Category : racing
Tackling Mud and Mountains
August 1, 2011
“Tough Mudder is not a traditional competition,” says event CEO and co- founder Will Dean. “It is a challenge for the mind and a test for the body. ” Dean worked for the British government before enrolling in an MBA program at Harvard Business School. Read More ...
August 1, 2011
“Tough Mudder is not a traditional competition,” says event CEO and co- founder Will Dean. “It is a challenge for the mind and a test for the body. ” Dean worked for the British government before enrolling in an MBA program at Harvard Business School. Read More ...
Runner Seeks Same with Strong Horse
August 1, 2011
First, become fabulously wealthy. Buy a big spread out in the country with plenty of outbuildings and pastureland. Then, buy a horse or two with strong Arabian bloodlines and take several years of riding lessons. Read More ...
August 1, 2011
First, become fabulously wealthy. Buy a big spread out in the country with plenty of outbuildings and pastureland. Then, buy a horse or two with strong Arabian bloodlines and take several years of riding lessons. Read More ...
Run Like a Horse
June 1, 2011
“Rather than create a big event that’s a mess, we’d rather keep the quality there. The 375 or 400 that start have the same experience as people 10, 20 years ago. ” The biggest move forward for the race, he believes, has to do with how the participant spots are allotted. Read More ...
June 1, 2011
“Rather than create a big event that’s a mess, we’d rather keep the quality there. The 375 or 400 that start have the same experience as people 10, 20 years ago. ” The biggest move forward for the race, he believes, has to do with how the participant spots are allotted. Read More ...
Todd Jackson: Always Adjusting for the Breeze
April 8, 2011
He got his start as an event producer organizing windsurfing races back in the mid- ‘80s for Windsurfing Berkeley while going to school at Cal. Originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Jackson grew up on a lake and got into competitive sailing before coming to the Bay. Windsurfing was in its boom years then and Berkeley was one of its epicenters, so it was natural for him to be pulled in by the hot new water sport. Read More ...
April 8, 2011
He got his start as an event producer organizing windsurfing races back in the mid- ‘80s for Windsurfing Berkeley while going to school at Cal. Originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Jackson grew up on a lake and got into competitive sailing before coming to the Bay. Windsurfing was in its boom years then and Berkeley was one of its epicenters, so it was natural for him to be pulled in by the hot new water sport. Read More ...
Father-Son Tri Showdown
September 1, 2010
See, Will was only 14 at the time, and yet he was, to paraphrase Phil Liggett, “dancing on the pedals. ” He chatted with other cyclists, popped bunny-hops and mini-whips off berms and generally behaved like a teenager — but he was also pulling away from me at will. Luckily for my pride, his puppy-dog antics sapped him enough that I was able to surge ahead at the end of our climb: a sketchy and steep pitch right at the top of Eldridge Grade, which I cleaned, and he didn’t. Read More ...
September 1, 2010
See, Will was only 14 at the time, and yet he was, to paraphrase Phil Liggett, “dancing on the pedals. ” He chatted with other cyclists, popped bunny-hops and mini-whips off berms and generally behaved like a teenager — but he was also pulling away from me at will. Luckily for my pride, his puppy-dog antics sapped him enough that I was able to surge ahead at the end of our climb: a sketchy and steep pitch right at the top of Eldridge Grade, which I cleaned, and he didn’t. Read More ...
Caffeine: The Legal Performance Enhancer?
March 1, 2010
The IOC wasn’t crazy; they just realized that the drug, commonly known as caffeine, had become a ubiquitous part of everyday life and culture for millions of people around the world. As a result, athletes are now permitted to consume caffeine in doses that approximate drinking about five cups of coffee per day. In the U. Read More ...
March 1, 2010
The IOC wasn’t crazy; they just realized that the drug, commonly known as caffeine, had become a ubiquitous part of everyday life and culture for millions of people around the world. As a result, athletes are now permitted to consume caffeine in doses that approximate drinking about five cups of coffee per day. In the U. Read More ...
A Day at the Skinny Ski Races
January 1, 2010
You know — the ones with lots of body fluids frozen to their faces as they make their agonizing way around circuitous trails in a blur of limbs and sticks, only to fall face first in a fit of exhaustion across the finish line. And the overzealous announcer – who usually knows as much about cross-country skiing as we know about cricket – screaming into the microphone, “That Bjorn sure looks unbeatable today, doesn’t he?” The other image many of us have of competitive skiers is that of Sierra hotshots who streak by in their form-fitting lycra while day tourers from sea level in bulky parkas gasp for air. Many of these racers are so seriously into their training that, to the uninitiated eye, they seem to be having about as much fun as mice in a maze. Read More ...
January 1, 2010
You know — the ones with lots of body fluids frozen to their faces as they make their agonizing way around circuitous trails in a blur of limbs and sticks, only to fall face first in a fit of exhaustion across the finish line. And the overzealous announcer – who usually knows as much about cross-country skiing as we know about cricket – screaming into the microphone, “That Bjorn sure looks unbeatable today, doesn’t he?” The other image many of us have of competitive skiers is that of Sierra hotshots who streak by in their form-fitting lycra while day tourers from sea level in bulky parkas gasp for air. Many of these racers are so seriously into their training that, to the uninitiated eye, they seem to be having about as much fun as mice in a maze. Read More ...
