Despite a lack of training, I was fairly happy with my run in the Klondike Road Relay in the Yukon.
1hr:26min:22sec (6.1mi / hour)
UPDATE: My time was actually about 1hr 21min. I had about a 5min penalty as I was missing reflective clothing and my race numbers at the start.
The fastest guys on that leg ran 9.6mi / hour.
My Team name … Super Aasman.
Yep.
(via the adventure life by Peter Drew of Adelaide)
University of Alberta researcher Margie McNeely says results from an international study she was part of indicate that certain precautions about the risk of lymphedema for breast cancer survivors are outdated. …
McNeely says women who’ve had breast cancer surgery are often warned that pressure changes in an airplane cabin could trigger lymphedema, chronic swelling in the arm. She adds that, until now, information about air travel and lymphedema risk has not been based on solid evidence. A study she did with an Australian research team, however, shows that the risk of developing lymphedema during flight is very low.
“We found that only five per cent of these women are likely at risk of developing any arm swelling when flying,” said McNeely. “This tells us that maybe we are scaring women a little bit too much about this.” …
Breast cancer survivors don’t need to be afraid of air travel: U of A study
Thanks Dale.
Dave took a mountaineering course this past winter. He went on to summit Mt Rainier.
(Don’t mention the fact that his climbing partner died in an avalanche later in the season. Bit of a sore point with Lisa.)
Now expert, Dave rigged lines for climbing and rappel.
Baby Delaney should be in harness by next year. She’s already showing a lot of natural talent.
My buddy Morgen Hartford is on the road (by bike) …
… on a memorial journey through the Pacific Northwest. Honoring old friends, creating new connections. Learning about the systems that power and shape the way we live.
Here he is with a broken spoke on his most recent 1200mi ride.
His excellent blog – A Wild and Sacred Day – documents the trip.
Two of his causes are healthy food and Climate Action.
My main source of information from Climate Change activists is the excellent audiocast Living on Earth, Steve Curwood’s news, features, interviews and commentary on a broad range of ecological issues.
Personally I’m a Climate Change agnostic having done almost no research on the topic aside from reading The Skeptical Environmentalist.
My friend Brian Mason has done exhaustive research concluding that there’s almost no evidence (yet) that man has significantly altered climate. … My gut tells me that’s probably true.
Even if it is, Climate Change activists are doing far more good than harm. Improving Life on Earth. Kudos!
What inspired this post? … I started reading this book, Ectopia (1975) …
The book is set in 1999 (25 years in the future, as seen from 1974) …
Ecotopia, a newly formed country that broke from the USA in 1980. … The new nation of Ecotopia consists of Northern California, Oregon and Washington; it is hinted that Southern California is a lost cause. …
Though the book was a serious vision of ecologists in 1975, it reads as a most hilarious parody in 2010. Funny because the author didn’t intend it to be funny.
Cars are banned. Farms are run by collectives. Women run the government. They enjoy a 20hr work week. And marijuana.
Who today could believe that California would legalize marijuana?
… The link above is an Economist audiocast of Roger Salazar of Public Safety First and Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance debating California’s proposition 19, by far the best analysis of the issue I’ve ever seen.
My first trip to the biggest volcano in the continental USA.
… Although Mount Rainier is an active volcano, as of 2010 there was no evidence of an imminent eruption. However, an eruption could be devastating for all areas surrounding the volcano …
… a mudflow might also reach down the Duwamish estuary and destroy parts of downtown Seattle, and cause tsunamis in Puget Sound and Lake Washington. According to USGS, about 150,000 people live on top of old lahar deposits of Rainier …
Three trip reports are posted:
• my climb to Camp Muir
• my day hike climb of Burroughs Mountain
• Dave & Jeni’s 94 mile/47,000 feet elevation Wonderland Trail speed hike
… The “crown jewel” of rail-to-trail mountain bicycle trails is operated by Lookout Pass Ski Area which is located adjacent to I-90 at the Idaho/Montana state line, 12 miles east of historic Wallace, Idaho. The Hiawatha Trail is generally open late May through early October. …
Winding through 10 tunnels and 7 high trestles, this 15-mile route crosses the rugged Bitterroot Mountains between Idaho and Montana. The Route of the Hiawatha is best known for the long, dark St. Paul Pass, or Taft Tunnel, which burrows for 1.66 miles …
more photos tagged “Hiawatha Trail”
It made Allie Comeau’s list – 10 Great American Bike Trails
I was a last minute volunteer at the Hayden View Triathlon. We arrived before dawn.
Jeni and I manned a “rescue kayak”.
One of the last swimmers to finish the half mile lake course looked to all the rescue boats to be disoriented. He waved off help, then tried to swim directly into another of the kayaks offering to assist.
60-year-old Leslie Chariton died in front of our eyes, it seems. He had a history of heart attacks. This was to be his last.
I was impressed with the medical. If I’m ever to have a heart attack, I hope it’s at the transition in a Triathlon. A dozen first responders were there instantly, including Jeni. The ambulance was standing by.
Jeni and I had talked about the surprisingly high number of Triathlon deaths in advance of the race. Read a NY Times article on the topic from 2008 – Deaths Draw Attention to Triathlon Swim
Rest in peace Leslie Chariton.
“The malaria parasite has been responsible for half of all human deaths since the Stone Age” is the quote that jumped off the page in a recent article by Sonia Shah in the Wall Street Journal.
Sonia Shah is author of The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years.
I saw this linked from LongNow.org blog dedicated to important news. They don’t cover Justin Beiber.
The same day I read a related article on BBC:
Scientists in the US have succeeded in genetically engineering a malaria-resistant mosquito.
The researchers, from the University of Arizona, introduced a gene that affected the insect’s gut, meaning the malaria parasite could not develop.
They report the advance, which also reduced the insects’ lifespan, in the journal PLoS Pathogens.
They say that the ultimate goal is to introduce malaria-resistant mosquitoes into the environment. …
I know what you’re thinking … Man playing God. … It will inevitably end like a Michael Crichton novel.
My first afternoon in St. John’s, Newfoundland, I did a 2.5hr jog along superb city trails up to Gibbet Hill, seen here in winter:
Gibbet is one of the viewpoints in the fabulously popular Signal Hill National Historic Site.
Was Gibbet Hill named after Sir Humphrey Gilbert Edgar Rennie Bowring Alexander Bannerman Gibbet, first Chief Bobby of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary?
No.
I’m here for 9 nights leading two gymnastics camps.
Why am I running 2.5hrs? … Supposedly I’m training for a 90mi (145km) run starting July 26th.
Rick McCharles 