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Cycling, Sports and Drugs

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Here’s a thought on ending doping, etc. in sports, especially cycling and other “team” sports that feature individual performances:
If anyone on the team gets caught, the whole team is punished just the same as the individual.  Peer pressure is making the individuals do the drugs in the first place, peer pressure will make them stop.  [...]

SimplyStu Triathlon Podcast

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

SimplyStu Triathlon Podcast
For those who can’t get enough triathlon, check out this Podcast…

World Championship - IRONMAN.com

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006

World Championship - IRONMAN.com
Another world record in the Ironman. Pretty amazing that the pros can do this in just over 8 hours. When will the 8 hour mark be broken?

Mental Preparation for Racing

Monday, October 16th, 2006

Nice article here on the mental aspects of getting ready to race Ironman distance. Some of it is a bit new age for me, but all in all pretty good, especially since I am not an Iron-distance triathlete (in fact, I don’t think they are healthy to do over the long run, but that [...]

Floyd Landis case results available

Thursday, October 12th, 2006

Floyd Landis has posted more on his defense of doping charges on his blog. The interpretations are one sided, but it will be interesting to see what comes of this. Seems like there was a lot of error in handling, but who knows if it is enough to convince people.
I have an archived [...]

25 Rules of Running

Sunday, October 8th, 2006

L.A.M.N.K has posted 25 rules of running which can be very helpful, especially to beginning runners. He cites my favorite running author, Jack Daniels (not my favorite drink, though.)
Daniels Running Formula changed my running world. Before that, I was a plodder, lucky to do 5K in 21 minutes, always landing on my heels, [...]

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