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The Third Annual Capital City Biathlon was held on May 29, 2010. The course included a 3 mile run followed by a 15 mile bike ride. The race was held to help promote Habitat for Humanity. I want to thanks everyone for coming to the website to check out the photos and results. The main race photos will be posted over Sunday night and Monday. A big thanks again this year to … [Read more...]
My day started at 05:00. I woke up early to get in a solid breakfast. Around 06:00 I left the house heading toward the race with my gear in a backpack. The ride to the race ended up being just over 17 miles. A good warm-up. It was pleasant and traffic-free with little wind. Just what I needed. I arrived at the Beach House just before 07:00. Having been pre-registered and already … [Read more...]
Everybody knows that many athletes cheat by using performance-enhancing drugs like steroids, testosterone, and EPO. But what is it like to take these banned substances? Do they really help you win? To find out, we sent an amateur cyclist into the back rooms of sports medicine, where he just said yes to the most controversial chemicals in sports. … [Read more...]
After missing out on Lunch with Eric, I thought I might have some pretty decent legs for the training race. I was wrong! I got out for a short run before the training race, taking in 4 miles. It was humid as hell. After that I changed out my soaking wet running clothes for my cycling kit. I met up with Romanotto, for a brief warm up on the bike. I think I talked him into doing the … [Read more...]
In the past, the American Academy of Pediatrics has said swim classes might give toddlers and parents a false sense of security. Now the group says it's fine to enroll children as young as 1. … [Read more...]
A British endurance swimmer has summoned the peak of his powers to become the first person to swim under the summit of Mount Everest. … [Read more...]
Last week was one of our staple workouts of the track season. We had only done 10 quarters on the 2:00 one time before (last Summer) so most of us had forgotten how much it hurts during the last two or three . We would no sooner cross the finish line, check our watches, rest our hands on our knees while gasping for breath, when someone would shout "Twenty Seconds!". On paper it seems that we … [Read more...]
This was an early one. I woke at 04:30 to get plenty of fuel in the engine before today's ride. I met Dan at his house around 05:15 and we headed to Lunch With Eric's house. The protagonists of the day were Lawyer, Clarence, Dan E., Lunch With Eric, me, Danoh, and Buzz. It was foggy and quite dark starting out but by the time we left Eric's it wasn't that bad. The problem with today's … [Read more...]
Floyd Landis has confessed to doping during his professional cycling career in an e-mail to USA Cycling. … [Read more...]
The freestyle stroke, or the crawl, is a fast and exciting competitive swimming stroke, but it's also a great first stroke for beginning swimmers. Learn how to kick, do the arm movement, and take breaths in the freestyle stroke, plus get tips on doing open turns, flip turns, diving off a starting block, and swimming in races, in this free swimming lesson video from an expert on health and … [Read more...]
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