{"id":11068,"date":"2011-12-11T23:30:23","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T05:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=11068"},"modified":"2011-12-11T23:30:23","modified_gmt":"2011-12-12T05:30:23","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-11th-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/12\/11\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-11th-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for December 11th"},"content":{"rendered":"

HBC New Years Pot Luck Lunch And Ride<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
Houston Bicycle Club
\n9:00 AM January 1, 2012
\nLunch: 11:30AM. Join us for the annual New Years Day pot luck feast. Start with a leisurely in-town ride through West University, Bellaire, The Galleria, Memorial Park, and Montrose. Then bring out your best dish for the traditional pot luck lunch! Prizes will be given for the most tasty homemade dish and dessert! Turkey, ham, and drinks provided by the HBC. Many attendance prizes will also be awarded. Start the new year right with riding buddies and great food! …<\/p>\n

Waco Bicycle Club Rides<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nSunday Beginner Mountain Bike
\nSunday 02:00 PM
\nMountain\/beginner More<\/p>\n

Waco Dam
\nTuesday 05:30 PM
\nRoad\/all levels More<\/p>\n

KOW
\nWednesday 05:30 PM
\nRoad\/drop, training More<\/p>\n

Thursday Hewitt Park Road Ride
\nThursday 05:30 PM
\nRoad\/all levels More<\/p>\n

Indian Springs Park Community Ride
\nSaturday 09:00 AM
\nRoad\/all levels More<\/p>\n

Fort Worth Bicycling Association Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nKowbell Kountry Kruse
\nDate \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Sunday, December 18, 2011 9:00 am
\nType of Ride \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Club Event
\nLocation \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Mansfield TX
\nSponsor \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Jackie and Beth Robinson
\nEmail Contact \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0bikingtexas@att.net
\nPhone Contact \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0817-205-7494
\nJoin Jackie and Beth for ride out of Mansfield. Routes or 35 and 62 miles are available. The ride starts at Mansfield Legacy High School at 1263 North Main in Mansfield.<\/p>\n

North Texas Cycling<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nNTC is proud to announce that for the 2012 season we have launched Cowboys Racing.<\/p>\n

This group will be led by Derek Whisenhunt, President and Race Team Director. We would like to Thank Bicycles Inc for their sponsorship. This is going to be a great year of racing.
\nIntroducing the Cowboys Racing Team:
\nAaron Grisham
\nRyan Lorimer
\nScotty Taylor
\nDerek Whisenhunt
\nJamie Zitnik
\nGreg Wood
\nFlorentino Martinez
\nEnoc Shida<\/p>\n

This is not a Texas race but Colorado is a bordering state and a number of fans go from Texas.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Inside Cycling TV Broadcasting USA Pro Cycling Challenge Host City Announcement Tuesday<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nposted by Tyler (Editor) – www.bikerumor.com
\nPRESS RELEASE: Beginning a new partnership with the prestigious USA Pro Cycling Challenge stage race, InsideCycling.TV (ICTV) announces that it will provide the live internet broadcast for next week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s exclusive celebration for the event\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2012 official host cities. Live streaming video of this special event, with athlete interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, will be produced and broadcast by ICTV on Tuesday, December 13 from 4p.m. to 6p.m. (MST).<\/p>\n

USA Pro Cycling Challenge, recently elevated to a 2.HC stage race by the Union Cycliste Internationale, unveiled the names of the 12 Colorado host cities for the 2012 event this past week. At Tuesday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s private reception in Denver, Colo., an all-star cast of professional cyclists and Colorado Senator Al White, who serves…<\/p>\n

Just because you are a recreational biker does not mean you cannot eat right.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

What’s Wrong with the U.S. Dietary Guidelines?<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nDr. Gabe Mirkin’s Fitness and Health E-Zine
\nDecember 11, 2011 Issue
\nWalter Willett, the chairman of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard, is the most published nutritionist in the world. He thinks that the U.S. Dietary Guidelines are flawed because they cater to large food-selling companies (N Engl J Med October 27, 2011;365:1563-1565). North Americans suffer premature death from poor eating habits that increase their risk for obesity, heart attacks, strokes, gout, and certain cancers. Dr. Willett says “The dietary guidelines should base recommendations primarily on foods, not…<\/p>\n

The 100 degree weather is long gone but this will come in handy when the heat returns in a few months (I hope).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Neck Cooling Helps You Go Faster in Hot Weather<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nDr. Gabe Mirkin’s Fitness and Health E-Zine
\nDecember 4, 2011 Issue
\nPlacing a cooling band on the neck before the start of a 90-minute time trial helps you run faster in hot weather (Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, December 2011; 43(12):2388-2395). Replacing the cooling neck band every 30 minutes offered no additional benefit.<\/p>\n

More than 80 percent of the energy used to power your muscles is lost as heat, so during intense exercise in the heat, body temperature rises. This slows you down as the limiting factor to how fast you can run is the time it takes to bring oxygen into muscles through the bloodstream. A rise in body temperature increases the amount of oxygen your muscles need and slows you…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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