Run with Terror

A man in a gray shirt with a red sash fights off costumed zombies on a street, with a police SUV behind them.

Does the threat of a brain-eating zombie make you run faster?

Ridgerunner

A smiling bearded man in a tan cap and blue shirt, wearing a backpack, stands on a wooded trail.

Matt Allenbaugh has been on duty out on the Roanoke area’s most-used sections of the Appalachian Trail only since April. The 2005 thru-hiker has been out on trails far longer.

Wait, Problems?

A climber in a pink shirt and gray patterned shorts scales a large boulder in a wooded area.

For the unenlightened, “problems” are not that at all—they’re places where the likes of Aaron Parlier have mapped out how to climb a boulder.

Fitness in the Golden Years

Collage of older adults walking hand in hand on a leaf-strewn path, doing group stretches, and hiking with a dog.

Post-retirement fitness doesn’t have to be hard. Get a few suggestions from a certified personal trainer as she lists easy ways to stay in shape and prolong your mobility and health.

Finding the Next Adventure

Collage of a colorful cliffside village over the sea, an older couple studying a map, and a cruise ship docked beyond a palm-lined beach.

Retirees are getting out and about these days–sometimes to the next country over! Read on to learn a few travel tips as well as precautions every traveler should consider.

Meet Bill Blevins

A older man with glasses wears a navy USS Intrepid CVS-11 cap and a white volunteer polo, hands clasped at a table.

When a Navy veteran retires, what better way to spend your golden years than volunteering at the D-Day Memorial?

Meet Pam Renga

A smiling woman with short gray hair in a purple floral jacket, seated before a stone fireplace.

Retirement doesn’t mean slowing down–in fact, in Pam Renga’s case, her busy schedule at The Glebe is only getting started.

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