{"id":11267,"date":"2011-12-31T23:40:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-01T05:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=11267"},"modified":"2011-12-31T23:40:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-01T05:40:00","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-31st-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/12\/31\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-31st-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for December 31st"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Year’s Day Ride – TOMORROW!<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Val Tiemann \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.northwestcyclingclub.com
\nJoin us for the first ride of the year. Enjoy a BBQ lunch afterward, in the parking lot of Northwest Cyclery.
\nTwo routes:
\n50-miles….. http:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/routes\/858978<\/strong><\/a>
\n30-miles…..http:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/routes\/858981<\/strong>.<\/a>
\nEveryone’s invited !!!
\nWHEN:\u00c2\u00a0 January 1, 2012…. 9:00 AM
\nWHERE:\u00c2\u00a0 Northwest Cyclery, Jones Road & Hwy 290<\/p>\n

Continuous Aerobic Exercise Gets Rid of Belly Fat<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nDr. Gabe Mirkin’s Fitness and Health E-Zine\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0December 31, 2011
\nA review of 35 studies shows that continuous aerobic exercise is far more effective that lifting weights in reducing belly fat (Obesity Reviews, January, 2012;13(1):68-91).<\/p>\n

HIGH INSULIN LEVELS CAUSE BELLY FAT: Having abdominal obesity and small buttocks means you have high blood sugar and insulin levels, and are at high risk for diabetes and a heart attack. Insulin causes fat to be deposited in the belly and around organs. If you have small buttocks, that increases risk for diabetes and high insulin levels even more because insulin causes fat to be deposited selectively in your belly.<\/p>\n

DIABETES MEANS THAT BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS RISE TOO HIGH. This causes sugar to stick to the outside surface of cells. Once there, sugar can never get off. Eventually it is converted to sorbitol which destroys the cell to cause all the side effects of diabetes: blindness, deafness, dementia, heart attacks, strokes, impotence, cancers and so forth. …<\/p>\n

Seen at the Biking in Dallas Arts District Bike Crawl<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Christopher Curnutt\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Biking in Dallas
\nWe toured the Crow Collection of Asian Art, then had lunch at the many food trucks nearby.\u00c2\u00a0 Hint \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the green tea with honey from the Korean BBQ place is awesome.\u00c2\u00a0 Then we crawled through the district, took some photos at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center and ended the day touring the Nasher Sculpture Center.<\/p>\n

The weather was perfect and it was nice spending time with old friends and making ones.\u00c2\u00a0 We had folks attend from all over including far north Dallas, Plano, Deep Ellum, and even Wiley (Kris #2) join us.\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be planning another Arts District event, one that will include a formal route and ride and that happens on a weekend so that…<\/p>\n

Corinth Cycling Club Rides<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\n8:30am – Corinth MTB Ride
\nby Scott Franklin
\nWhen: Sat Jan 14, 2012 8:30am to 10am\u00c2\u00a0 CST
\nWhere: Corinth City Hall
\nEvent Description: Mountain bike trail ride open to all skill levels. Helmets required on all rides. Ride leader is Lance Hendrick<\/p>\n

Cycling City: Holland Racing Gets the Nod For Club of the Year<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy EricPickhartz \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.austinpost.org
\nAustin is again being nationally recognized as a cycling city with USA Cycling\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s recently announced list of the 2011 Clubs of the Year, with Holland Racing taking the honors.<\/p>\n

Three separate tiered awards were given out, all based on number of members. Holland won the Division III Overall Club Award for groups of less than 30 members. The other winners were Full Spectrum Racing from Fayetteville, North Carolina (30-75 members tier) and the Matrix Cycling Club (75+) in Dallas, giving Texas two of the three recipients. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Year’s Day Ride – TOMORROW! by Val Tiemann \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.northwestcyclingclub.com Join us for the first ride of the year. Enjoy a BBQ lunch afterward, in the parking lot of Northwest Cyclery. Two routes: 50-miles….. http:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/routes\/858978 30-miles…..http:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/routes\/858981. Everyone’s …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/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":[2028,619,660,1153,3325,2891],"class_list":["post-11267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-biking-in-dallas","tag-corinth-cycling-club","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-dr-gabe-mirkin","tag-holland-racing","tag-north-west-cycling-club"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-2VJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}