Wild Wild West End Ride 2008 – Richmond, TX

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Foster High School 4400 FM 723

The Wild Wild West End Ride is hosted by Team West End. The goal of Team West End is to provide cyclists with a variety of cycling activities including: group rides, racing, safety training, routine bike maintenance and training rides for the annual BP MS150 Ride. a portion of our ride proceeds will go to support BikeHouston Inc, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that is dedicated to improving cycling in the Houston area. Please see www.bikehouston.org for more details.

Fees:

$20 until Feb 1st
then $25 until feb 16
$35 Ride Day

Website

3rd Annual La Feminil Women-Only Bicycle Tour – Brownsville, TX

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Uptown Bar & Grill 1805 Ruben Torres Blvd. (FM 802)

All levels of riders & bikers welcome. Bring your friends, family, or co-workers, then have lunch after the ride! Two courses will be available: a short 10 mile route & a longer 20 mile route.

Fees:  15 before 1/19/08 $20 after 1/19/08

Online registration

Bike tour fights deadly disease

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from The Daily Texan (full article link)

It does not take a star to bike for a cure. UT students do it every year.

The Tour de Cure, a bike ride from San Antonio to Austin, aims to raise money to cure diabetes – the fifth deadliest disease in America. UT kinesiology senior Kelly Blackstone does not have diabetes, but said she is invested in finding a cure and hopes other students are too. The ride is sponsored by the American Diabetes Association, and parallels the Multiple Sclerosis 150, a bike ride from Houston to Austin.

The central Texas Tour de Cure is in its sixth year and raised $540,000 in 2007, said Chip Rayburn, Tour de Cure event chair. About 1,100 riders participated last year, but Rayburn said he is hopeful Blackstone’s involvement will attract more student participation. Blackstone is a student intern for the American Diabetes Association this semester.

Can I Lose Holiday Fat Fast?

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from this week’s issue (#327) of RoadBikeRider.com Newsletter

5.  BEST OF COACH FRED
 
Can I Lose Holiday Fat Fast?
 
Q:  I had a fun holiday season but — uh oh — I gained 10 pounds. Ugh! Now I’m disgusted with myself and want to get rid of it quickly. How can I lose this excess weight in the next couple of weeks? — Chris G.
 
Coach Fred Matheny Replies:  As wisecracking nutritionists say, the only way to lose 10 pounds quickly is to give birth. (Ed note: Or you could have a pulmonary embolism, good for 18 pounds in 9 days!)
 
Weight can go on rapidly when you eat too much and don’t exercise. But it’s counterproductive and even dangerous to try to get rid of it just as fast.
 
The general rule for good health and long-lasting weight reduction is to lose no more than two pounds per week. So, it’ll take you upwards of a month to eliminate the results of all that fruitcake and eggnog.