Tag: cycling
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Cycling Isn’t Enough to Prevent Age-Related Muscle Loss—These Exercises Are Key to Staying Fit
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health published this article, written for Bicycling Magazine on October 8, 2025 by Lauren Bedosky, a freelance health and fitness journalist. If you are an avid cyclist like me, all you want to do is ride your bike as frequently, as far and as fast as possible. You relish the health benefits that accrue as…
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What Happens to Your Body When You Stop Drinking Alcohol
Story by Julia Ries Wexler This Health.com article, taken from msn.com, may have been seen by some, but for those who have not, please take the few minutes it will require to read it. The reasons laid out in the article make a compelling argument for curtailing the drinking of alcoholic beverages. I do not wish…
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The Haywire Heart
I read this book several years ago while I was still able to maintain the extreme endurance exercise routine of running/cycling that I had engaged in for 40+ years. For this very reason, the book’s subtitle, “How too much exercise can kill you, and what you can do to protect your heart,” had caught my…
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Heart Health Through Balancing Intensity and Duration of Exercise
The article below was first published in “The Conversation, a nonprofit, independent news organization bringing you facts and trustworthy analysis to help you make sense of our complex world. It was written by William Cornwell, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.” Subsequently, it found its way to Microsoft Start and is now appearing as a…
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Neurodiversity?
In the News & Racing section of the internet-based publication ESCAPE COLLECTIVE RIDING is LIFE©, Chris Marshall-Bell on May 27, 2024, published an article entitled “Harry Sweeny knows he’s not alone,” in which he introduces Sweeny as “the first active pro [cyclist] to publicize his ASD [Autism Spectrum Disorders] diagnosis [and that he] wants to…
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Summer Is Coming, The NRW Bicycle Tour Is Too: The Region of the East Ruhr To Be Explored from 18 – 21 July
The German newspaper, Rheinische Post, in its March 14, 2024, internet edition advertised an upcoming yearly bicycle tour of the North Rhine-Westphalia region. The ride is sponsored by the Western Germany lotto system, WestLotto; the North Rhine-Westphalia Broadcast Network (NRW); and, West German Broadcasting (WDR 4), also located in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia.…
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Yesterday’s Ride – Not what I was Expecting
My seeming invincibility as a cyclist rose up and smacked me in the face yesterday while on my usual daily ride. I had been living a delusion. It had been years since I had experienced what might be considered a serious cycling incident – discounting not being able to clip out soon enough or the…
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Pisa: Municipality rewards residents who use livable modes of transportation
Written by Aurora Velez, in cooperation with the European Commission. Last updated before July 1, 2022. This article was published on the Greek language page of the internet site Euronews and since it deals mostly with the bicycle as a means of livable transportation, I thought it would be fun and interesting to translate and…
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Meets with Cyclists in Celebration of World Bicycle Day
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with cyclists on June 3 at The Grand National Assembly of Turkey in celebration of World Bicycle Day. [Note: The caption under the banner headline announcing 3 June World Bicycle Day in red letters, it reads “Choose a bicycle for a liveable world!”]
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September 11th National Memorial Trail
My wife and I visited the Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Flight 93 memorial in September 2021. It had been a long time coming, but we finally made the trip, and after having done so, I’m of the opinion that it is one that everyone should make. Although our trip was almost exactly 20 years after that horrible…
The Dragon is Slain 