RECREATION & OUTDOORS

After nearly 3,000 miles, record-breaking bike ride ends in Annapolis

Somewhere on a lonely road in Kansas, about halfway through his 2,989.5-mile bicycle trek across the United States, Christoph Strasser, a 30-year-old former bike messenger, made a decision.

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Bob Meistrell dies at 84; co-founder of surfwear firm Body Glove

For Bob Meistrell, there was always something about the water.

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Appalachian Trail hike

Walt Arfons dies at 96; brother Art nabbed his land speed record

When Walt Arfons first strapped a jet engine onto a hot rod, experts thought the car would melt, explode or spin wildly out of control.

Jellyfish "ambush" ends Australian woman's record Cuba-U.S. swim

KEY WEST, Florida (Reuters) - Australian long-distance swimmer Chloe McCardel was making good headway in calm seas at dusk when she suddenly hit a stinging swarm of jellyfish, eventually forcing her to abandon her quest to become the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage.

Park service says police furloughs no longer needed

The National Park Service has announced that it no longer needs to furlough U.S. Park Police.

Runners get down and dirty at Carroll Mud Run

Some approached the pool of brown water gingerly, jumping in with caution.

Program gets kids off the couch and into the tent

Long before Karoline Hurd became involved with the Great American Backyard Campout, she and her young children would pitch tents and make s'mores behind the family's suburban home.

In EagleMan Triathlon, Ellicott City man 'just happy to finish'

Steve Otten does not think about qualifying for the Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

Esther Williams dies at 91; athletic star of aquatic musicals

The water, Esther Williams once quipped, was her favorite costar.

Charlie Singer is 'stoked' to be part of crew for Annapolis to Newport Race

Lutherville native Charlie Singer is juggling school and a lifelong dream.

Baltimore's parks slip to 21st in nation

Baltimore's park system has slipped from 15th to 21st in an expanded ranking of open space in the nation's 50 largest cities with relatively low funding cited as a continuing problem.

Dismal shad run puts Conowingo Dam in crosshairs

It's been a busy but ultimately disappointing spring for the crew that runs the big fish lift at Conowingo Dam.

Milford Mill Swim Club going to auction this month

The Milford Mill Swim Club, where generations of Baltimoreans cooled off during the summer heat, is going to auction later this month.

Harbor's water quality rated C-minus - with an asterisk

Despite a foul-smelling algae bloom and fish kill this time last year, Baltimore's ailing harbor actually earned a C-minus grade overall for water quality in 2012, according to the latest ecological report card issued by the

Rock Creek residents help grow oysters

As gulls and cormorants perched on the walls of Fort Carroll looked on, a crabbing boat stopped long enough to jettison 30 bushel baskets of very special oyster shells into the Patapsco River.

Don Backe Memorial CRAB Cup taking place this weekend in Annapolis

A two-day regatta for disabled sailors takes place this weekend in Annapolis. The Don Backe Memorial CRAB Cup, hosted by the Annapolis Yacht Club, honors the memory of the Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating's founder and former executive director.

For Joe Datsko, 92, cycling has helped him lead 'more active, longer life'

Joe Datsko was an admitted workaholic for the first 25 years of a 47-year career as a mechanical engineering professor at the University of Michigan. Datsko likes to say that until he was in his early 50s "most of my exercise was writing on a blackboard."

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