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Thoughts on Cycling Safety from the Driver's Seat

Thoughts on Cycling Safety from the Driver’s Seat

Road bikers have to be on alert at all times for idiot drivers, but it’s true that some road bikers, due to vast bad experiences, are on hyper-alert.
Hyper-alert=hyper-defensive=chip on shoulder.
I was driving down a narrow road through my neighborhood today when I met a hyper-defensive road biker who practically flung himself into a [...]

The Steel Wheels

The Steel Wheels

In the spirit of complete disclosure and unrepentant bias, I must admit to being an unabashed Trent Wagler fan.
Adrienna Valentine, the 2009 release from Wagler and Jay Lapp, last year earned the distinction of being, at any given moment, the record most likely to be found in my CD player and it was, by [...]

Future Gear 2010

Future Gear 2010

This gear won’t be in shops until the spring or next fall. But here’s a peek at a few innovations and out-there items coming soon to an outdoors store near you.

Glowing Sandals — Never trip in the dark again. A small LED light is built on the tow strap of the Teva Illum sandals, which [...]

E-Waste

E-Waste

Dear EarthTalk: I work for an office equipment company selling copiers, fax machines, computers and printers. Each year new models come out making old ones obsolete. As a result, we have loads of trade-ins with nowhere to go. What can we do with this old equipment? — Jeff P., Worcester, MA
Electronic waste, or “e-waste” as [...]

Purity of Ultrarunning

Purity of Ultrarunning

Let me state this unequivocally.  There is no “purity” of ultrarunning. Why am I even stating this?
As the Winter Olympics end, and with the Summer Olympics over two years away, some people who love this international gathering of athletes and the spectacle (good and bad) with which it brings, have made clamoring about the possibility [...]

THE NEED FOR  SPEED

THE NEED FOR SPEED

Cyclists pursue ultramarathon speed records
Last summer, when most guys his age were on the golf course, 64-year-old Gerry Eddlemon set 10 state cycling speed records. Eddlemon, an extreme road biker from Knoxville, Tenn., is part of a small niche of ultracyclists who like to post the fastest times for pedaling across states from one end [...]

RUNTOWN U.S.A.

RUNTOWN U.S.A.

These top Southeastern running towns elevate the sport from pastime to passion.

WASHINGTON DC
Click here to download route maps for the DC area.
Politics may be D.C.’s business, but running is the city’s pleasure. Our nation’s capital has no less than 11 full-fledged running clubs, some of the region’s most popular races, a surprising amount [...]

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