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Triathlete’s Tao Te Ching Offers Ancient Insight Into Modern Sport

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Once an oddity in the world of sport, Triathlon has become the fastest-growing participation sport in the world. Each year millions of people line-up for their chance to take on the swim-bike-run events, and each participant has a very personal reason for being there. Based on Lao-Tzu’s 2500-year-old book of wisdom, The Triathlete’s Tao Te Ching provides athletes with a tool to examine how and why they race, and what their involvement in endurance sports means in the greater context of their lives.

(Boulder, Colorado - November 27, 2012) - “Looking back at the day I blew-out both of my shoulders, I see what a relief it was,” said Lance Johnson, author of The Triathlete’s Tao Te Ching: An Endurance Athlete’s Interpretation of Lao-Tzu’s Ancient Text. “I had been training for almost two years without racing because I was constantly comparing myself to the people around me, and in a town like Boulder it’s easy to feel like you’re just not fast enough. None of the people I trained with cared, they just wanted to see me out racing with them. But over those couple years I had gone from training and racing to understand myself, to training so that I could race to define myself.”

Boulder B-cycle names James Waddell as new Executive Director

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Boulder B-cycle names James Waddell as new Executive Director

"Waddell brings experience and ideas from Denver B-cycle"

Boulder, CO 11/30/12:
Boulder B-cycle today announced that James Waddell has been named Executive Director. He will be responsible for running and growing Boulder B-cycle, Boulder's non-profit public bike-sharing system.

"We are delighted that James has joined Boulder B-cycle. His experience and success in this burgeoning movement will strengthen our ability to provide Boulder residents, workers and visitors with a world class bike-sharing system" said Chris Hazlitt, Boulder B-cycle Board Chair.

According to Waddell, "Bike sharing is rapidly gaining popularity in cities around the world as a viable element of the transportation network. We are literally changing the way people get around. I plan to build out the system and get more people onto bikes for errands, meetings around town, recreation and visitor fun."

Waddell was the Sponsorship & Marketing Director with Denver Bike Sharing, the owners and operators of Denver B-cycle. Previous to that he was the Membership Manager with the Downtown Denver Partnership.

SOAS Triathlon & Endurance Sports Clothing: I Heart this Lycra!

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From Staff Writer, Cheri Felix

Full disclaimer: I don’t run or swim or ride a road bike or do triathlons. This is what I told the people from SOAS when they asked me to review their Red Houndstooth Tri Kit. “But I’ll ride my mountain bike and go to spin class and for good measure, I’ll run into spin class, “I added to my pitch. So they sent me what at first glance were a pair of lycra shorts and a cute matching tank. At second glance, it might be some of the most comfortable lycra I’ve ever worn.

If you’ve read my other reviews of clothing you know I am a mountain biker. Baggies all the way. The more disheveled the look the better so I was a bit skeptical. Until I put on the shorts. I think they are the cutest lycra shorts I’ve ever seen. And dare I say I think I look really good them. They are super comfortable. The stylistic touches are spot on. The houndstooth design on the perfectly crafted waist band is cute. The just wide enough waist band is comfortable in that holds in any bit of blubber you might have kind of way. Although I am sure you don’t have any. There are three just the right size built in pockets on the back that are great for holding your locker key, your $5 bucks for coffee and your gel. The chamois is slight as I suspect is preferable for triathletes since the bike is just one of the three events. It’s soft and cozy in all the right spots and perfect for spin, running indoors and yes, I did wear them while out for a mountain bike ride. They also worked perfectly for weight lifting before spin class. Which is not super fun when you wear cycling shorts that have a big maxi pad for a chamois.

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