Could not agree more with Ron! It's 120 today and I can certainly see changes in the muscle definition in my shoulders and arms...just loving it!

How easy is it to cheat during a marathon?
Hilarious article in the August New Yorker about a man driven to run a marathon in all 50 states but raising a lot of suspician that he is actually running them.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/08/06/120806fa_fact_singer?currentPage=all
What do you think?  How could he pull off this hoax?  Or, is he for real?
tom barrett

Pistorius vindicated in "long legs" claim
by Linda Moreotsene, NewAge
Gold medallist Alan Oliveira has conceded that his blades gave him an edge over Oscar Pistrorius in his disputed 200m Paralympic win.
In what seemed like sour grapes, Pistorius complained about the length of Oliveira's blades after he was pipped at the finishing line. In a turn of events, Oscar Pistorius yesterday received support following his embarassing public outburst when he lost the 200m T44 final race for the first... Read full post

Yes I did it : cycled 112 kms (69 miles) yesterday and did not get off my bike a single time on any of those steep heights around Brussels. "De Gordel" it is called, a greatly organised Flemish annual event, and has been for 32 years, unfortunately for the last time. And unfortunately francophone extremists, again, threw nails on the roads and many people had flat tires. I was lucky and my two friends Paul and Jos too : we arrived when the nails had just been cleaned up and the police were... Read full post

I ran my first (and so far only) marathon just over a year ago at the age of 51.  I am proud of not only finishing and raising money for charity, but achieving the respectable time of 3:54.  I "beat" four hours.
Last week, Paul Ryan on a talk show radio show said that, in his first (and only) marathon about twenty years ago, that he "beat" three hours, running a "2:50 somehting" when he was in his twenties.  This is an impressive time for anyone.
It turns out it wasn't true.... Read full post

Done! Last long training weekend before Challenge Henley-on-Thames (full Ironman distance) in 2 weeks - 16 Sep 2012.Yesterday evening: 25.2K/15.7 miles run. Exactly 2 hours.Today: bike from Langley to Henley-on-Thames, then 1 loop of the bike course (which is 3 loops in total), and bike back home. 148K/92K. 875m/2,870 feet of climbing.On paper it looks like a fast course, but it's really not... Long gradual ascents, poor and slow road surface on many stretches. It will probably be windy too.... Read full post

I am sooooo sad that our tennis player Kim Clijsters lost from the 18-year old Laura Robson, a girl I had never even heard of, even though Kim had won the US Open three times before. Her whole family was in New York : her sister Elke, writing for a Flemish newspaper, since she is married to Jelle Van Damme, a Belgian footballer, their father was Lei Clijsters, also a footballer. Kim's hubby is an American athlete Brian Lynch, former professional basketball player. Did you see their daughter... Read full post

After two days of the US Open, it is proving to be an amazing year. As expected the big seeds easily have moved through. It will be interesting to see if a Roddick or Fish can make a run in the tournament. For Andy this could very well be his swan song. After leading US Tennis from the Agassi/Sampras era until now, Roddick probably has one last chance to make an imprint on his career!
There is atleast one person rooting for him in me!

After following the discussions between the NHL and the Players Association, I believe the core issue is an owners issue. They want revenue sharing but they want it to come from the players only. The owners also continue to sign players to contracts over 5 years long while at the same time stating that they want a limited of 5 years on player contracts. Seems like the owners want to protect themselves against themselves.

Was showing off my new Evolution Running & Triathlon tri gear today! 181.5K (113 miles) and 1,615 meters (5,300 feet) of climbing. "Spring Onion" sportive course + out and back. Quite windy. 6.16 hours; felt like headwind all day although that's probably not possible given it's a looped course... Guess I am still a bit tired after Norseman and Challenge Copenhagen. Very hungry now, and all I've got in the kitchen is porridge oats, 2 apples and High5 Protein Recovery! I sure am happy I don't... Read full post