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A female pole vaulter in a white-and-purple UW uniform at the peak of her vault — body arched back, legs kicked up, both arms extended gripping the pole bar above her. A yellow ESSX pole is bent in the left of the frame; the crossbar is visible at upper right. Behind her are blurred stadium stands with scattered spectators and an official in a yellow vest in the lower left. Bright outdoor daylight, shallow background focus.

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Hana Moll, world No. 1 pole vaulter, trains at UW's Dempsey

Hana Moll is the top-ranked women's pole vaulter on the planet, and she is spending her senior year at UW.

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Larissa Kolasinski Turned a Scare Into a Mission

Running has been part of Larissa Kolasinski's life for more than 18 years, and in that time Larissa has tried nearly every version of the sport there is, from the mile to the ultramarathon. Larissa has completed all six Abbott World Marathon Majors, among the largest and most competitive marathons in the world, and has gone on to become a sponsored athlete and a Guinness World Record holder.

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A Cycling Studio Built for People Who Want More

Stacy Vinge's path into fitness began with a move to Italy in 2007.

A single woman in a dynamic high kick against a RockBox branded heavy bag, shot from a low angle. She wears white boxing gloves and a blue crop top with black leggings. Multiple RockBox-branded bags visible in the background in a dark studio. She is the only subject.

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RockBox Fitness opens its South Lake Union studio

A boxing and kickboxing studio opened in South Lake Union on October 31, 2026, after city fire inspections pushed back the launch.

A women's cross country team huddle on an open grass course field. Eight or so athletes in black team jackets and purple racing singlets are gathered tightly in a circle, heads bowed inward, one arm raised. In the background, a large crowd of runners and spectators lines the course, with additional competitors visible mid-race on the field. The setting is clearly a large cross country championship meet.

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UW freshman Sherry Drury goes 9th at Big Ten cross country

Sherry Drury placed 9th at the 2026 Big Ten Cross Country Championships on October 30.

A large group of roughly 80–100 runners gathered in a semicircle on a paved path at the edge of Green Lake, all facing the camera. The lake, a floating dock, and autumn-bare trees with overcast sky are behind them. Everyone is in running gear — tights, shorts, jackets, caps. A few people in the back have arms raised. The frame is wide enough that the people in the back rows are somewhat small.

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Seattle Green Lake Running Group's Monday track workout at Roosevelt is open to all

Seattle Green Lake Running Group opens its Monday morning track session to any runner.

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RowdyBox runs a Halloween boxing session October 31

RowdyBox was turning its regular Saturday 12:15pm slot into a costume boxing session on October 31.

A woman in a green Flatstick Pub tank top performs a dumbbell exercise mid-stride in the gym, her arm extended and face uplifted, clearly mid-effort. Behind her, three other members are working out on the same floor. GLSC-branded wooden plyo boxes are visible in the mid-ground, and a large open garage door shows a parking lot outside. Barbells are racked along the left wall.

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Green Lake gym opens its Halloween party to the neighborhood

Green Lake Strength and Conditioning was throwing a Halloween party on Friday, October 30, and non-members are explicitly invited.

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Emilia Perez Builds Strength From the Inside Out

Emilia Perez found her footing in fitness long before it became her profession.

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Where Pelvic Floor Rehab Meets the Barbell

Taylor Tattan's road to strength training started in a gymnastics gym.

A yoga class in session on a wooden dock at the edge of a lake, in bright morning sunlight with strong lens flare. Approximately ten participants are in a side-plank or downward-dog variation on yoga mats, while an instructor in white stands at the right gesturing with raised hands. Masts from a marina are visible in the background along with open water and a distant city skyline. No SOL Yoga signage is visible, but the dock setting on a lake is consistent with the subject's lakeside Leschi location.

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SOL Yoga's Hunter's Moon sound session in Leschi

SOL Yoga booked three live musicians for its Leschi studio on the evening of the 2026 Hunter's Moon.

An intimate private thermal circuit space: a person reclined in a steaming copper soaking tub (head tilted back, shoulders visible, clothing-optional), water flowing from a black wall faucet on the left; beyond the tub a dark soaking basin and a glowing amber salt-tile sauna or heated room behind an open glass doorway; a lush living green wall of ferns fills the right side; slatted warm-wood panelling overhead and on the walls; overcast sky visible through a skylight panel above.

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Circle Wellness thermal spa opens in Fremont

Circle Wellness opened its first U.S. location at 1326 N Northlake Way in Fremont on September 1, 2026.

Nancy Lea smiling in front of a stone wall

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A Yoga Teacher Who Takes the Mat Into Real Life

Nancy Lea's path into teaching began with a personal exploration of movement, mindfulness and self-discovery.

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SSP opens its sixth gym in Wedgwood, seventh coming

Seattle Strength & Performance opened its sixth gym in Wedgwood in September 2026, its first foothold in Northeast Seattle.

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Sydney Werwinski Helps Seattle Find Its Inner Athlete

Sydney Werwinski's first job ever was at a gym, and she has been part of that world ever since.

Rendering of the main workout floor at Sanctuary by Henry's Gymnasium in Denny Triangle: rows of treadmills under gold dome lights, large murals of faces, red curtains and tall street-facing windows. Rendering: Henry's Gymnasium.

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Sanctuary by Henry's Gymnasium opens presales in Denny Triangle

Glen Swain is putting approximately $8 million into a 45,000-square-foot private social club at 1827 Yale Ave, in a tower where Amazon let its office lease lapse. Presales for Sanctuary by Henry's Gymnasium opened September 29, 2026. The official site targets late Q1 2027 for the opening.

Emma Paul-Cash, hands on hips, in a studio portrait

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Emma Paul-Cash Turned a Low Point Into a Strength Career

Emma Paul-Cash never grew up in a gym, and that is the heart of the coaching at EPC Athletics.

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Laura Su Is Building Strength and a Studio in North Seattle

Laura Su turned years of coaching horseback riding into a career in strength.

A wide-crop of a competition scene inside a gym: a woman in a black 'BROOKS' top faces away from the camera, pressing a loaded barbell overhead (snatch or clean-and-press) off a Rogue-branded platform; a large crowd of spectators fills the right side, seated on the floor and standing along the back wall; additional barbells and bumper plates are visible in the foreground; painted murals visible on the far wall.

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Corsair Games returns to Ballard's CrossFit on December 5

Corsair Athletics is running its 2nd annual Corsair Games on Saturday, December 5, 2026, at 1400 NW 49th St in Ballard.

Sammie Brown, owner of RowdyBox, in a studio portrait with tattooed arms and green and blue hair

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RowdyBox Owner Builds Strength Without Tearing People Down

Sammie Brown has been coaching for 15 years, and she brings a competitor's mindset to every session.

A large pack of runners in race bibs surging across a grass field at the start or early stages of a cross-country race. Most wear blue singlets with race numbers; a dense crowd of spectators lines the hillside behind them under autumn-coloured trees. The field is bright and open, clearly a grass XC course.

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Cougar Mountain Trail Run falls on Halloween this year

The Cougar Mountain Trail Run lands exactly on Halloween this year.

About thirteen to fourteen people posed as a group on a wet sidewalk/street corner on a grey, overcast day. All are dressed in running gear — tights, running tops, hats, gloves, race bibs visible on some. One person holds a handwritten sign reading 'RUN NOW LATER'. At least one person wears a shirt with 'West Seattle Runner' text visible. One person holds blue and orange pom-poms. Bare winter trees and a brick building (appears to be a church) are in the background. The group is looking at the camera, smiling.

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West Seattle Runner's Halloween Lights Run is back October 28

West Seattle Runner was swapping its regular Wednesday, October 28, group run for a costumed neighborhood tour of Halloween displays on October 28, 2026.

Two UW male runners in purple Washington Huskies kit embracing and celebrating at the finish area of Dempsey Indoor. The runner facing the camera (bib 6649, 'WASHINGTON / DEMPSEY INDOORS') hugs a teammate from behind; one arm is raised with index finger pointing upward in a #1 gesture. A large crowd fills the bleachers behind them and the white picket track fence is visible. The bib text reads 'WASHINGTON / DEMPSEY INDOORS' confirming the venue.

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UW's Dempsey track is where sub-four miles are made

UW's distance program set a record no college track program had ever touched: nine men breaking the four-minute mile in a single meet.

Four mountain bikers riding in a line down a dirt singletrack trail cut into a forested hillside. The lead rider is large in the frame — helmet, backpack, blue jersey, light-blue full-suspension bike — with three riders behind receding into the distance. Conifer forest flanks both sides; a glimpse of water or a valley is visible through the trees at the right edge. All riders wear helmets and MTB gear. Active descent, bodies weighted, engaged with the trail.

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Raging River's final two trails open near Snoqualmie

Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance and Washington DNR opened two final trails at Raging River State Forest on October 10, 2026, closing out an 11-year construction project that built 49 miles of singletrack near Snoqualmie.

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Ampersand Fitness Green Lake is adding a sauna and showers

The 24/7 gym at 7400 Aurora Ave N has posted a "COMING SOON" banner announcing more space, more equipment, showers and a sauna.

A wrestling practice session on a teal mat inside a gym with teal-painted walls. In the foreground a young woman in a 'Roosters Wrestling' white t-shirt and red wrestling shorts/knee pad has her hand on the head of a male partner who is bent over; both are in active drill stance. Several more wrestler pairs work in the background.

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Ivan Salaverry MMA hosts Navy wrestling coach Cary Kolat

Cary Kolat visited Ivan Salaverry MMA and the Roosters Wrestling Club in South Lake Union on October 18, 2026.

A group of people walking along a leafy paved trail in bright autumn light. In the centre a bearded man in a full pirate costume (brown leather vest, bandana, small parrot on shoulder) pushes a baby stroller decorated to look like a pirate ship/treasure chest, with a toddler inside. Three other people walk alongside — a young man on the left in a 'Cows & Hustlers' T-shirt, two others to the right — all smiling or laughing. Autumn trees with yellow leaves line the trail. Nobody is running; all are walking. No race bibs visible on the non-pirate participants.

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Captain Jack's Treasure Run sells out in Redmond

Every distance is full.

A single woman runner on a forest trail, bib number 1764 visible, arms spread wide with hands raised and a huge grin toward the camera, mid-stride on a leaf-covered dirt path. Mossy ferns, autumn leaves, and tall conifers surround her. She is big in the frame and clearly in motion.

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Grand Ridge Trail Run closes the Evergreen season Nov. 7

Evergreen Trail Runs closes its season at Grand Ridge Park above Issaquah on November 7.

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Kraken add first full-time dietitian at Northgate iceplex

The Kraken restructured and expanded their sports performance group for the 2026-27 season, promoting two coaches, adding a third, and hiring the franchise's first full-time lead dietitian, the team says.

A man lying on a flat bench inside a gym, pressing two hex dumbbells overhead at full extension with both arms. He wears a black long-sleeve shirt and dark shorts. Behind him: a power rack, a full dumbbell rack, and large front windows looking out to a street with a parked car and building visible. Bright natural window light floods the room. The setting is clearly a gym interior.

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Eastlake Barbell Club opens HQ2 in the Hines Public Market

Eastlake Barbell Club is adding a second space inside the 1924 Hines Public Market building at 112 E Lynn St, on the Lynn Street side of the building beneath the Eastlake Zoo Tavern. The club calls it HQ2. Equipment has not moved in yet, but the doors open Friday, October 30, for a free neighborhood walk-through before the official launch. When it opens, the plan is Rogue, Assault Fitness, and Concept2 gear, with access from 5am to 11pm every day.

Club Seattle Runners Division members crowded behind a big black CSRD flag, cheering and shouting, bright daylight

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Club Seattle Runners Division meets free at MOHAI every Monday

Club Seattle Runners Division has never charged a membership fee.

Tom Wiseley, standing, coaching a woman in a pink top holding a lunge with arms out on a Pilates reformer, bright studio with mirrors behind

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Pilates on 10th adds a Romana lineage instructor

Pilates on 10th announced Tom Wiseley as a new instructor on October 21, via Instagram.

Allegra Brown at the HYROX Anaheim finish, beside her on the IFBB stage

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Allegra Brown Runs Her First Hyrox and Finds Her Next Chapter

Allegra Brown had never run a Hyrox race before she stepped into the arena in Anaheim, California, in December 2025, and in her words, she "didn't know what I didn't know." "I was there to have fun, learn and push myself," she says. The atmosphere was what she calls "absolutely electric," with competitors cheering each other on and her husband, dad, brother and sister-in-law adding to the noise.

Jessica Wicklund laughing on a plyo box in the gym, dumbbells in hand

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Jessica Wicklund Finds Her Flow at the Salt Lake City Hyrox

Jessica Wicklund crossed the finish line at the Salt Lake City Hyrox in 1:27:17, good enough for 11th in the Open Women 45-49 age group.

Juan Pablo Perez, arms crossed, in the gym

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Juan Pablo Perez Builds Strength for the Life You Want

Juan Pablo Perez became serious about lifting after watching Rambo for the first time.

Washington players in white home kits (#15, #19, #13) celebrating in front of a purple-clad Husky crowd during the 1-0 win over Penn State at Husky Soccer Stadium, October 11, 2026; UW Athletics' own photo from its match recap

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UW women's soccer beats Penn State 1-0 on Buck goal

No. 13 Washington beat Penn State 1-0 on October 11 at Husky Soccer Stadium beside Lake Washington, completing a perfect three-match home stretch in Big Ten play. Alex Buck scored the only goal.

About twenty-five riders in helmets and caps packed into RailSpur Alley between brick walls, listening to a ride leader before a Sound Break ride. The shop's own photo (IMG_5048), cropped 16:9; owner approved 2026-10-14.

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Sound Break Bike House opens in RailSpur alley

Sound Break Bike House opened in early August 2026 at 115 S. Jackson St., RailSpur alley, in Pioneer Square.

Courtside view down the long row of blue indoor courts at Sideout Tsunami, players on the near court and a crowd along the fence line at a tournament. The club's own photo; the owner picked this frame (2026-10-13 photo labels, P25).

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Sideout Tsunami's 26 courts have a membership waitlist

Dale Garnett was talking about demand.

Two players mid-rally on an indoor court at Pickle at the Palms, a man lunging for a ball at the kitchen line. The venue's own photo; the owner picked this frame (2026-10-13 photo labels, P23).

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Pickle at the Palms opens on an old Interbay car wash site

Pickle at the Palms is a family project before it is anything else.

Coldwater Collective plungers standing chest-deep in the water off Alki on a winter morning, several in beanies with arms raised, the Alki waterfront and a bare tree behind. The file's camera data dates it Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, 9:09 a.m., when the group billed a 9 a.m. Alki plunge (place and date inferred).

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A cold plunge, a themed potluck: Coldwater Collective's Alki Sundays

Nate Garberich, raised in northeast Seattle around Magnuson Park, went into Lake Washington alone for a couple of years.

Club photo from October 2021: a wide view down several sheets at Granite Curling Club, with curlers sweeping under the arched wooden roof, most in face masks, and U.S. and Canadian flags on the far wall.

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The families behind Granite Curling Club's 75th year

Jimmy Stephens co-owned and managed the Ballard Ice Arena, where the Granite Curling Club began meeting in 1951, and for the first decade he made the ice himself. This fall the club marks what it bills as its 75th year, and the 65th in its own building near Haller Lake. Granite was founded in 1951 as an organization and in 1961 as a facility.

Clodagh and Shane Lucey crossing the finish at HYROX Las Vegas

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From a 37-Minute 5K to HYROX Pro Doubles: Clodagh Lucey

HYROX is an indoor fitness race: eight 1-kilometer runs, each followed by a workout station.

A past International Yoga Day event in the Glasshouse, with a full room of people in tree pose on blue mats beneath the red, orange and yellow suspended glass sculpture.

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Who teaches yoga under the Chihuly sculpture this fall

The mats go down under a 100-foot-long Chihuly sculpture.

A large crowd on yoga mats mid-class on the lawn in front of the rusted towers of Gas Works Park in an earlier season.

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Yerbana's Yoga in the Park wraps its 2026 season at Gas Works

Yerbana's Yoga in the Park closed its 2026 season on Thursday, September 17, with Session #19 at Gas Works Park, billed as "the final Yoga in the Park of the 2026 season".

A University of Washington men's eight racing at the 2024 Head of the Lake, the rowers driving through the stroke with spray off the blades, a bridge pier and moored boats behind.

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Head of the Lake regatta, Nov. 1: the people its cups are named for

On Sunday, Nov. 1, Head of the Lake crews raced 3 miles from the College Club dock on Lake Union, through Portage Bay and the Montlake Cut, to a finish near the UW's Conibear Shellhouse.

A climber mid-move across a bouldering wall at Vertical World, spotters and onlookers beside him.

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Tyson Schoene Built Vertical World's Climbing Pipeline

Tyson Schoene has run the Vertical World Climbing Team, which started in Redmond in 2002 with seven athletes on the roster.

The pack mid-race on a wet, tree-lined park road, team kit through the middle, course tape behind.

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Breakfast Racing Team Went From Ride Club to Nationals

Mackenna Lees met Ella Dorband through cyclocross racing in 2018.

A member mid-burpee in the foreground and another mid-wall-ball throw behind him, in Root Strength's black-painted Georgetown unit, rings overhead.

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Rehab, HYROX and Muay Thai Share a Georgetown Floor

Joe Rellora is a Doctor of Physical Therapy with more than ten years in outpatient orthopedic and performance rehab, and he spends his week doing two jobs without changing buildings. He treats patients at Root Physical Therapy. Then he coaches strength classes at Root Strength. Both businesses operate out of the same roughly 9,000 square foot unit at 6332 6th Ave S, Unit A, in Georgetown, where a third business, Muók Boxing, runs a Muay Thai and boxing gym on the same floor.

A member driving a sled push mid-rep on Athletic Form's SoDo floor, a coach watching, others on wall balls and a rower behind.

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Robel Woldu Built One of Seattle's HYROX Floors

Robel Woldu founded Athletic Form in 2013.

Four students seated on mats in a wood-floored studio room mid-spinal-twist, led from the front of frame by an older teacher in a teal tank top; a wood-paneled door is visible in the background, plants and cork yoga blocks in frame.

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8 Limbs Yoga Shrinks From Four Studios to Two

Anne Phyfe Palmer opened the first 8 Limbs yoga studio in 1996, in the Greenus Building at 500 East Pike Street on Capitol Hill.