{"id":7537,"date":"2011-03-03T23:47:56","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T05:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=7537"},"modified":"2011-03-03T23:47:56","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T05:47:56","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-march-3rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/03\/03\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-march-3rd\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for March 3rd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Waco Bicycle Club Rides<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThursday<br \/>\n<a title=\"http:\/\/wacobicycleclub.com\/rides\/384\/thursday-beginning-cyclist-ride%3E\" href=\"http:\/\/wacobicycleclub.com\/rides\/384\/thursday-beginning-cyclist-ride%3E\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Thursday Beginning Cyclist Ride<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThursday 05:30 PM<br \/>\nRoad\/beginner More<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/wacobicycleclub.com\/rides\/140\/cameron-park-beginner-ride\" href=\"http:\/\/wacobicycleclub.com\/rides\/140\/cameron-park-beginner-ride\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Cameron Park Beginner Mountain Bike Ride<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThursday 05:30 PM<br \/>\nMountain\/beginner More<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"http:\/\/wacobicycleclub.com\/rides\/56\/thursday-hewitt-park-road-ride\" href=\"http:\/\/wacobicycleclub.com\/rides\/56\/thursday-hewitt-park-road-ride\" target=\"_blank\">Thursday Hewitt Park Road Ride<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nThursday 05:30 PM<br \/>\nRoad\/all levels More<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarcyclists.org\/\/lsc\/rides\/Mar_2011_Club_Rides.pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarcyclists.org\/\/lsc\/rides\/Mar_2011_Club_Rides.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Lone Star Cyclists Mar. Club Rides<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7538\" style=\"width: 748px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7538\" data-attachment-id=\"7538\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/03\/03\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-march-3rd\/lsc-club-rides\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/LSC-Club-Rides.jpg?fit=738%2C468\" data-orig-size=\"738,468\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Rick&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1299193300&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LSC Club Rides\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Lone Star Cycling March Rides&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/LSC-Club-Rides.jpg?fit=300%2C190\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/LSC-Club-Rides.jpg?fit=738%2C468\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7538\" title=\"LSC Club Rides\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/LSC-Club-Rides.jpg?resize=738%2C468\" alt=\"\" width=\"738\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/LSC-Club-Rides.jpg?w=738 738w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/LSC-Club-Rides.jpg?resize=300%2C190 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/LSC-Club-Rides.jpg?resize=150%2C95 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/LSC-Club-Rides.jpg?resize=400%2C253 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lone Star Cycling March Rides<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.drmirkin.com\/public\/EzineList.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drmirkin.com\/public\/EzineList.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Dr. Gabe Mirkin&#8217;s Fitness and Health E-Zine<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nMarch 6, 2011<br \/>\nHow Exercise Keeps You Young (and Prolongs Your Life)<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Mark Tarnopolsky, of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, has shown that exercise prevents aging in mice programmed to grow old rapidly (The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 22, 2010).\u00c2\u00a0 The exercising mice did not have the expected shrinkage with aging of their&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.kfdm.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kfdm.com\/articles\/orange-41732-county-accident.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Fatal auto-pedestrian accident in Orange County<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby KFDM-TV News<br \/>\nORANGE COUNTY- The Texas Department of Public Safety has released the name of a bicycle rider who was killed when the driver of a pickup truck ran into him from behind. The DPS says Kevin Caudle, 28, or Orange, died at about 8 pm Wednesday. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.blancocountynews.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blancocountynews.com\/news\/article\/39696\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Malone Wins Second Consecutive Marathon Champion Bike Series<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Blanco County News<br \/>\nThis was the first race of the season for Dustin, who rides for Hammer Head Bicycles out of Austin. Bruce said all the racers who participated in the Texas Marathon Series wish to thank Hill Country Bicycle works for sponsoring the series. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/austinontwowheels.org\" href=\"http:\/\/austinontwowheels.org\/2011\/03\/03\/austin-bike-culture-calendar-events-33-3911\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 3\/3\/11 &#8211; 3\/9\/11<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom Austin On Two Wheels<br \/>\nDedicated to keepin&#8217; yer Texas race dollars in Texas, The Muddy Outlaw Dash and Chainring Challenge is a 3.1 &#8230;. Austin and Texas Bicycle Framebuilders &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.santamariatimes.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.santamariatimes.com\/news\/local\/article_eb742c84-4563-11e0-9bfd-001cc4c002e0.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Armstrong youth team rolls into Solvang<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Santa Maria Times<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com\/santamariatimes.com\/content\/tncms\/assets\/editorial\/d\/74\/566\/d7456638-4563-11e0-ac9a-001cc4c002e0-revisions\/4d6f3c6ca872d.preview-300.jpg?resize=300%2C197\" alt=\"Youth Team\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" \/><br \/>\nThe Austin, Texas-based team&#8217;s season starts March 31 and runs through &#8230; The team&#8217;s primary sponsors are Trek Bicycle Corporation and Livestrong, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/bikefriendlyoc.wordpress.com\" href=\"http:\/\/bikefriendlyoc.wordpress.com\/2011\/03\/02\/ride-with-bike-friendly-oak-cliff-in-the-mardi-gras-parade-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Ride with Bike Friendly Oak Cliff in the Mardi Gras Parade<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nMarch 2, 2011 in Bike News, Events, Oak Cliff<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net\/photos-ak-snc1\/v2490\/8\/63\/682668200\/n682668200_1493460_9808.jpg\" alt=\"Bike Friendly Oakcliff\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><br \/>\nRide with Bike Friendly Oak Cliff in the third-annual Oak Cliff Mardi Gras Parade. 105 people have RSVP\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d on Facebook here, and more are welcome to pedal on up the day of. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a family friendly ride, so everyone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s invited. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll start at 4 p.m. at&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/sports\/7454319.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+houstonchronicle%2Fspcycling+%28HoustonChronicle.com+--+Cycling%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/sports\/7454319.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+houstonchronicle%2Fspcycling+%28HoustonChronicle.com+--+Cycling%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Cycling notebook: Critics make TPC put brakes on plans<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom HoustonChronicle.com &#8212; Cycling by Dale Robertson<br \/>\nIt would not be business as usual at Friday&#8217;s H-GAC Transportation Policy Council meeting. Advocates for better pedestrian and bicycle mobility answered an urgent call to arms and, by raising a measure of civilized Cain at the open-to-the-public session, they were able to stave off \u00e2\u20ac\u201d for the moment&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a title=\"http:\/\/captjustice.com\" href=\"http:\/\/captjustice.com\/2011\/03\/03\/67-x-3-74-83\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>(67 x 3) + 74 = 83<\/strong><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nfrom Musings of Captain Justice by Gil Jones<br \/>\nIf you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t follow that math, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s understandable. But if you take a geezer-squad of three guys 67 years young (two of them precisely that age) and one of 74 years, and put them on bicycles out to prove nothing, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/texasracinglife.com\" href=\"http:\/\/texasracinglife.com\/2011\/03\/03\/houston-ride-tuesdaythursday-west-end-ride\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Houston Ride: Tuesday\/Thursday West End Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom Texas Racing Life by Ken<br \/>\nMost of my training is done alone because I feel I can really concentrate on the correct intervals and duration.\u00c2\u00a0 Sometimes I get really bored and want to ride\/race with people on the weekdays.\u00c2\u00a0 In Austin, there was always the Tuesday Nighter, a great group ride that would leave from downtown Austin and then race around a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waco Bicycle Club Rides Thursday Thursday Beginning Cyclist Ride Thursday 05:30 PM Road\/beginner More Cameron Park Beginner Mountain Bike Ride Thursday 05:30 PM Mountain\/beginner More Thursday Hewitt Park Road Ride Thursday 05:30 PM Road\/all levels More Lone Star Cyclists Mar. <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/03\/03\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-march-3rd\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[2532,988,492,2194,660,1153,1730,2467,2533,2531,2456,1737],"class_list":["post-7537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-armstrong-youth-team","tag-austin-bike-events","tag-bicycle-accident","tag-bike-friendly-oak-cliff","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-dr-gabe-mirkin","tag-houston-chronicle-cycling-notebook","tag-lone-star-cyclists","tag-musings-of-captain-justice","tag-texas-marathon-series","tag-texas-racing-life","tag-waco-bicycle-club"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-1Xz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7537\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}