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Phoning it in ain’t what it used to be
The definition of today’s phrase of the day, to “Phone it in…” is provided by the Urban Dictionary, where you can find out what things really mean in modern terms. Phone it in: to perform an act in a perfunctory, uncommitted fashion, … Continue reading
Lance Armstrong rides into the present in Oprah Winfrey interview
Like a man coming up for air, Lance Armstrong burst through the surface of his deep and fantastic past to breathe the air of reality during his interview with Oprah Winfrey on the OWN network. Whether those initial gulps of … Continue reading
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Some words of admiration for fat cyclists and heavy runners
As a relatively and sometimes frighteningly skinny person all my life, it is only in middle age that dealing with fat has become any sort of problem. The diet relied upon to pump my body full of fuel in more … Continue reading
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Tagged 10K, aerobic sports, bikes, biking, Christopher Cudworth, competition, corporate fitness, cycling, cycling accidents, cycling psychology, fitness, health, long distance running, love handles, marathon, riding, road biking, running, tarsnakes, women runners
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Why we should forgive rather than forget Lance Armstrong
Retired professional cyclist Tyler Hamilton’s book The Secret Race documents the doper’s decade of the 2000s when bike racers made a common practice of taking performance enhancing drugs and doing blood transfusion to increase hematocrit counts and raise oxygen carrying … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberto Cantador, Alexander Vinokourov, blood doping, Christian Vande Velde, competition, criminal charges, cycling, cyclists, Floyd Landis, French media, George Hincapie, getting popped, health, hematocrit, hematocrit level, Lance Armstrong, Lance Armstrong comeback, Livestrong, Livestrong Foundation, Nike, peloton, porn, porn star, porn stars, road biking, road cycling, steroids, The Secret Race, Tour de France, Tour titles, Tyler Hamilton, USADA, Velo News
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The tarsnake of being thankful for things that didn’t happen
Thanksgiving is about saying thanks for everything you have in life. Food. Family. Love. Relationships. Your road bike. A favorite pair of shoes. See, if you run and ride, your perspective gets a little skewed toward your favorite activities. Nothing wrong … Continue reading
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Tagged angry drivers, bike accident, bike crash, cycling, cycling accidents, cycling advice, cycling injury, cyclist, cyclists, distance running, driving drunk, drunk driving, injury, knife attack, riding, road biking, runner, runners, running, tarsnakes, Thanksgiving, training, women runners
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Should you be afraid of tarsnakes? Oh, yes. And here’s why…
By Christopher Cudworth Seriously. We tried to warn you. When this blog began in August we introduced you to the danger of tarsnakes, both the literal and allegorical form, that are waiting on the open road to take you down … Continue reading
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Tagged bike crash, bike wobble, biking, country roads, cycling, cycling accidents, cycling injury, cycling psychology, cyclists, group ride, poisonous creatures, riders, road biking, road racing, road repair, roads, runner, runners, running, snow snakes, sports psychology, tarsnake, tarsnakes, training
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Is riding or running at a “respectable pace” your worst enemy?
The first year I got my road bike was the best year of training and racing ever. And that’s not a good thing. Because in the 8 years since I bought a Felt 4C carbon fiber road bike, I’ve developed … Continue reading
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Tagged 10K, aerobic sports, base, bikes, biking, corporate fitness, criterium, cross country, cross-training, cycling, cycling psychology, cyclist, cyclists, distance running, health, marathon, mental health, pace, pacing, racing, recovery, revelation, riding, road bike, road biking, road racing, runner, runners, running, running shoes, sports psychology, training, training plan
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It’s all about the running and riding gear sometimes. Almost always wish it weren’t.
Getting out to run or ride should be simple. But often it is not. The best intentions to go out for a workout can be lost for lack of a simple item, like a biking glove, or one of your … Continue reading
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Tagged bike crash, biking, cycling, cycling accidents, cycling injury, cycling psychology, cyclist, cyclists, distance running, fitness, marathon, mental health, racing, riding, road biking, runner, runners, running, running shoes, tarsnakes
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One month to the day after surgery, riding and running again
Today was a good day. I rode the Specialized Rockhopper Mountain Bike 15 miles. Over to Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and back. Crosswind the whole way. And this was one month to the day after surgery to repair the clavicle … Continue reading
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Tagged bike crash, bike safety, bike wobble, bikes, biking, broken collarbone, clavicle, collarbone fracture, cycling, cycling accidents, cycling injury, cycling psychology, cyclist, cyclists, distance running, fitness, health, recuperation, riding, road biking, runner, runners, running, sports psychology, surgery, training
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