Why Support Team World Vision?
Posted on Jun 29, 2011 under Charity, Video, World Vision | No CommentThey changes lives through clean water. We take water for granted. Support my Team World Vision.
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Archives for June, 2011
Weekly Report
Posted on Jun 28, 2011 under My Running | No CommentBike: 63 mi
Run: 13 mi
Swim: 0.4 mi
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Twin Cities Fittest in USA
Posted on Jun 22, 2011 under Environment, Health, Information | No Comment
The Twin Cities surpassed Washington DC as the fittest city according to the American College of Sports Medicine’s 2011 list of America’s fittest cities. WebMD provided a great summary of the report which included this paragraph:
Even though the Twin Cities reduced park-related expenditures in 2011, the area’s percentage of parkland is still above average, and so is its percentage of recreational facilities other than swimming pools, according to a report from the American College of Sports Medicine, which was made possible by a grant from the Indianapolis-based WellPoint Foundation.
It is no surprise that Portland made the top 5, since Minneapolis and Portland swap the best biking city designation. And actually none of the top 5 are that surprising. Here is the list (with their score and 2010 rank):
| 1. Minneapolis-St. Paul | 77.2 | 3 |
| 2. Washington, D.C. | 76.8 | 1 |
| 3. Boston, Mass. | 69.1 | 2 |
| 4. Portland, Ore. | 67.7 | 5 |
| 5. Denver, Colo. | 67.6 | 6 |
If you want to see a pdf of the Twin Cities data you can click here. Other cities are available at the American Fitness Index website.
Here is a list of the Twin Cities strengths:
- Lower percent unemployed
- Higher median household income
- Lower percentage of households below poverty level
- Higher percent of any physical activity or exercise in the last 30 days
- Higher percent physically active at least moderately
- Lower percent currently smoking
- Higher percent in excellent or very good health
- Lower percent with asthma
- Lower percent with angina or coronary heart disease
- Lower percent with diabetes
- Lower death rate for cardiovascular disease
- Lower death rate for diabetes
- Higher percent of city land area as parkland
- More farmers’ markets per capita
- Higher percent using public transportation to work
- Higher percent bicycling or walking to work
- More ball diamonds per capita
- More dog parks per capita
- More park playgrounds per capita
- More golf courses per capita
- More park units per capita
- More recreation centers per capita
- More tennis courts per capita
- Higher park-related expenditures per capita
- Higher level of state requirement for Physical Education classes
Weekly Report
Posted on Jun 21, 2011 under My Running | No CommentDailymile changed their Weekly Report format, I think as part of their new “Pro” accounts and paying money. Bummer, they had a nice thing going for them.
It looks like I did 93 miles of workouts in 1 hour, wouldn’t that be awesome!! I think I overdid it last week and didn’t get enough protein. I felt quite exhausted by the middle/end of the week, but after drinking milk with Whey Protein and lots of nuts and eggs I started feeling better. I think the kicker was a day of 23 miles of bike riding, with at least 5 of them pulling a double trailer behind my bike!
I’m also realizing that while my bike riding has been consistent (thanks to commuting) and I’ve been getting one swim workout in, my running needs to be more consistent if I want to run well at both Ragnar and in the Triathlon.
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What Do You Run For?
Posted on Jun 15, 2011 under Charity, World Vision | No Comment
I run for a lot of reasons, but maybe the most important is so that children in Africa can have access to clean water. Will you support me and my team while we raise money for a water well.