Getting out for a Southern California experience

We Angelenos are led to believe that we don’t walk much.

Walk through the shade-dappled woods of Mar Vista Recreation Center in the morning and you’ll probably spot tai chi students going through their slow and graceful routines.

Saturday after Saturday, my long run was the same routine.

My shoulders are lowered, blades squeezed, back expanded, ribs wrapped, pelvis tucked, glutes engaged, core activated, spine long and neutral.

It was a bright Saturday morning in Hollywood and my friend Liz and I were about to embark on a giant treasure hunt known as the Fantastic Los Angeles Race.

When biking started taking off in and around Los Angeles, I wanted to be part of it, but I was intimidated by the cars that are very much unwilling to share the road.

My first hike happened by accident. It was forced upon me, sort of.

It’s not even 6 a.m., it’s still dark and scores of people are about to utterly exhaust themselves.

Mary Olson, a 59-year-old IT executive from Falls Church, Va., scaled to the top of a 40-foot high pole and perched there for 10 minutes, trembling, summoning the courage to make the next move.

The low point of my kiteboarding education came in hour four.

Michelle Conn took up surfing to stay connected to her teenage sons.

When it comes to bike touring, I thought I’d seen it all.

Sick of that treadmill at the gym? Need an alternative to your Pilates routine?

Interacting with nature is not risk-free; in fact, a person can take her life in her hands just standing outside.

Justin Burton first heard of pickleball last year while taking a tour of the YMCA of Glendale.

There is a lot to be said for “unplugging” when you venture into nature.

On an unusually chilly Friday evening, Culver City’s public pool bustled with activity.

Getting cozy with the natural world can require money and vacation time.

Sometimes you don’t feel like going to the gym.