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Archive for August, 2006

Pig versus Chicken

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

For chicken breast devotees looking to switch up their protein consumption, don’t forget about pork tenderloin. While I’ve always enjoyed the other white meat, it was a surprise to learn that pork tenderloin is slightly leaner than a skinless chicken breast! Who knew?
A new study conducted by scientists at the USDA, the University [...]

Toronto Hotels, Gyms, Restaurants, Etc now Free

Friday, August 25th, 2006

Since our launch eight months ago, we’ve provided San Diego Hotel, health club, restaurant, and other athletic training content as part of our free tour to help potential users understand exactly what our site offers.
Now that our groundbreaking content has expanded into Canada — Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, and soon to come Ottawa, we wanted our [...]

Triathlon Training Helps with Parenting

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

After 7 years of trying to have a child, we were blessed with our first this past June.
As most mothers and fathers will convey, the initial 8 weeks of parenthood certainly does pose quite a few challenges. However, I’ve noticed that my triathlon and marathon training–believe it or not–has helped me [...]

Night before the race

Saturday, August 19th, 2006

Here I sit, the night before a big race — America’s Finest City 1/2
marathon.  My stomach feels funny — almost sick. Maybe i’m nervous.  Maybe
it’s the Thai food I just ate. There’s a greater than slight chance it’s all
the wine I consumed last night (what was I thinking? HELLO, I wasn’t!). So
maybe you’ve been here [...]

What is in your deli meat?

Monday, August 14th, 2006

Deli meat is an inexpensive, convenient, and calorie efficient source of protein. Ham, turkey, roast beef, or whatever your preferred flavor, it’s yummy between two slices of bread, stuffed in a pita, chopped over a salad, or my personal favorite, wrapped around a pickle. No matter the mode of transportation to your mouth, [...]

Bike Prices Climbing

Wednesday, August 9th, 2006

It’s not only oil and gas prices that are jumping each month. Titanium, carbon fiber, and to a lesser extent, aluminum bikes are climbing like a cyclist on Alpe d’Huez.
Why? You can thank the aircraft manufacturing industry. Demand for newer and better planes and other flying craft is going “up, up, up”. [...]

Hurry the Curry

Saturday, August 5th, 2006

Over the last week I’ve seen the following headline a number of times: “Curry and Onions May Prevent Colon Cancer.” While the caption is right to a certain extent–test subjects who were at higher risk for polyps than the general population did demonstrate a lower incidence of polyp occurrence–it’s more complicated than [...]

Cyclists Do Use Testosterone

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

Floyd Landis will find out his fate on Saturday when results from his “b” sample test are revealed. According to all of the drug experts, nobody believes his b sample will show anything different than his A sample. And, it doesn’t look good for Floyd if the New York Times report is accurate [...]