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Category: Fitness

  • 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 to…

  • Winter Cycling & Icebike

    I just found the website Icebike and I am reminded that others bike through worse winters than I do.  I think I like the “Why” page the best of all.  In any event, I don’t ride much on the ice, but a lot in the cold and a lot in the rain and after so…

  • Reprint: The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Barefoot Running

    This is a reprint of a post written by Leo Babauta on ZenHabits. Read the full post and honor the original author @ http://zenhabits.net/barefoot-running/.  I just keep finding the really great articles missing later. Leo says  “When I first heard about barefoot running, several years ago, I was skeptical — don’t we need cushion to…

  • Yoga and Stretching

    Sidelined today to protect a small tweak, I decided to put my time to good use.  To begin integrating simple stretching and Yoga into my weekly routines. I was inspired by  Start Spring Training Today with Yoga on Bicycling.com by Tara Stiles as well as Kevin Kelly’s review of the 30th Anniversary Edition of Bob…

  • Preparing For Your Long-Distance Bike Tour

    From a Facebook post by Darren Alff (see notes at the end).  For those not on Facebook. Packing for a bicycle tour is one thing. Preparing your body and mind for life on the road is another. In this article I address how you can 1) get in shape and 2) mentally prepare for a…

  • Why Vibram Five Fingers?

    It was this article originally published in the NYTimes by TARA PARKER-POPE that finally led me to purchase my Five Fingers Vibram shoes.  I have included the article here as I sometimes can’t get to the NYTimes.  It is better to click through and read the article on their site as it has all the related…