{"id":29010,"date":"2015-02-20T22:44:54","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T04:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=29010"},"modified":"2015-02-20T22:44:54","modified_gmt":"2015-02-21T04:44:54","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-february-20th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2015\/02\/20\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-february-20th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest February 20th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Triathlete trains for a new life after accident left her partially paralyzed<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Mat Garcia, KENS\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.khou.com<\/h3>\n

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\nSAN ANTONIO \u00e2\u20ac\u201c A San Antonio triathlete, once believed to be paralyzed from the waist down, is beating the odds.
\nIn October of 2012, Monica Caban was training for her next triathlon when a truck hit her while she was riding her bicycle on the Interstate 10 access road near Fair Oaks Park Way.
\nThe impact threw her 30 feet and left her partially paralyzed.
\nIn reflecting on the accident from her northeast side home, Caban said, “Two years ago in the hospital, I thought my life was going to be very different.”
\nIt’s been baby steps ever since.
\nShe greets her physical therapist Stephanie Compean every …<\/p>\n

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LAREDO CYCLING CLUB is on Facebook<\/a><\/h2>\n

Cycling Community: THANK YOU for all the support and best wishes for YOUR Laredo HS MTB Team. It was an incredible 2nd Season at the Texas High School MTB League and our kids did an OUTSTANDING job. Personally, it is extremely rewarding to witness the development of such a fine group of student-athletes and how the community has rallied up to provide them with the best opportunities to succeed.. THANK YOU for your …<\/p>\n

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Cities sweep streets for cyclists, pedestrians<\/a><\/h2>\n

BY SKY CHADDE STAFF WRITER\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.brownsvilleherald.com<\/h3>\n

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\nMcALLEN \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Commuters on Jackson Road saw a strange sight Thursday morning: a caravan of big machines sweeping debris from the street\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bike lanes, which many drivers use as de facto right-turn lanes.
\nMcAllen has had street sweepers clean the shoulders before, but this was the first time several cities have pooled resources to accomplish the task in one fell swoop, Commissioner Veronica Vela Whitacre said.
\nUnder the name Operation Clean Sweep, the street sweepers ploughed through the …<\/p>\n

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Program stresses importance of helmets, helps area second-graders keep safety in mind<\/a><\/h2>\n

By CAITLIN PERRONE\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.theeagle.com<\/h3>\n

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\nClose to 3,000 students gathered in Reed Arena on Thursday morning to learn about the importance of wearing helmets in sports, but they didn’t know they’d be ending the day a bit safer with a helmet of their own.
\nSecond-graders from the Bryan, College Station, Brenham, Navasota, Anderson-Shiro, Mumford, Hearne, Snook and Caldwell districts filled nearly half the stadium as part of “Hard Hats for Little Heads,” a …<\/p>\n

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Armstrong to ride in Livestrong event<\/a><\/h2>\n

By JIM VERTUNO\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0lubbockonline.com<\/h3>\n

AUSTIN \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Lance Armstrong is getting back on his bike, this time to ride and raise money for the charity he founded and was later pressured to leave.
\nArmstrong has set up a fundraising team for the Livestrong Challenge ride in Austin in October. It will be …<\/p>\n

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Cycling in the Southwest<\/a><\/h2>\n

Visit El Paso<\/h3>\n