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Know your Runner ‘Types’

Cross Country Runners

You see them, out in the wild, clad in strange garb, and to the untrained eye you’d be forgiven for thinking that they are all of the same set… they’re all running, right? But there are several distinct sub-sets within the running community… and here are some tips on spotting the difference. I MAKE LEARNING

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SRAM goes Gangnam

If I owned a cyclocross bike I would be heading home to burn it in the fires of shame and/or regret…

:(

Gear to Good to Use

Bike Vault

Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not against having ‘Sunday best’ gear and equipment – I mean, I’m not going to start commuting to work on my Shiv; well, not unless I’m REALLY late  due to a monster training session and the boss needs those TPS reports ASAP, then I would totally time-trial my way

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First Endurance PreRace Review

First-Endurance-PreRace

Science! Electrolytes! Science!

Here is the official spiel video from the good folks at First Endurance:

Here is what the video should probably be…

And here’s my take:

The benefits of caffeine for endurance sports and well research and well document enough that I don’t feel the need to go into them

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5 Tips to Look ‘More PRO’ at Adventure Races

Matching outfits

Who cares about actually being fast when you can simply look the part and intimidate you’re opposition into submission with your overwhelming PRO and/or ELITEness.

Here’s a few pointers on pretending to look like you know what you’re doing at your next adventure race:

1. Matching outfits

In the real world partners who ware matching

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FuelBelt R20 Revenge® 2-Bottle Belt Review

FuelBelt R20 Revenge® 2-Bottle Belt

OK so i’ll admit this… I occasionally buy things I don’t need, (shocking for someone who does triathlon, I know); and this FuelBelt is no exception. But in my defense I was buying something else from a US website and this was on special at $20, (which when you compare it to the nearly $80

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The Bird(s) – Magpie Swooping Horror in Sydney

The Birds

So it turns out that Sydney drivers aren’t merely content with trying to kill cyclists by the tried and true method of running us off the road – they are also training ‘murders’ of magpies to assist them.

According to Wikipedia there are other collective nouns for magpies – but for the ‘Australian Magpie’ I

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[VIDEO] The Athlete Machine – Red Bull Kluge

The Athlete Machine - Red Bull Kluge

Not strictly ‘endurance’ but fairly awesome video by the all sponsoring purveyors of rubbish tasting sugar water:

My favourite part was where the guy did that rad thing :(