry these days means resigning hours…literally hours…of our trip to the ferry lines. No fun. A great way to go and, surprisingly (or maybe not so surprisingly in reality), one few people actually make happen is taking a bike instead. A bike shunts the whole process of waiting in the
A guide to not waiting at “The Waiting Place” Read More »
Back in 2006 my wife and I made a trip to Bellingham up from Portland looking to see if this was a place we wanted to call home. We did a ride up on Galbraith and we knew after that ride we found the town we wanted to call home and raise a family in.
Ever Changing Galbraith Read More »
Though I did not make the best diet choices in preparation for the Scotia 1/2, I did have Dr. Noble to keep me in check physically and mentally. The alarm went at 3:30am; I had a french press, toast with peanut butter and banana slices; Alyson, a friend and teammate of BDP picked me up
Scotia Bank 1/2 Marathon Race Recap Read More »
Daniel Probst is a 35 y/o Bellingham ultrarunner and a friend and patient of Noble Chiropractic. A ’97 graduate of Ferndale High, who ran cross country for one season before giving it up because the pace and length of a 5k didn’t appeal to him. He dabbed a bit in competitive mountain biking before joining
The Revival of the Mount Baker Marathon, featuring Daniel Probst Read More »
Falling on your tailbone is often memorable. When I was 18 years old, I tried to learn how to ride a unicycle. I took off, pedaling a few revolutions until, quicker than I could respond, the one-wheeler went out from underneath me. I landed on my tailbone, the impact left me writhing on the ground.
Ouch! My tailbone. Read More »
