The first Ironman was the product of some good-natured bullshitting. At a 1977 awards banquet for a Hawaiian swim club, members argued over whether runners, swimmers, or cyclists were the fittest, finally deciding to hold a race to find out. Ironman competitions are now big business, of course, with full-time professionals and $900 entry fees. But that same spirit has been animating mountain towns, where multisport backcountry sufferfests are all the rage. There are two ways of going about it: hold a mass-start race, like a traditional triathlon, or establish a new route and a fastest known time. Sounds fun, right? Here鈥檚 our three-step guide to throwing one of your own.

1. Choose a Bordering-On-Crazy Course

鈥淚 was on top of the Grand Teton after climbing it in a day,鈥� says photographer David Gonzales. 鈥淲hen I looked down at Jenny Lake, something clicked.鈥� That something was the idea to ride his bike 23 miles from Jackson, swim across Jenny Lake, climb the Grand, then do it all in reverse back to town. He called it the Picnic. Since his first Picnic in 2012, Gonzales has pioneered similar multisport routes in mountain ranges across the country, including the Cascades and the Rockies. His advice is to pick a route that seems just short of impossible, then do it anyway. Here are a couple rules of thumb.

The more vert the better.听
The Longs Peak Triathlon, a biking, climbing, and run颅ning route that begins in Boulder, Colorado, has 11,500 feet of ele颅vation gain.听

Lots of sports means lots of fun.听
Two is mandatory. Five, like the run-bike-kayak-hike-ski combo of the Tuckerman Inferno Pentathlon in New Hampshire, is better.

2. Get the Masochists Excited

鈥淲hen I moved to Santa Fe, it was immediately clear to me that there should be a race like this,鈥� says Mad颅eleine Carey, 24, a conservationist who organizes the late-spring Plaza2Peak bike, run, and ski event in New Mexico. She wasn鈥檛 sure any of the handful of locals she initially e-mailed about the scheme would respond. But word spread, and on the starting line that first year were a dozen people, including a few strangers. 鈥淚 was surprised by how many people did it and said, 鈥楾hat was awful. I鈥檓 coming back next year,鈥欌�� says Carey.听

Put it in writing.听
Word of mouth is great, but it鈥檚 much easier to forward a group e-mail or Facebook event.听

Throw a postgame tailgate.听
You can get extravagant with a full-on barbecue, but even beer and music go a long way after a few thousand feet of climbing.

3. Avoid Lawsuits

While insurance and a permit aren鈥檛 necessary for an outing among friends, it gets dicey when participation is in the hundreds. Fred Abramowitz, an attorney in Fort Collins, Colorado, who also organizes the 50- and 100-mile races in Steamboat Springs, gave us some advice to help avoid running afoul of the law.

Keep it small.听
Check local regulations for how big a noncommercial event can get, suggests Abramowitz. 鈥淲ith the Forest Service, for example, the magic number is 75 people, including spectators,鈥� he says. Any larger than that and you鈥檒l need to file some paperwork.听

Money talks.听
On public land, says Abramowitz, 鈥渋f it鈥檚 a commercial operation鈥斅璦nything that charges a fee, even if it isn鈥檛 for profit鈥攜ou need a permit.鈥� The same goes for insurance: 鈥淥nce an organizer starts benefiting in some way, you鈥檙e obligated to provide some level of safety.鈥�

Don鈥檛 ruin it for everyone else.听
鈥淗ere in Fort Collins, an unpermitted race through the state forest irritated a lot of locals, and a legitimate permitted race was canceled by the state agency because people were pissed off.鈥�

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Make a Plan

Between cold weather, travel, and family obligations, the holidays can be a tough time to sneak in a workout. And it鈥檚 understandable to freak out about missing a week or two of training: your blood-plasma volume starts to decline almost immediately, meaning your heart rate for a given intensity will increase when you return to your regular workouts. But , assistant professor of exercise physiology at the University of North Carolina, brings good tidings. 鈥淲e all need a break, and the holidays sometimes force us to do that,鈥� she says. The key is not to fight it. 鈥淚f you don鈥檛 plan to take a day off, and you鈥檙e forced to by family or travel, you鈥檙e stressed about it,鈥� she says. 鈥淚t鈥檚 better mentally to just accept it. If you鈥檙e pretty fit, you鈥檒l see adaptations return fairly quickly as soon as you start up again.

What if you鈥檙e training for a January skimo race? Smith-Ryan recommends a simple 20-minute high-intensity interval workout: one minute all-out, one minute of rest, repeat ten times. 听听

Eat Wisely

All the mandatory big meals between Thanksgiving and Christmas can leave you feeling like a mall Santa by New Year鈥檚 Day. But there are a few easy fixes. 鈥淪o many foods that we associate with the holidays start out healthy,鈥� says dietitian Jennifer Bruning. 鈥淚t鈥檚 the way we prepare them and what we add that can dilute those qualities.鈥� She walked us through the beta on three holiday classics.

罢耻谤办别测听

Skip: The deep fryer. 鈥淎 great example of how we add a lot of fat and salt to something that started out pretty good for you. You may feel like you鈥檙e boosting the flavor, but you鈥檙e also making it really unhealthy.鈥澨�

Serve: A classic roast bird. 鈥淚t鈥檚 got plenty of flavor. The key is to play up those qualities with herbs and spices.鈥� Try a simple rub of thyme, rosemary, oregano, and garlic.

Pumpkin Pie听

Skip: The traditional version. 鈥淚t鈥檚 better for you than most pies, but it鈥檚 still not great. The problem is all the fat and sugar.鈥澨�

Serve: Pumpkin pie crisps. 鈥淧umpkin is a powerhouse, full of antioxidants and phytonutrients that fight cancer and inflammation. Try amping up the flavor of canned pumpkin with pumpkin pie spices, then serve on toasted whole-wheat tortillas with a bit of cinnamon and sugar.鈥澨�

Cranberry Sauce

Skip: The canned stuff. 鈥淐ranberries are fantastic for you. The problem is that they鈥檙e incredibly tart, so a lot of sugar gets added to make them more palatable.鈥澨�

Serve: Homemade cranberry relish. 鈥淚f you do it yourself, you can really cut down on the sugar by using something 颅naturally sweet like orange juice, which is a lot better than just adding table sugar but tastes just as good.鈥澨�

Sandbag the Local Turkey Trot

Signing up for a race is a time-honored technique for the motivationally challenged. Some holiday races are big and well organized鈥斅瑼tlanta has a on Thanksgiving Day, and New York City plays host to a in Central Park. But wherever your in-laws live, there鈥檚 bound to be a fun run nearby. It doesn鈥檛 have to be a priority for your race season, just something to help balance out the office parties and eggnog.

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Unlike virtually all other听video games, viral sensation Pok茅mon Go requires its players to get outside and walk around. It has听encouraged masses of players to gather in places like and in search of adorable little monsters. Depending on who you ask, it鈥檚 either leading to hoards of smartphone zombies walking into traffic and portends the , or it's creating听spontaneous public happenings that are all part of our .听

Pok茅mon Go is such a sensation that it鈥檚 easy to forget it was only released a听week ago. And as popular as it is, it feels like a somewhat clunky first draft. Its developers have with gameplay tweaks and new features. We had two ideas that could make it much more fun and encourage players to get even more active and go farther off the beaten path.听

Wait, What the Hell Is Pok茅mon Go?听

Some background, in case you鈥檝e been living under an exceptionally large rock the last few days: in the original听Game Boy听Pok茅mon games, players would direct a human character around a fictional world, collecting Pok茅mon and battling other players.听The new mobile game takes that concept and mixes it into the real world鈥攚hat techies are calling augmented reality.听Players navigate around a cartoonish (but accurate) version of Google maps on their smartphones by physically walking through the world. The map is automatically populated with points of interest: Pokestops, which can dispense valuable items, and gyms, where players can battle one another.听

There are two ways to acquire Pok茅mon: when the app is open, players will periodically encounter the virtual monsters and can capture them with a skillful swipe of their phone鈥檚 screen. Pok茅mon can also be 鈥渉atched鈥� from eggs, which players obtain at Pokestops and hatch once the player has walked a predetermined distance鈥攂etween two and ten kilometers. 听听

#1: Add Better Fitness Features听

The app already tracks players鈥� steps and distance covered to hatch eggs, and the anecdotal evidence suggests that it is , which we can all get behind. But right now,听the game only gives you credit if it鈥檚 running in the foreground. So while it鈥檚 theoretically possible to use hiking or running to progress, even an accidental button push in your pocket means no credit for all the hard work.听

A Strava-like option to start an activity could allow the app to run in the background while players get their steps in. It could even allow more interesting metrics like flights of stairs climbed or total feet of vertical gain to advance different aspects of the game. But the feature wouldn鈥檛 have to be that explicit. Unless you鈥檝e disabled it, your phone is likely already keeping tabs on your steps at all times through programs like Google Fit and Apple Health. Simply using that data could let active Pok茅masters progress without needing to keep the game running at all times. 听

It wouldn鈥檛 be the first time the franchise has rolled out a feature like this: a version of the GameBoy game that allowed users to passively train their Pok茅mon.

#2: Place Pok茅mon in Far-Flung Outdoor Locations

While it鈥檚 true that the the game has encouraged people to get out of the house, its current structure doesn鈥檛 reward venturing very far. Points of interest have been crowd-sourced by players of an older game made by the same developers, and they tend to be clustered in city centers and near roads.

Smart players are currently walking short loops in crowded areas, so while they鈥檙e covering miles, the effect is less like actual exploration听and more akin听to wandering around trying to find free Wi-Fi. The game is aware of your location鈥攑layers see more water types by rivers and oceans, for instance. But finding rare, powerful Pok茅mon has more to do with a player's progression in the game than any particular location, so there鈥檚 little incentive to truly explore.听

A pair of enterprising New Zealanders went viral last week听when they to claim an offshore gym, but so far, that seems like more of a fluke than a typical occurrence in the game. We鈥檇 like to see the developers putting rare Pok茅mon and gyms in adventurous locations, like at the end of trails or on top of mountains.

In order for this to happen, the game would need to听change its听mostly听random format. Perhaps the app听could alert you with a push notification听to a limited window where you鈥檇 find a particularly desirable Pok茅mon at the end of a long hike. However,听this tweak听would also involve some technical challenges. Right now听the app won鈥檛 work correctly without a strong听data connection, which isn鈥檛 guaranteed at many off-the-beaten-path locations. It would also require the manpower to create custom locations鈥攑oints of interest and Pok茅mon appear to be almost totally auto-generated at the moment. But surely the app is making enough money to hire some developers to build an offline mode and some custom content?听听 听听听

A change to focus on far-flung outdoor locations would be in keeping with the treasure-hunt spirit of the original games, in which听rare Pok茅mon like Mewtwo could only be found in remote places after a difficult search. It would also move players from boring loops near roads to more interesting places. It might even act as a gateway drug for analog outdoor adventuring. Trust us: we know some people might recoil against the idea of smartphone gamers crowding trails. But smart tweaks to the way the game works could mean less face-down plodding through suburbia听and more outdoor adventure with a side of augmented reality fun.

Personally, I just want to catch an on a craggy peak after a long day of climbing. Is that really too much to ask?听

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Long synonymous with urban sprawl, Atlanta is now home to a wide variety of outdoor activities.听听

Eastside Trail

Part of the Beltline project that will eventually circle the inner city with parks and light rail, already connects a string of neighborhoods for runners and bike commuters.听

Sope Creek Trails

Seven miles of听 just 20 min颅utes from downtown.听

Chattahoochee National Recreation Area

for rafting, beer-颅drinking, and jumping off 30-foot cliffs.

Tree Climbers International

Atlanta has retained an impressive canopy of enormous oak trees, and 鈥攚ith a rope and har颅ness鈥攁t its be颅ginner clinics.

Phidippides

鈥婽丑别 has been slinging Nikes since the seventies running boom.听

Piedmont Park Active Oval

The is a Strava proving ground: the current course record is 2:36.听

The Fish Hawk

The staff will whether you鈥檙e chasing North Georgia trout or salt颅water trophies. Once you鈥檙e outfitted, get a lesson at the in-house school, run with rod maker Sage.听

Outback Bikes

on Wednesday evenings to catch the rowdy 20-mile group ride through the surrounding neighborhoods.

Dick Lane Velodrome听

An with weeknight races. No bike? No problem. There鈥檚 a rental fleet on hand.

Ponce City Market

A former Sears warehouse that was into shops and apartments. It features a dining hall full of pet projects by local chefs and a free听bike valet right off the Eastside Trail.听

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On a warm, clear Sunday afternoon听last April, Atlanta Hawks swing man stepped up to a turf-颅covered platform brandishing a five-iron. With Pitbull blaring in the background,听Bazemore set his feet and purposefully unwound his six-foot-five frame to send a perfect shot downrange. 鈥淏est ball of the day,鈥� he said, stepping back to admire the听arc as it dropped, nearly 200 yards away, into a 15-foot-wide, spider-web-shaped target. As groups of golfers on either side of him plowed through pitchers of beer, a nearby screen flashed congratulations and awarded Bazemore nine points.

Clearly, this is not your grandfather鈥檚 good walk spoiled鈥攊t鈥檚 the Midtown 颅Atlanta site of , which has 23 locations across the country. The company transported the driving range into a three-story building, ditched the dress code, and added free-flowing drinks, hundreds of TVs, and pounding music.

Topgolf was invented in 2000 in England by twin brothers Steve and Dave Jolliffe, who were bored stiff with the usual bucket-of-balls approach to perfecting their golf swing. So they created an experience that was more like a video game. They equipped the balls with electronic tags, similar to a 颅marathoner鈥檚 timing chip, and devised a point system based on shot distance and 颅accuracy. When the ball hits one of the targets on the 215-yard range, sensors scan it and the score is added to a running tally.

The company opened its first U.S. 颅location in Virginia in 2005 and has since brought on investors including Callaway. Topgolf has done something that 颅traditional golf, as Topgolf 颅employees call it, has struggled to do: attract new players, particularly young ones. This year鈥檚 Tiger-less Masters saw an 11 percent decline in final-round TV viewer颅ship, and according to the National Golf Foundation, course closures have outpaced openings for eight years running. Despite the ascendance of fresh faces like Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy, the game is especially 颅unpopular with young people鈥斅璸articipation by those between 18 and 30 has declined 35 percent since 2006.听

Of the 13 million people expected to visit Topgolf this year, more than two-thirds are under 35, according to company statistics. Half have never played before. The other half aren鈥檛 your typical white country clubbers, either. Though the company doesn鈥檛 track such data, the visitors I saw were more racially 颅diverse and included more women than the local links. It鈥檚 not hard to see why: with greens fees at some courses reaching well over $100 per person for 18 holes, 颅traditional golf is expensive and stuffy. Topgolf costs between $20 and $40 an hour for your 颅entire group, and on Fridays and Saturdays the place is usually packed late into the night. (It鈥檚 open until 2 A.M. on weekends.)听

It doesn鈥檛 hurt that Topgolf has caught on with celebrities. Rapper Rick Ross recently posted a clip of himself on Snapchat taking some truly ugly swings. And last February, I that Bazemore had been hitting balls with his former Warriors teammates, including reigning back-to-back MVP Stephen Curry. So I asked him if he wanted to play.听

The 26-year-old picked up the game two years ago, he told me, and has since become a Topgolf regular. I hadn鈥檛 swung a golf club in a decade before the weekend we met in 颅Atlanta, and I immediately sliced a ball straight into the side netting. Zero points. Bazemore, who over the past four seasons went from an undrafted rookie who couldn鈥檛 score to a sought-after free agent by working obsessively on his shot, has applied the same sort of effort to his golf form. He didn鈥檛 like what he was seeing of mine. 鈥淭uck your front shoulder in,鈥� he instructed. Slice. 鈥淏ut without moving your front foot.鈥� At one point, Bazemore produced a pointer from his bag to indicate my many flaws.

After some practice cuts, it was game on. A fluky couple of bounces had me leading 颅after the first round. 鈥淵ou鈥檙e going to regret all those pointers you gave me,鈥� I said. Then he busted out a fairway wood and the drubbing began. Afterward, shockingly sore but hooked, I Googled the Topgolf nearest my home in Santa Fe.听

The good news: an Albuquerque spot may be in the works, and there鈥檚 further 颅expansion planned. In 2013, Topgolf was in nine cities around the country. The 颅company aims to have 50 locations in the next three years. As communications chief Adrienne Chance says, 鈥淲e鈥檙e looking forward to 颅growing not only Topgolf, but the game of golf 颅itself.鈥�

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is bounded on its southern border by Texas and the Rio Grande, with Mexico on the other side. When I went to pick up a backcountry permit on New Year鈥檚 Eve, the ranger鈥檚 warning was stern: except to scout rapids or in the event of an emergency, landing on the right side was against the law. My girlfriend, Gillian, and I had planned a three-day, 33-mile canoe float through Boquillas Canyon, the farthest-flung and mellowest route in the park. Scouting rapids wasn鈥檛 on the menu. What was: the occasional Class II and plenty of time to lounge around looking at stars and drinking champagne. Winter is high season in Big Bend鈥攊f so remote a place can be said to have one鈥攁nd warm days and solitude seemed like a recipe for an easy, romantic float.听

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100 reasons to love the parks (and a few things we’d improve)

In the age of Donald Trump and El Chapo, you might expect a little more action along the border. At the put-in later that day, the river was unimpressive: maybe 15 feet across and waist deep. Mexican souvenir salesmen in beat-up metal rowboats appeared to cross at will, and soldiers fishing with sotol reeds wished us Happy New Year as we paddled by.

The first day passed without incident, and we celebrated the end of 2015 with a mug of bubbly and an early bedtime. But overnight the weather turned. An El Ni帽o鈥揻ueled storm rolled in, and clouds settled around the top of the canyon. By the time we got going, the problem wasn鈥檛 the rain but the wind: the bend of the river and the sheer canyon walls conspired to funnel a gale against the direction we were trying to paddle. As we emerged from the protection of a narrow canyon, we were swept onto the right shore. A few attempts to remedy this made it clear we wouldn鈥檛 be going anywhere, so we pulled off to wait it out over the warmth of a fire. When Gillian stood up, she looked like Anderson Cooper reporting on an event that involved FEMA.听

After an hour, we got back in the canoe and, following ten attempts and a couple of near dumps, managed to land on the American side. If we stopped paddling for a second, we moved backward鈥攂ut we were able to make progress if we tucked in close to shore. A blue heron flew just ahead of us for hours, and morale improved markedly. The problem now was the distance left: we鈥檇 lost half a day. Our lazy float was starting to look like an epic mission, and we paddled hard for the rest of the trip, gnawing on energy bars in the canoe and pulling up to camp as night started to fall.

On our last day, we had 15 miles to cover. The great thing about river trips is that you can鈥檛 really get lost, and we knew we were looking for the only bridge for miles in any direction. We paddled more and more frantically through the empty landscape, and then it appeared. We were ten minutes early for our pickup, covered in mud, and starving. 鈥淧erfect timing!鈥� the driver said.听

In the end, our ordeal was romantic in its own way. We shared a sense of danger and had to huddle together for warmth. But next year we鈥檙e going to the Caribbean.

Access + Resources

When: Late October through March.听

How: The closest airport is in Midland; from there it鈥檚 three hours by car to the park entrance near the tiny town of Terlingua.

Play: 听and the , both in Terlingua, offer guided trips, canoe rentals (from $50 a day), and shuttles (from $60).听

Stay: Paddlers can camp anywhere on the American side of the river with a $12 backcounty permit, available at the ranger station at Panther Junction.听

Eat: Rub shoulders with local river rats at in Terlingua, just outside the park.听

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The 49th state has 54 million acres of national parklands, thanks in large part to the Carter administration. But so much green goodness can be overwhelming, so we enlisted the help of John Baston, a guide with who has led trips in all eight of Alaska鈥檚 national parks. He agreed to a round of rapid-fire word association to pin down what鈥檚 great about each one.

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Kobuk Valley: Sand dunes
Gates of the Arctic: Backpacking
Glacier Bay: Kayaking
鈥婯enai Fjords: Gulf of Alaska
Lake Clark: Giant lakes
Wrangell鈥揝t. Elias: Enormous
Denali: Highest mountain
鈥婯补迟尘补颈: Bears

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The best kitchen tools for base-camp chefs.

鈥婼outhwest Disk UFO Discada Enterprise Wok听

A two-foot-wide wok made of quarter-inch steel isn鈥檛 an unnecessary luxury: it鈥檚 a crucial part of your cooking arsenal. With 12-inch legs, it鈥檚 the perfect tool for cooking over an open flame. 听

Price $100

Timbuk2 x Blue Bottle Sabbatical Coffee Kit听

The bagmaker teamed up with the Bay Area java giant to create the ultimate portable brewing kit: grinder, kettle, dripper, scale, and mugs, all in one six-pack-size bundle.听

Price $349

GSI Outdoors Stainless Rim Plate听

With a sturdy steel base, this plate isn鈥檛 light (nine ounces), but that鈥檚 not the point. We like enamelware for its classic mountain-man look. A set of these will put up with years of campsite abuse.听

Price $7

REI Evrgrn听Picnic Table听

There鈥檚 no need to schlep a full-size dining setup to your campsite. This compact folding table stands about six inches tall, measures 18.5 inches wide, and has stable aluminum legs and a bamboo top, providing a solid, no-tip platform for chips and salsa.听

Price $70

Jetboil Genesis Base Camp System Stove听

This unapologetically maximalist stove puts out 10,000 BTUs per hour. That means it鈥檒l have a 32-ounce pot of water boiling in just over three minutes. It also has a simmer feature for slow-cooking risotto.听

Price $350

Yeti Rambler Bottle

The masters of cold now make an 18-ounce bottle with a lid. Double-walled insulation keeps water icy for hours, while kitchen-grade stainless steel stands up to anything short of a sledgehammer.听

Price $40

Lodge 7 Quart Dutch Oven听

Reasons we love cooking with cast iron: it鈥檚 tough, it鈥檚 durable, and the thick walls spread heat. Use it to make a savory stew, then, when you鈥檙e finished, tear open a box of store-bought cake mix, nestle the oven back in the fire pit, and voil脿鈥攄essert.听

Price $98

Edward Wohl #12 Cutting Board听

Made from a single piece of maple, this sleek surface won鈥檛 delaminate like its cheap counterparts. At 22 inches long, it鈥檚 big enough for rolling out dough or chopping leeks.听

Price $212

Baking Steel Griddle听

Propped over hot coals, this 14-by-18-inch slab of low-carbon steel evenly distributes campfire heat for perfect pizza or French toast.听

Price $199

Leatherman Juice CS4 Multitool听

The Juice has all the tools you鈥檇 expect鈥� can opener, saw, screwdrivers, knife鈥攑lus a corkscrew for popping open a bottle of campsite burgundy. Plus, we love that it comes in blue, not just gray.听

Price $84

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Houston may be flat, but its adventure palette is robust. Presenting eight ways to get outside in this surprisingly active city.

Pull Some Plastic

Boulders are scarce around here, so get your send on at the听, then sign up for the two- day outdoor skills clinic so you鈥檙e primed for a weekend of cragging in nearby Austin.听

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on Feb 24, 2014 at 4:25pm PST

High Mileage听

Terry Hershey Park and its mixed-use trail are for going long. 鈥淲e use it for marathon training,鈥� says Mark Coleman, president of the Houston Striders. 鈥淚t鈥檚 30 miles out and back. No matter what you鈥檙e preparing for, you can get your distance.鈥澨�

Trail Mix

Some 10,000 people run in Memorial Park every day, and it鈥檚 easy to see why: the 2.9-mile loop is a Strava test piece, there鈥檚 a track for speed work, and trails allow you to escape asphalt. Bonus: it鈥檚 not just for runners. Many of the trails are mountain-bike legal.听

Breakfast

Bakeries don鈥檛 typically have a chef who trained at El听Bulli, but听听isn鈥檛 a normal bakery. There鈥檚 a yogurt parfait if you鈥檙e feeling virtuous, and the duck breast with a soft-boiled egg on rye is great after a long run in Memorial Park.听

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on Oct 26, 2015 at 7:40pm PDT

Lunch

听opened in 1972, but the OG health-food spot has expanded its clientele beyond Middle Earth crunchies. (Paleos: the menu added meat in 鈥�78.) It鈥檚 now a local classic. Try the Smaug鈥檚 Delight, a turkey and avocado melt.听

Dinner听

Houston is still full of steakhouses where oil barons wheel and deal while gnawing on cigars. But you can eat well without the artery impact, too. The best restaurant in town, ,听offers a six-course vegetable tasting menu infused with Indian and Japanese flavors.听

Rubber Side Down

With espresso machines and fridges full of beer,听听feels more like a clubhouse than a bike shop, but you can still get a brightly colored听Cinelli听or a cough-syrup-themed water bottle (a nod to the local rap scene).听

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on Feb 7, 2016 at 8:40am PST

Swamp Thing听

Houston is a maze of 2,500 miles of jungle-like waterways, and the folks at , in Buffalo Bayou Park, will rent you a SUP or kayak to explore them. If there are waves in Galveston, they鈥檒l also hook you up with a surfboard.听

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Countless products promise to improve our lives by making them easier. (Think laptops, Boa closures, child leashes.) But a new class of industrial designers want to achieve that end by making things harder. That鈥檚 why Berlin-based Weng Xinyu, 28, that switches on only when you slot your phone into the base, derailing sleep-disrupting late-night screen time.听

Another example: sitting is bad for you, even if you鈥檙e using an ergonomic office chair. So Beno卯t Malta, a 25-year-old French industrial designer, created a seat that , forcing you to engage your core to stay upright while you sit.听

And because driving to work doesn鈥檛 make you (or the planet) nearly as happy as riding a bike, 32-year-old Matthias Laschke, a German industrial designer, devised a with spots for two keys鈥攐ne for your car and one for your bike lock. Grab the car key and it drops the other one at your feet鈥攁 not-so-subtle suggestion that you reconsider your mode of transportation.

鈥淵ou don鈥檛 need extra brainpower to know that using the bike is better for you physically,鈥� says Laschke. 鈥淚t鈥檚 about creating enough friction so that you鈥檙e confronted with this decision every morning.鈥澨�

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