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Dear runner, please turn down the volume
Dear runner wearing head phones, I was pedaling along the Shoal Creek hike and bike trail the other day, on my way home from work. You were running right in front of me, smack in the middle of the trail. I rang the little bell on my handlebars once, to ...
Online game teaches bike safety
A free online game at the BikeTexas website teaches kids basic bicycle safety. Jenny’s Neighborhood, developed by BikeTexas, Planet Texas Studio and the Texas Department of Transportation’s Safe Routes to Schools program, reminds kids to look both ways and signal their movements. It’s sort of like playing Frogger. Using the ...
I'm obsessed with athlinks.com
I'm officially obsessed with athlinks.com, a social networking site that collects results from endurance races and posts them online for easy perusal. The cool part is it doesn't just list race results. It quickly shows your personal records, your overall place in each race, your age group position and how ...
I survived AFM FITtest
Whew. I survived another Austin Fit Magazine FITTest. I spent Saturday jumping, throwing, running, burpee-ing and staggering across a balance beam with a water-filled length of PVC pipe during the annual event, designed to measure overall fitness. (Want to see who else was there? Check the gallery of photos I ...
Fit Folks: Frances Gibich
Frances Gibich, 77 I’ve exercised all my life — chopped and picked cotton, planted and harvested two gardens a year and walked a half mile to and from the school bus. At school I played baseball, volleyball and cheered on the pep squad. I have done yoga, Jazzercise and walking. ...
Don’t be a heel: Follow these etiquette tips when you run a race
Few things irk a serious runner more than starting a race, then spending the next 30 minutes weaving around slower runners who lined up at the front of the pack. Unless, perhaps, it’s someone who stops in the middle of the course to tie a shoe. Or who, while attempting ...
It's Time Texas Summit set for June 24-25
It’s time, people. Active Life, an Austin-based non-profit organization that promotes fitness, will (they hope) convince you to kayak, jump rope or cartwheel your way to fitness, inspiring a bunch of other people along the way. The third annual It’s Time Texas Summit is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, June ...
Wild in the Streets skateboard ride set for June 21
Looking for a way to celebrate international Go Skateboarding Day next Friday? The clatter of tiny wheels will rise over the city during Wild in the Streets, a 3-mile group skateboard ride through downtown. The ride starts at 6 p.m. at the Austin BMX and Skate Park, 1213 Shoal Creek ...
Look for me at Austin Fit Magazine's FITtest this weekend
Another round of public humiliation awaits this weekend, when I participate in Austin Fit Magazine’s second annual AFM FITtest. I competed last year in the competition, which consists of a series of tests designed to measure overall fitness. It doesn’t exactly cater to my strengths (water skiing, backpacking and bicycle ...
Ronnie Farrell named Special Olympics athlete of the year
Ronnie Farrell began competing in the Special Olympics almost 20 years ago. This week, Special Olympics Texas named him Male Athlete of the Year at its annual Victory Dance and Awards Ceremony. That's a big deal, and ranks right up there with the joy of competing in basketball, bowling and ...
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