Full Body Moves for Fitness

Watching the Tour de France and wondering what I could do to improve my fitness during the commercials. Eating pastries certainly is an option, but I remembered Full Body Moves for Fitness and I include a great set of three from FitSugar’s Full-Body Moves That’ll Work You From Head to Toe

Simple Rules for Better Sleep

Yes, I am watching the Tour de France and caught myself wondering when various riders were describing how they slept more to recover from crashes how one gets this kind of sleep. I am still learning, but I did run across the article Simple Rules for Better Sleep from the NYTimes. And while they explain [...]

Walker Half Marathon Additional Picture

One more picture from the Walker Kirkland Half Marathon

Dani near finish line

Walker Half Marathon Results

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Well the NW Team made it to the Kirkland Half Marathon last Saturday for a break in riding. While it was wet we had a good time and missed the 2hr target by 3 seconds which means we will be back at it next Spring at the very least.

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Can Exercise Keep Me Young

Well it did wonders for the mice in this study according to the NYTimes.

But shiny fur was the least of its benefits. Indeed, in heartening new research published last week in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, exercise reduced or eliminated almost every detrimental effect of aging in mice that had been [...]

Injury Report: What Am I Supposed To Do?

Injured my calf in January and now find myself with the injury coming and going having to sit for an extended period of time. Off the bike as it seems to tighten the calf and then it injures itself running. After all these years of doing both, it seems odd that I finally am bitten [...]

Videos Teach Running

The New York Road Runners has created 83 free instructional videos that teach the fundamentals of running to coaches, teachers, parents and kids.

The videos, called “A Running Start,” include a variety of drills and activities with easy-to-grasp demonstrations. They are aimed mostly as elementary and middle-school children, but can be used by coaches [...]