{"id":7157,"date":"2011-01-21T23:13:21","date_gmt":"2011-01-22T05:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=7157"},"modified":"2011-01-21T23:13:21","modified_gmt":"2011-01-22T05:13:21","slug":"daily-news-roundup-january-21st-texas-bicycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/21\/daily-news-roundup-january-21st-texas-bicycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily News Roundup January 21st &#8211; Texas Bicycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikewtca.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikewtca.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>West Texas Cycling Association<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nSunday Cyclocross Practice Race<br \/>\nDate: January 30, 2011<br \/>\nLocation: Lubbock, TX<br \/>\nContact: Bobby Stewart<br \/>\nDetails: Sunday Cyclocross Practice Race 2PM @ Mae Simmons Community Center located just west of MLK Blvd. at the Canyon Lakes Road. Cross or MTB bike can be used. Everyone is welcome to ride. No cost it&#8217;s FREE. Come on out and have some fun.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.elpasobicycleclub.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elpasobicycleclub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>El Paso Bicycling Club Rides<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nSaturday, February 5<br \/>\nBridging the Gap-9:00 am<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, February 6<br \/>\nBIG Bean Ride-9:00 am<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, February 12<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s all sleep in RIde-2:30 pm<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, February 13<br \/>\nCoffee addict ride-9:00 am<\/p>\n<p>Monthly Ditch Ride with Randy-2:00 pm<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, February 19<br \/>\nRide with Rick-9:00 am<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, February 20<br \/>\nHenry Ain&#8217;t Gettin Any Younger Border Bandito Cake Ride-8:30 am<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.peopleforbikes.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peopleforbikes.org\/blog\/entry\/humana_becomes_a_premier_sponsor_of_peopleforbikes.org\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Humana Becomes Premier Sponsor Of Pro-Bicycling Campaign \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Peopleforbikes.org\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom PPOL News News!<br \/>\nHumana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), one of the nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s largest publicly traded health and supplemental benefits companies, has become a premier sponsor of peopleforbikes.org, a nationwide pro-bicycling campaign&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.biketexas.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biketexas.org\/en\/advocacy\/shifting-gears\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Shifting Gears &#8211; Transportation, Health, and the Built Environment<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom BikeTexas | Texas Bicycle Coalition by jack@biketexas.org (Jack Sanford)<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.biketexas.org\/images\/stories\/static_content\/programs\/advocacy\/ShiftingGears2011_WebBanner2.jpg?resize=600%2C232\" alt=\"Shifting Gears\" width=\"600\" height=\"232\" \/><br \/>\nGil Pe\u00c3\u00b1alosa is an international expert on livable communities and the Executive Director of 8-80 Cities. He will present many real-world examples that show how modest changes to our transportation infrastructure can have major positive&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/batsnbikes.wordpress.com\" href=\"http:\/\/batsnbikes.wordpress.com\/2011\/01\/21\/state-parks-libraries\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>State Parks &amp; Libraries<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby batsnbikes<br \/>\nFrom Little Rock, Arkansas to Marshall, Texas\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 obviously we didn&#8217;t take the most direct route, so around 300 miles total before my knee told me that it was going to self destruct if I kept going. &#8230; I kept trying to convince myself that if I didn&#8217;t ride one day that I&#8217;d feel better the day after. It never really worked out that way. We were lucky enough that it never rained when we rode (I&#8217;m also a huge nerd about checking the weather on our solar\/crank radio that has &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.planobicycle.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.planobicycle.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Saturday Eastside Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom www.planobicycle.org<br \/>\nMeet half a block east of Plano Cycling &amp; Fitness, 18th Street and North Central Expressway. This is a moderate paced ride of 28 to 45 miles with two stops for refreshments.\u00c2\u00a0 We average around 14mph.\u00c2\u00a0 All ride together to the first rest stop, then &#8216;group up&#8217; depending on desired&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.gosanangelo.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gosanangelo.com\/news\/2011\/jan\/21\/winter-workouts-can-be-a-refreshing-change-of\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>BILL CULLINS: Winter workouts can be a refreshing change of pace<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby San Angelo Standard Times<br \/>\nWinter is my favorite time of the year for outdoor workouts. The cool weather is a refreshing change from the warmer months, most cyclists and runners are &#8220;chilled&#8221; during the off season, and best of all-those pesky&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Texas Cycling Association Sunday Cyclocross Practice Race Date: January 30, 2011 Location: Lubbock, TX Contact: Bobby Stewart Details: Sunday Cyclocross Practice Race 2PM @ Mae Simmons Community Center located just west of MLK Blvd. at the Canyon Lakes Road. <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/21\/daily-news-roundup-january-21st-texas-bicycling\/\"><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":[2335,5253,2079,1724,940,991,630,584],"class_list":["post-7157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-el-paso-bicycle-club","tag-news","tag-people-for-bikes","tag-plano-bicycle-association","tag-shifting-gears-luncheon","tag-texas-cyclocross","tag-texas-state-parks","tag-winter-riding"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-1Rr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7157","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=7157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}