Team CF, along with a few other sponsors is offering a movie viewing party at the University of Pennsylvania Archeiology Museum. 24 Solo is film that follows 6 time Solo Mountain Bike World Champion on his quest for his seventh title. Chris is an amazing athlete, and a very nice guy to sit and talk [...]
With nice weather set to return to Bike Philly after a very wet ride last year, you should register now for this great event. Bike Philly offers cyclists of every stripe a course that suits them. On September 11th, 2011, the Philadelphia Bike Coalition will offer a 10 and 20 mile car free route and [...]
Story by Rob Kelly, DO and Stephan Esser, M.D. Needles seriously you’re kidding me, right? That was our initial response, too. As avid athletes and conventionally trained medical doctors, the idea of getting poked with a bunch of needles was not very high on the to do list. We’re talking about Acupuncture, of course- that centuries-old [...]
Lace up your sneakers for the North Penn United Way’s 16th annual “Run for Your Neighbor” 5K race and family fun run on Saturday, September 24. The 5K race begins at Harleysville Insurance at 9 a.m., rain or shine. Cash awards will be given to the top three male and female finishers, and trophies will [...]
By Laurence Kelly When Richard Fries contacted us about Tim Johnson’s 5-day, 477 mile Ride On Washington, we told him we would do what we could to help. One of the first people we called was Lazer Helmets. We told them we were looking for items to raffle at Tim’s Philly stop on the fund [...]
By Lauren Wuscher I hate running. Well, let me rephrase that – I hated running. In the past I would do anything and everything I could to get out of lacing up my shoes and heading outside for a jog. I even once told an exercise physiologist that I was incapable of running long distances so he [...]
Story by Bruckner Chase Check the ones that apply: _ You have mastered every freestyle drill in the book. _ Your stroke count per 25 is in the single digits. _ You crank through a set of 10×200’s and descend every one. _ On race day you forget all of the above before you reach the [...]
Editor’s Note: Awesome race to our PA’s own Laura Van Gilder! Keep up the good work! After the 2011 Herman Miller USA Cycling Professional Criterium National Championship, the women took center stage on USA Cycling’s National Racing Calendar (NRC) at the Grand Cycling Classic in Grand Rapids, Mich. A summer storm halted and delayed the men’s [...]
Editor’s Note: Congratulations to all the local competitors, especially West Chester’s Brian Duffy, who placed 2nd in the men’s overall! Olympic bronze medalist Susan Williams and reigning collegiate national champion Rudy Kahsar outlasted an extremely competitive field to earn the overall titles at the 2011 USA Triathlon Age Group National Championship, presented by Subway and [...]
By Adam Bowers Clif Bar has certainly been busy! I’ve tried so many new Clif Bars over the past few weeks that my bike shorts are beginning to fit just a bit too tight – too many bars, too few miles. They’ve sent me crunchy ones, chewy ones, kind-of-in-between-ones, sweet, salty, sweet and salty, fruity [...]
