{"id":12934,"date":"2012-03-04T23:15:44","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T05:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=12934"},"modified":"2012-03-04T23:15:44","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T05:15:44","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-march-4th-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2012\/03\/04\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-march-4th-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for March 4th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston Bicycle Club<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Austin Ridge Riders<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nARR Board of Directors Meeting
\n03\/07\/2012 – 6:30pm<\/p>\n

March 2012 Club Ride & Camping
\n03\/10\/2012 – 10:00am<\/p>\n

Sunday All-Level Ride at Walnut Creek
\n03\/11\/2012 – 9:30am<\/p>\n

Austin Mountain Bike Patrol – Barton Creek Greenbelt – 360 Access
\n03\/17\/2012 – 9:30am<\/p>\n

Austin Mountain Bike Patrol Meeting
\n03\/28\/2012 – 6:30am<\/p>\n

El Paso Bicycle Club Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nSaturday, March 24
\nNorthEast ride-8:30 am
\nMeet at Chuck Heinrick Park, 11051 Loma Del Norte Dr. for an exploration of the roads in the North East. Plan to climb Anthony Gap and possibly head out toward White Sands Missile Range. Distance is 25-30 miles, intermediate pace (17-18mph). Leader Patty Van Tine, 915-667-0202.<\/p>\n

Fort Worth Bicycling Association<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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Help Wanted<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Steve A\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Dallas Point-to-Point
\nSince the middle of 2009, I made 723 posts on this blog, not including this one. I made a number more on “Cycle*Dallas” before that. The majority of these posts had significant cycling educational information. Heck, a couple were actually from material I collected for LCI Seminar teaching. It was not, however, done in accordance with a plan to accumulate a comprehensive story. Mostly, it tended to apply this writer’s experiences in a way that others in the same situation could see an apply useful elements to themselves. As I’ve noted many times, I am NOT a cycling advocate. Mostly, it was cycling education from the perspective of a commute transportation…<\/p>\n

Plaxton and Pendrel win Pro XCT opener in Texas<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy David McElwaine\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0singletrack.competitor.com
\nThe Elite Mens\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 start at Flat Creek Ranch
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I am one of these older people Dr. Mirkin is writing about but not a sedentary one.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Lack of Exercise, Not Aging, Causes Weakness and Loss of Muscle in Older People<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nDr. Gabe Mirkin’s Fitness and Health E-Zine\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0March 4, 2012
\nAging does not cause you to lose muscles. Loss of muscle is caused by lack of exercise. You can preserve both muscle size and strength by continuing to exercise as long as you live. Here are MRIs of the legs of 40- and 70-year-old triathletes, and a 70-year-old non-exerciser: …<\/p>\n

Tour of Houston needs help getting in gear<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nHOUSTON CHRONICLE
\nThe Tour de Houston, a March 18 event officially sponsored by the Mayor’s Office, needs volunteers. This annual bicycle tour will last from 7 to 11 a.m., allowing riders the opportunity to complete a 20, 40, or 60 mile excursion through many of Houston’s most historic neighborhoods. Key volunteer assignments will involve helping with setup on the grounds of City Hall and staffing rest stops along the route.
\nFor more information, contact Volunteer Houston from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays at (713) 965-0031, or visit www.volunteerhouston.org.<\/p>\n

Mellow Johnny’s Classic race kicks off<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nRacers from around U.S. come to Austin for event
\nBy John Bumgardner
\nAUSTIN (KXAN) – A bike race in Austin Sunday was also a kick-off for a National Series that hosts top athletes form around the world.
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\nThe Mellow Johnny\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Classic, dubbed as one of the largest Professional Bike Races in the United States, kicked off in downtown Austin.<\/p>\n

Organizers say many participants in Sunday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s race also kicked off their season, making a final push to get…<\/p>\n

Pedal Through The Pines<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Roy and Christine\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Pedal Pushers
\nPedal Thru The Pines, Smithville, Texas. March 3, 2012.
\nYes, the t-shirt says Bastrop, Texas, but the 2011 fires weakened the eco-system, and then a 4″ rain early this year washed out some of the roads in Bastrop State Park. The organizers had to quickly change the start\/finish line to Smithville 13 miles down the road from Bastrop.
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\nThe San Angelo group; Wilbur Thomas, Brian Backlund, and Christine Jones. Shuttering behind the shutter was your author. As might be perceived, it was 41!! degrees at the start. Wind was from the North at 17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Houston Bicycle Club Austin Ridge Riders ARR Board of Directors Meeting 03\/07\/2012 – 6:30pm March 2012 Club Ride & Camping 03\/10\/2012 – 10:00am Sunday All-Level Ride at Walnut Creek 03\/11\/2012 – 9:30am Austin Mountain Bike Patrol – Barton Creek Greenbelt …<\/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":[2293,3354,660,1153,2335,1346,43,2319,1676,1231,3338],"class_list":["post-12934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-austin-ridge-riders","tag-dallas-point-to-point","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-dr-gabe-mirkin","tag-el-paso-bicycle-club","tag-flat-creek-ranch","tag-fort-worth-bicycling-association","tag-houston-bicycle-club","tag-mellow-johnnys-classic","tag-pedal-thru-the-pines","tag-tour-de-houston"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-3mC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12934","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=12934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}