Tony Smith of Calgary, Alberta, is considered by most to be an extremely fit athlete. His race resume, and athletic achievements are nothing to mock at, but deep down Tony believes he is terribly flawed. He refuses to show his ankles. We had to give him a 40 pack of timbits from Tim Hortons...
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Semi-popular triathlete, runner, and cyclist Kyle Marcotte has been banned for two years from Sears after he was detained by mall security this past week. The incited occurred just after 3pm on Wednesday May 13, 2009 at the Calgary Alberta Sears store. Sears Canada has not made a public statement about the offence or...
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Every now and again I check out this pages web stats; I can see how people are finding this page, what pages they are coming from, what they are searching on Google to get here, where they are going after they view this web page and lot more. And over the past few months...
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I have been lucky enough to work in a bike shop and know how to fix the majority of the bike issues that I come across. I worked at Soma Cycle a few years back and was able to learn a lot about road bikes and how to maintain and repair them (though you...
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There are a few things that newbs need to know about cycling. It’s very easy to spot a new cyclist if you try, there are a lot of signs. Some are very obvious and some are a little harder to spot. I am not saying that I am perfect, in fact I still happen...
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Do you ever wonder who takes those amazing shots of Lance crossing the line, or the painfull pictures of the pack climbing Alpe d’Huez? Well her name might be Elizabeth Kreutz and she’s damn good with a camera. She just so happens to be Lance’s official photographer. Her web page (http://www.elizabethkreutz.com/) has heaps of photos from the...
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A good friend of mine, Tony Smith, raced down in Hawaii today while I was racing up here in Halifax. His race went a lot better than mine and he seems like he is in a bit better shape than me these days. He sent me an email about his ride and it was...
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After doing a little more research, and asking a few more question about Ryder and his climb at Haleakala I was surprised to find out that another Canadian actually “helped” Ryder capture the record up the Haleakala climb, Simon Whitfeld. Whitfeld was born in Kingston, Ontario. By age 15 he was pursuing triathlon on a serious competitive basis....
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