Tue, 15 May 2012 22:29:01 +0000
"Hang on," yelled our river guide Kevin with a grin. Leaning hard against the river's pull, the oars bent slightly and the raft heaved to, taking a line that would carry us clear of the rocks, but right into the heart of the maelstrom.
Heartbeats kept pace with the increasing speed of the raft as Kevin launched us into the jumble of waves. The raft bucked and heaved, so much so that in the middle of the rapid I managed to execute a nearly perfect back flip with a twist, landing smack in Kevin's lap.
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Thu, 03 May 2012 13:00:42 +0000
Dear Coach, I’m new to longer trail runs, and I’m having a few, um, chafing issues. What are the best shorts to run in? What else do you do? N.H., Berkeley, CA Even somebody who insists they do not get chafing will most definitely get chafing at some point, especially as the weather warms and [...]
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Wed, 02 May 2012 19:52:42 +0000
For those of you who may use or know LEKI poles for hiking or skiing, Klaus Lenhart was the man behind the company for nearly the last four decades until his tragic death from a plane crash. He was an avid pilot and award-winning acrobatic pilot. He was the co-pilot, training another younger pilot in [...]
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Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:32:54 +0000
Dear Coach, I am looking for the perfect energy bar and feel absolutely overwhelmed when looking at my local supermarket energy bar section. Can you make any suggestions? S.Y., Santa Cruz, Calif Coach can understand and sympathize with your being overwhelmed! All those flavors and packages and claims… who wouldn’t be? Now the bad news: [...]
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Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:53:24 +0000
The very thought of walking through woods and fields infested with ticks makes my skin crawl. Perhaps it is because of a tick’s predilection to attaching itself firmly to its host, in this case me, and then draining a seemingly prodigious quantity of blood from those dark and moist places where I would rather not [...]
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Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:00:43 +0000
ASEA, LLC has announced the release of findings at the Experimental Biology 2012 Conference in San Diego of a new study from the Human Performance Laboratory showing increased power output and endurance among competitive athletes. The study, released April 25, 2012, supervised by Dr. David C. Nieman, DrPH, FACSM at the Human Performance Laboratory, Appalachian [...]
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