Exercising after 50
Great examples of citizen athletes bouncing back from the consequences of aging are found in "Exercising after age 50," an article from the McClatchy-Tribune News Service.
Off The Couch: Birkie raises cap, Wodke heads to Boston, Mad City 50K & Trailbreaker Marathon on Saturday
On the "Off The Couch" blog, Tom Held reports the organizers of the American Birkebeiner will raise the cap on skiers for the 2013 event to 9,500 -- up from 9,000, which was reached this past February.
April Fool's: Wis. DNR says it is not selling Elroy-Sparta Trail to Disney
Despite a report in an Ontario, Wis., newspaper, the Disney corporation is not buying the Elroy-Sparta State Trail from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
National Bike Challenge warms up
Yesterday when I joined the Get Up & Ride National Bike Challenge, I noted that Wisconsin's vanguard in bicycling advocacy had already racked up the third highest point total.
Victims of random attacks include cyclists in Minneapolis and a runner in Cedar Falls, Iowa
Recent apparently random attacks on cyclists and runners in a downtown plaza Minneapolis, Minn., and in a state park in Cedar Falls, Iowa, have mobilized police and citizens.