{"id":4347,"date":"2010-03-31T23:17:02","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T04:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=4347"},"modified":"2010-03-31T23:17:56","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T04:17:56","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-march-31st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/03\/31\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-march-31st\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for March 31st"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/04\/01\/health\/01parkinsons.html?src=me&amp;ref=health\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Cycling Provides a Break for Some With Parkinson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nBy GINA KOLATA, The New York Times<br \/>\nDr. Bastiaan R. Bloem of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center in the Netherlands thought he had seen it all in his years of caring for patients with Parkinson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease. But the 58-year-old man who came to see him recently was a total surprise. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2010\/04\/01\/world\/01parkinsons_CA0\/01parkinsons_CA0-popup.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" alt=\"Cannot Walk\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/blogs.orlandosentinel.com\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.orlandosentinel.com\/changetheworld\/2010\/03\/med-students-goal-bike-4020-miles-raise-40200-for-shriners.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Med student&#8217;s goal: bike 4020 miles, raise $40200 for Shriners<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Orlando Sentinel (blog)<br \/>\nLauren&#8217;s shortest day is a 70-mile ride through the heart of Texas, which (sorry, Texans) is notoriously boring. Her longest day is 192 miles, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.orlandosentinel.com\/changetheworld\/files\/2010\/03\/lauren-on-bike1.JPG?resize=453%2C542\" alt=\"Lauren\" width=\"453\" height=\"542\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.kxan.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kxan.com\/dpp\/news\/cyclists-face-off-with-motorist\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Cyclists face off with motorist I KXAN.com<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Matt Flener<br \/>\n&#8220;I can understand why the motorist was mad,&#8221; said Robin Stallings, Executive Director of the Texas Bicycle Coalition. &#8220;It wasn&#8217;t ok for the roadway to be blocked and both lanes being blocked,&#8221; said Stallings. &#8220;We should not be the ones &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/community.active.com\" href=\"http:\/\/community.active.com\/thread\/82482\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Third Annual LBJ 100 Hill Country Bicycle Tour Reviews | Active.com<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby ANONYMOUS<br \/>\nRest stops were plentiful and mostly excellent with water and Gatorade, and orange slices, bananas, and peanut butter-n-jelly sandwiches. The BEST: Texas countryside around Stonewall is spectacular. I will definitely participate in next &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=125192260&amp;ps=cprs\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>A Bumpy Test Ride With Google&#8217;s Bike Map<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby NPR<br \/>\nHe looked up his route on Google \u00e2\u20ac\u201d a quick trip from his house in Austin, Texas, to the bookstore. &#8220;When I got out on the road, it felt terrifying, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.npr.org\/assets\/news\/2010\/03\/26\/route.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"Google Bicycle Route map\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cycling Provides a Break for Some With Parkinson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s By GINA KOLATA, The New York Times Dr. Bastiaan R. Bloem of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center in the Netherlands thought he had seen it all in his years of caring <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/03\/31\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-march-31st\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/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":[660,1655,1654,1177,1191,1653],"class_list":["post-4347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-google-bike-map","tag-lauren-s-bike-ride","tag-lbj-100-bicycle-tour","tag-motorists","tag-parkinsons-disease"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-187","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4347","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=4347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}