Just a couple days ago trailsnet announced its nomination for the “
Stylish Blogger Award.”
Today, American Trails announced that trailsnet won the award for the best “Personal Site” (relating to trails) on the internet.
No, these awards don’t involve red carpets, acceptance speeches, or limo rides. But they’re pretty darned special nonetheless.
It is especially gratifying to win an award from American Trails because it is such an important and influential organization.
So now both the trailsnet blog and trailsnet website have won awards. But much more important than that, trails are starting to become more and more important in American society, so people are starting to visit trail-related sites to get information about hiking, equestrian, running, inline skating, Trikking, and biking trails. In the long run, this will be very good for our country as people start to get in better shape and to rely less on automobiles.
So many thanks to American Trails for this latest award. Trailsnet will keep producing an awesome trail website that is useful for active travelers and hometown trail users alike.
Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2011/03/16/trailsnet-wins-its-third-award-in-a-little-over-a-year/
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In addition to bikes, I enjoy our great trails as a hiker, inline skater, equestrian, and runner. Within the past year, I have also begun riding a Trikke on some of my trail travels. Not only is the Trikke a lot of fun, but it’s also a great, full-body workout. The images below show some of the muscle groups used when riding/maneuvering a Trikke. As you can see, a person doesn’t have spend all day cooped up in a boring weight room to get in shape. A half hour on the trail gives a nice upper and lower body workout in addition to aerobic fitness.
Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2011/03/15/hit-the-trail-with-a-trikke-for-a-great-workout/
Bike trails are awesome and travel is one of the world’s most popular pastimes. More and more people are beginning to combine their passions of bike riding and travel into the growing market of active travel.
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Where in the world can you find
the best bike trails? |
After all, what’s not to love about:
- staying fit
- exploring uncrowded countrysides
- being environmentally responsible
- staying safe
- meeting locals and fellow travelers
- seeing unique places that are less traveled
- getting to know the true flavor of a country
- saving money
These are all benefits of traveling via bicycle on the trail networks of various countries.
So now it’s your chance to vote on which country you think has the best bicycle trails in our monthly trailsnet poll found at the top of the left hand margin in this blog. If you’re undecided, that’s okay; you can choose more than one. If you don’t see the country of your choice, feel free to tick (as our friends in England would say) the box next to “other” and then leave a comment with the name of your favorite bike trail country.
In fact, no matter what country you choose, we’d love to hear why you think it’s the best bike trail country. Leave a comment explaining your choice. Heck, you may win some converts to the bike trail country of your choice.
Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2011/03/14/what-country-has-the-best-biking-trails/
Woohoo!!
Trailsnet has just been nominated for its second award. (Last year trailsnet received an award on the American Trails website.)
I am pleased and proud to say that Australian blogger KirstyGirl7, the recent recipient of the Stylish Blogger award, nominated trailsnet & seven other blogs to receive the torch she has passed along.
Kirsty is definitely a stylish blogger, and it would be a great honor to follow in her footsteps.
I’ll keep you posted as to how the contest develops.
Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2011/03/10/trailsnet-nominated-for-stylish-blogger-award/
I’ve always said that bike travel is the best way to really see the land, no matter where that land happens to be. Now I’ve found another blog that proves that.
It’s called
Going Slowly and it chronicles the adventures of Tyler and Tara as they venture around the world on their bikes. In the process, they are taking some incredible photos and writing beautiful journal entries. I wish I was still teaching so I could show this blog to my students as an example of how to have fun with writing while doing something you love. Ya gotta love the new writing opportunities that the internet has spawned.
Anyway, Tara was nice enough to send me some links to particular journal/blog entries that dealt with trails and/or bikeways. One of them entitled “
The Canal” is set in Germany, but looks like an extremely lush version of the
C & O Canal Towpath in Maryland.
Another entry, entitled “
Altmuhltal Cycle Route,” is also set in Germany and contains some beautiful photos of the forest, meadows, and miniature wildlife near the path. That cycle route is definitely on my bucket list of future rides. It’s all I can do to stick with my itinerary of finding the 50 best bike trails in the U.S. Each time I see a blog like Going Slowly, I want to venture into Europe and beyond. (I must be strong. Only 23 trails to go.)
Anyway, a big thanks and shout-out to Tara and Tyler, wherever you are. Keep up the great riding, writing, photography, and bike blogging.
Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2011/03/09/going-slowly-is-a-great-bike-travel-blog-w-awesome-photos/
