Excerpt: I’ve seen exercise save marriages, rescue careers, and even save lives. Exercise has long been known to positively impact mental health, and with access to survey data from 1.2 million Americans, a new study aims to see how sport … Continued
Coffee is an integral part of cycling. I don’t know a cyclist who doesn’t drink the stuff. A cup of coffee before I leave for a ride is mandatory. A mid-ride stop at a coffee shop is essential, even if … Continued
Tour de Big Bear Adam Pacal 107mi Overall: 4th Under 50 KOM: 2nd Kevin Greer 107mi Overall: 5th 50+ KOM: 4th Manhattan Beach Grand Prix Dave Cynkin Masters 50+ overall: 19th Masters 50+ Cat 4: 1st
The month of July was abuzz with the 105th edition of the Tour De France! Swami’s Cycling held two TDF viewing parties at Iron Fist Brewing Company to watch Stage 12, the Bourg-Saint-Maurice to Alpe d’Huez high mountain stage, and … Continued
Swami’s Cycling Club made its presence felt at the April edition of the Fiesta Island Time Trials this past Saturday, headlined by Heather Bruemmer’s dominating performance in the women’s 35+ division. Heather, competing in her first ever time trial, completed … Continued
I thought this weekend went really well. The TT wasn’t quite the time I wanted, however the road race went a little better. We got there early so that Julia could do the women’s 5 race. She stayed with the … Continued
Early last week, I designed the third route in our Spring Uprising training series. I’m not sure what demon was possessing me, but I managed to throw in almost every hill I truly hate… and then some. I even argued … Continued
About ten days ago, Gina suggested to our leaders’ group that we head out to the locally famous “Great Western Loop” before “the weather gets too hot again”. I was thinking that since it was already mid-week, we might want … Continued
Last spring, our local “friendliest woman on the road”, Jill Theodossi, invited one of her coworkers who had been riding his bike to work to join the Friday Coffee Ride. Sam showed up on March 24th on his mountain bike … Continued