Triple Tour de France winner Greg LeMond has outlined several methods by which he believes cycling can restore its credibility, listing a number of ways he feels that the sport can prove that it is above suspicion. The American has been a critic of the UCI in recent years, and says that he is...
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A few people have asked me where and when they sign up for the beer mile coming up on the 16th. I thought I better post something about what to do….. Basically, just show up on time with 4 beers and your running stuff. This isn’t a sanctioned race, its not going to cost anything,...
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Man i get a kick out of these commercials, and seeing as it’s my damn blog I can post whatever I want. But before the vid here’s some info on the man behind the script. Isaiah Mustafa is an American actor and former wide receiver for the NFL signed as a rookie with the...
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Yep, its that time again. Beer mile July 16th, 8:30pm @ North Glenmore Athletic Park. Click to Enlarge and pass it on. Official Beermile.Com Rules 1. Each competitor drinks four cans of beer and runs four laps on a track (Start – beer/lap, beer/lap, beer/lap, beer/lap – finish). 2. Beer must be consumed before the...
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For anyone knows about the Tour and wants to have a little fun. Its a great way to potential win some sweet gear and give to a great scholarship. This contest used to be run to raise money for the endowment fund for the Jason Lapierre Scholarship. Since we have reached our endowment fund...
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Check out this info graphic I found the other day… and people wonder why there is an obesity epidemic in Canada. I am not saying I eat very well but Jesus, I don’t 200 liters of Coke in my body each year. The kicker is that most of those people are drinking that much...
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I bike to work almost every day and for the most part enjoy ever ride. There are a few days, like the -25 degree snow days, that I wish I had a warm car with leather seats and a nice 22′s rolling on the side, but those dreams soon pass. What I do ponder...
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As of Saturday morning I am now and Uncle. This is a pictures of Owen Poole doing well on his second day in the real world.
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Outdoor advertising is so ubiquitous in almost every urban setting around the world, it’s difficult to walk down a street, take an escalator or sit on a bench without getting slapped in the face with one product or another. But the city of São Paulo, Brazil is like an advertising ghost town: all of...
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Georgian luge competitor Nodar Kumaritashvili was given emergency resuscitation treatment on Friday after a horrifying crash in training for the Vancouver Winter Olympics. His sled left the track at the Whistler Sliding Center at around 90mph, according to observers, and smashed into a course side structure. He was unconscious, a Reuters reporter said. Medics...
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Taken from http://www.popsci.com/ Dreams of Olympic glory could make athletes risk their lives on an experimental procedure Steroids seem so last-decade, now that gene therapy has caught the eye of athletes looking for a competitive edge. But scientists warn that gene therapy still represents a high-risk, experimental practice even within medicine, and that athletes...
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Race season is about to kick off for me.. .Yay! The first race on deck is The Orginal St. Patricks Day 5k. Short and sweet to get things started. The best part about this race is that I have made a small wager with my friend Gareth on who is going to win between us....
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Dear participant, Online registration for the Calgary Police Half Marathon and 5K run begins at 8am Calgary Time, Saturday, January 30, 2010. As a past participant, we are providing you with advance notice to ensure you do not miss the start of registration. As you know, in years gone by we have sold out...
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Shoes change the human foot strike and may lead to more running injuries All the latest footwear engineering in your running sneakers might not mean a thing when it comes to preventing injuries. The latest barefoot running study in the journal Nature deployed 3-D infrared tracking to gauge the difference in foot strike between shod...
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Most of the stuff i put on here has something, at least a little bit, to do with sports. Whether you consider it a sport is up to you. Not to sure if everyone will consider this a sport, i assume all he had to do to complete this ‘mission’ was just jump once…. and...
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Going to post a ‘life update’ in a few days here. I am finally starting to find some personal time now that school is done, the christmas cheer is starting, and I am into the swing of things at work. I wanted to show everyone this video first thought. I have seen a lot...
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Coffee is a brewed beverage prepared from roasted seeds, commonly called coffee beans, of the coffee plant. They are seeds of “coffee cherries” that grow on trees in over 70 countries. It has been said that green coffee is the second most traded commodity in the world behind crude oil. Due to its caffeine...
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For the Beer Mile Race Info Click HERE I’ve had a few people ask me how fast I can run a beer mile, and rather than bore them with how much I have been training for this race on Saturday and what I expect to do, I thought I would just post the results...
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Race will be held at the Glenmore Athletic Track (Map Here) on the 24th of October Sign on will occur at 6:45 pm. Races at: Virgins: 7:15 pm Open Female and Master Female: 7:35 Open Male and Master Male: 8:00 pm BYOB & BYODriver
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‘London to Paris’, directed by Grace Ladoja, documents 10 riders from all over the world making the track bike journey from London to Paris to meet Lance Armstrong as the Tour De France 2009 comes to a close. Made in association with Nike Sportswear’s CTRS project, the film’s NYC premiere is set for late...
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