{"id":11345,"date":"2012-01-08T22:11:30","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T04:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=11345"},"modified":"2012-01-08T22:11:30","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T04:11:30","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-january-8th-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2012\/01\/08\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-january-8th-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for January 8th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston Bicycle Club Rides<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nHBC Pattison Ride\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Sunday 1\/15\/2012
\nDistances: 32(A), 43(B), 49(A), 55(C) miles
\nTraining ride ( ride hard! ). No hills, but smooth road, mostly paved shoulder, stores at Monaville and Hempstead.\u00c2\u00a0 Good food\u00c2\u00a0 at Hard Times BBQ after the ride.<\/p>\n

Bellville #1 Ride\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Sunday 1\/15\/2012
\nDistances: 29(C), 49(C), 54(C) miles
\nClimb the hills around Industry and New Ulm, return via Cat Spring. Seven Bridges is an alternate paved scenic route. Eat at pizza house in shopping center on TX-36, 1 mi south of courthouse. Or better, yet, eat at the BAKERY!! Great sandwiches – even better desserts!<\/p>\n

Sealy West Ride Saturday 1\/21\/2012
\nDistances: 32(A), 43(B), 48(B), 60(C) miles
\nRide rolling pasture land to Bernardo, and Cat Springs. Long route visits New Ulm. Stores in Bernardo and New Ulm.<\/p>\n

Fort Worth Bicycling Association Club Rides<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nArlington to Mansfield or Alvarado and Back, Arlington TX (details)
\nSun, January 15, 2012 9:00 am<\/p>\n

The Rusty Chain Gang Ramble, Fort Worth TX (details)
\nTue, January 17, 2012 9:00 am<\/p>\n

Lone Star Cyclists Rides<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nPalo Pinto Co Courthouse
\nPace: Easy & Touring
\nDate: Saturday, January 14, 2012 – 9:00am
\nLocation: Palo Pinto Co Courthouse, 520 Oak Str Palo Pinto, TX
\n28 & 45<\/p>\n

Stovall Park
\nPace: Touring
\nDate: Saturday, January 21, 2012 – 8:30am
\nLocation: Stovall Park, 2800 W Sublett Rd, Arlington
\n40ish & 55ish miles<\/p>\n

San Antonio Wheelmen Rides<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nUpcoming Rides and Events:
\nSaturday, January 14:\u00c2\u00a0 Boerne Ride
\nSunday, January 15:\u00c2\u00a0 Woman Hollering Creek Ride
\nSaturday, January 21:\u00c2\u00a0 Big Joshua Creek Ride
\nSunday, January 22:\u00c2\u00a0 Urban Breakfast Ride
\nSunday, January 22:\u00c2\u00a0 Elmendorf Ride<\/p>\n

Being Fit Prolongs Lives<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nDr. Gabe Mirkin’s Fitness and Health E-Zine
\nJanuary 8, 2012
\nMen who were physically fit in their 40s and continued to exercise regularly ten years later are 30 percent less likely to die and 44 percent less likely to die from heart attacks than men who do not exercise (Circulation, December 2, 2011;124:2483-2490). Fit men who lost their fitness increased their risk for premature death. Other factors that increased risk for dying were higher blood pressure, fasting blood sugar or cholesterol.<\/p>\n

The number of calories the average person burns when he or she sits is called a MET. When you exercise, you burn more calories than you do at rest. Doctors can measure fitness levels by asking a person to run as fast as he can on a treadmill. The faster a person runs, the more calories he burns. If you exercise intensely enough to burn twice as many calories as you do at rest, you are exercising at 2 METS. You use 0.9 METS when you sleep and 18 METS running a…<\/p>\n

Riding safely in 2012 with more fun and less injuries by Susan Reeves<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Susan Reeves\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Biking in Dallas
\n\"\"
\nMost of you know her as Extreme Susan, for those who don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll call her Susan Reeves.\u00c2\u00a0 She is one of the kindest people you will meet on two wheels, she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a hoot too!\u00c2\u00a0 Susan and I have been discussing some of the recent bike crashes and two in particular were a wake up call for some of us.\u00c2\u00a0 One escaped serious injury but his helmet split into two pieces, and the other has an array of broken bones and lacerations yet she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s slowly recuperating.\u00c2\u00a0 This subject hits home for Susan, as you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll read below, so I asked her to write something on the topic. When I asked her to meet me so I could take…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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