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Pam LeBlanc
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Pam LeBlanc writes about fitness and travel for the Austin American-Statesman. She has worked for the Statesman since 1998 and written her weekly fitness column, Fit City, since 2004. She also writes a monthly car review with Pete Szilagyi called Pete 'n Pam.
Pam rides a bicycle to work, swims on a team and runs with her girlfriends. All her hobbies, from scuba diving to horseback riding and snow skiing, involve bulky gear. She lives in Austin with her husband, who is really good at applying bandages and ice packs.
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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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
Austin woman completes Triple Crown of open water swimming
Congrats to Katy Dooley, who smoked the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim on Saturday, completing the third leg of open-water swimming's Triple Crown. I watched her finish the race, a 28.5-mile jaunt that takes swimmers up the East River, through the Harlem River and down the Hudson River. She slapped the ...
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