Go Green with B-Cycle

Go Green with this cool concept that's coming to Denver (B-Cycle) this summer:


I've been trying to make an effort to ride my bike as much as possible, particularly to anything within a few miles of my house. Feels good and I can burn a few calories.




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Featured athlete at Training Bible Coaching

Checkout this athlete profile over at Training Bible Coaching. Dan is a former high school swim team teammate of mine. We spent many hours chasing and pushing each other in the distance freestyle events.

Dan laid down a scorching 10:29 at IM Wisconsin a few years ago, I hope to get within 3 hours of that time someday!

Congrats Dan!




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Dilbert's observations about runner's high

Most have had or at least heard of a runner's high, which I understand is the pleasant state that a runner might experience after running a certain distance. Personally I think euphoria is a bit overstated, but maybe I haven't run far enough? Anyway, the point of this post is an observation from Dilbert (Scott Adams) about the type of person that is inclined to run, bike, swim or otherwise exercise the biceps femoris. Read the full article about biceps femoris.

Scott concludes his analysis with this thought:
"I wonder if the world would be a nicer place if everyone exercised their biceps femoris muscles and experienced its euphoria. A sentence you never hear on the news is "He was a marathon runner and a serial killer.""

I had never made the connection, but I haven't heard about any triathlete serial killers either.

Is there is a connection between exercise and making the world a better place? I tend to think it is and reflects one of my first observations about the triathlete community. Everyone is over the top nice and generally willing to help anyone with anything. What do you think? Leave a comment.

I wish I had made this connection 20 years ago!







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Swimming with sharks oh my!

This is why you won't find me doing any open water ocean swimming:



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Let's get ready to rumble!

Off-season is officially over, time to start ramping up the training for the 2009 season.

Here's what my race schedule looks like for 2009:

• April 25th - Mud Hen 5k (2008 Race Report)
  
• May 25th - Bolder Boulder 10k (2008 Race Report)
• May 31st - Longmont Sprint Triathlon
• June 21th - 5430 Sprint Triathlon (2008 Race Report)
• July 12th - Boulder Peak Olympic Triathlon (2008 Blog Post)
• September 20th - Octoberfest Sprint Triathlon (Relay - Swim) (2008 Blog Post)
  
  Maybes:
  
  
• September 12th - Harvest Moon Long Course Triathlon
  
• October 18th - Denver Half Marathon
  

Another busy season. I'll be back later this week to let you know what we've got in store for Family Fan Club this year.


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