Chris Gubbels is one of the dudes from my gym that competed. I think he got 5th overall.
A few of the folks from my CrossFit gym, Emergent Fitness participated in the 2010 CrossFit Mountain Sectionals.
This stuff is hard!
Andy B
outsideallday.com
For the past few years a cyclist out of NYC has been blogging his views of cycling. Known as the Bike Snob he has made some waves and has created quite the following. Read as, Lance reads it and rides with him.
After Years of Anonymous Opinion on the Blogosphere, the Bike Snob Finally Reveals His Identity
By Jason Gay, WSJ.com
Over his nearly three years of obsessing over, satirizing and deftly puncturing the sport of cycling, the anonymous blogger Bike Snob has made his worldview clear. He loves to ride his bike. He wants you to ride, too. Just maybe not on those florescent wheel rims. Or pedal against traffic. Or with your helmet on the handlebars. And even if it’s not fashionable, he’d like you to consider using brakes.
Such style and safety points are well known to the readers who log on daily to the Bike Snob’s sharp-edged and fetishistically detailed Web site: bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com. The site established the Snob as an acerbic sports blogger, earned him a monthly column in the prominent U.S. cycling magazine Bicycling and won him admirers like seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong.
Still, there’s one thing most readers don’t know about the Bike Snob: his real name. While not exactly going to Bruce Wayne-levels of protection, the Bike Snob has shielded his actual identity from the public, preferring to let his pen name take the credit. He’s posed for magazine and newspaper articles with his face shielded, revealing only fragments of detail about his personal life. more here.
And the story continues…
Bike Snob Glad He Went Public
By Jason Gay, WSJ.com
Last spring, when I met the anonymous cycling blogger Bike Snob for the first time, I asked him if he’d ever reveal his identity – and if so, how he planned do it. “I’m not going to do some kind of big Liza Minelli bust-out,” he said over dinner at a Brooklyn Tex-Mex joint.
By then, however, the Snob already had secured a book deal, and it was pretty clear he wasn’t going to be able to fully promote that book while lurking behind a Web pseudonym. Now, with that book – “Bike Snob: Systematically & Mercilessly Realigning the World of Cycling” – arriving in May, the Snob has stepped out in the open as former publishing agent and bike messenger Eben Weiss. And while his unmasking might not have resembled this sublime cultural moment, people in the more-of-us-than-you-think-there-are cycling community definitely care.
“I’m not worried about losing the anonymity,” Mr. Weiss told me a couple weeks ago. “I’ve never pretended to be anything other than the person I am.”
Though he kept his readers guessing, there was not a lot of subterfuge with the Bike Snob. As he liked to put it, he was “hiding in plain sight.” Finish story here.
Two weekends ago I helped out with a Homeless Gear and the Children In Need distribution day at the Murphy Center for Hope in Fort Collins. We volunteered around 4 hours and served 127 people and 74 children. We found out from the organizers after the event that we served a large homeless population within the Poudre School District. Tons of little kids came through that day.
I spent the majority of my time in a back room with 4 other volunteers organizing and inventorying clothing to be distributed. Some of the most specials moments where when a family would walk back to us in the warehouse and looking for a special size or garment. It was a great feeling to be able to smile and help them find what they needed.
More info at: www.homelessgear.com
If you ever have clothing you would like to donate, you can drop it off with me anytime.
Andy B
outsideallday.com
An Afternoon At The Garden from Video Hyper Shred on Vimeo.
These guys are making snowboarding fun again. This video was filmed on Sunday and live by Sunday night. That’s good stuff.
More video’s like this at, www.videohypershred.com
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Saturday found us at the Oceanside 70.3. Julie was out rocking the tri and her cheer team was hanging on the beach. By the end of the day we were exhausted and had basically stood still all day.
This morning with the sunrise I headed out to the local park for repeats. It was awesome – though empty. Speaking of empty I am winding down my supply of Motor Tabs and will be reodering soon. Grape rocks.
My goal this week is to sneak out and get a workout every morning. Tomorrow I will be out on the paddleboard. High time to get it back in the water. Enjoy the week.
Ok, so I’ve been running a lot lately (much more to come on this subject).
I know that Friction Freedom is specifically designed for cycling but I think it’s even better for runners. I throw a finger or 2 full of the cream in my secret spots and can stay lubed up for the longer runs I been doing. So far, zero chaffing between the legs. It sounds gross but chaffing stops you from running comfortably and on longer runs you need to be comfortable.
I love running because it’s so minimal. You only need a few essential items to have a good time. For the last 45 days, Friction Freedom has been stored in the back of my car, I use it every time.
More info at: www.frictionfreedom.com
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Free Ground Shipping on orders over $150. Valid 3.28.10 – 4.4.10.
If you’re a runner, I would HIGHLY recommend this shoe. I just ordered a pair. Its very neutral and light and perfect for the type of running I do.
Andy B
outsideallday.com
A super fun video about the history of endurance fitness. Its funny to see how some of the things we do in training came to be.
HT Emergent Fitness for the video.
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Video Hyper Shred Teaser – March 2010 from Video Hyper Shred on Vimeo.
*This is a PG-13 video teaser for sure.
VideoHyperShred.com is a snowboard film project by Eddie Wall and Pierre Wikberg. There hope is to show the other side of snowboarding, the real side.
“The goal of VHS, www.videohypershred.com, is to update videos and photos every single day of the season. The clips will be short, raw, and feature pro snowboarders, ams, legends, friends, skaters, girls, drunks, industry tools and animals.”
I’ll be bookmarking the site for sure…
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Tomorrow my amazing wife, will be racing in her first half Ironman in Oceanside, CA. She’s been training for 6 months and is in the best shape of her life. The boys and I are back home in CO (couldn’t afford the extra flights) but we will be cheering her on over the internet.
Follow the coverage live at: http://triathlon.competitor.com/ironman-70-3-california-coverage
More info the race: http://www.ironmancalifornia.com
Her goal time is 6 hours and 30 minutes. I know she can do it! Race day is supposed to be 70 degrees and sunny.
Andy B
outsideallday.com
The North Face Single-Track Awarded “Best Debut” by Runner’s World
SAN LEANDRO, California—March 10, 2010—The North Face, the world’s premier supplier of authentic, innovative and technically advanced outdoor apparel, equipment and footwear, today announced The North Face Single-Track running shoe was awarded “Best Debut” by Runner’s World magazine, the worldwide authority on running information. The Single-Track, new for 2010, is a lightweight, everyday neutral training and racing shoe designed for runners.
Click here to read the rest of this story.
My pair is on order! Please arrive soon, please arrive soon, please arrive soon!
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Peloton Cycles in Fort Collins, CO
March 24 – 28
More info at: http://peloton-cycles.com/
I stopped by yesterday, lot’s and lot’s of good stuff on sale.
Andy B
outsideallday.com
