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Phys Ed: Do Certain Types of Sneakers Prevent Injuries? – Well Blog – NYTimes.com
Hah! Over the course of three large studies, the most recent of which was published last month in The American Journal of Sports Medicine, the researchers found almost no correlation at all between wearing the proper running shoes and avoiding … Continue reading
A runner’s worst nightmare – “Runners trots”
I found this wonderful blog on running – Vanessa Runs, which has really detailed info on various running issues. This post struck me as especially relevant as it covered an embarrassing aspect of running that most runners avoid talking about, … Continue reading
Quote: What makes you a runner
Pretty inspiring bit from John “The Penguin” Bingham. If you run, you are a runner. It doesn’t matter how fast or how far. It doesn’t matter if today is your first day or if you’ve been running for twenty years. … Continue reading
Citizen Initiative: Recycle A Cycle
One of those initiatives which are really making a difference in the lives of people. From an article on Bangalore Mirror: After plastic, paper and clothes, it is the turn of the humble cycle to be recycled in a bid … Continue reading
Critical Mass: February 27, 2010
(What is Critical Mass?) Official Announcement for the February event on 27th. It’s time again to celebrate the joy of cycling. This month we are taking some history lessons with cycling. Let’s ride towards one of the less famous towers … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Cycling, Events
Tagged bangalore, biking, campaign, critical mass, Cycling
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Link: Runner’s Diet Mistakes
10 ways runners cheat themselves nutritionally. Now I am quite sure I fall into at least one or more of these categories: The Nighttime Feeder You eat very few calories all day long, then you gorge at dinner and late … Continue reading
Why cadence is an important metric for newbie cyclists
Just discovered this article on Sheldon Brown’s website. It explains a lot about why experienced cyclists pedal a lot differently (not just faster) from newbie cyclists (or normal urban cyclists). High or Low? “Higher” gears put more resistance on the … Continue reading
Event: Pedal2Mumbai – a 4 day 1010kms cycle ride by Bangalore Cycling Club in support of Mumbai car free day
From this post on BBC: The Bangalore Cycling Club (a cycle team run by Venkatesh of Wheelsports) will be pedaling to Mumbai from Bangalore starting tomorrow morning (Feb 16, 2010). They will be covering a distance of 1010kms in 4 … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Events
Tagged bangalore, Cycling, endurance, Events, india, mumbai, mumbai car free day, mumbai cyclothon, wheelsports
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V-Brake Madness (and adjustment)
At first, some background about why V-brakes were the first thing I obsessed over in the first few weeks of owning a new bike. When I got my bike about two weeks back from BOTS, I faced the first of … Continue reading
BBC meet at EGL
After a discussion started by Sudhanshu, a couple of folks decided to meet at the Embassy Golf Links business park cafeteria today. Since we didn’t know each other personally, we spent the first few minutes hanging around the food counter … Continue reading
