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Do I exercise too much?

They have the look.  Their faces are chiseled; the cheekbones are easily visible because the body is devoid of fat.  Their eyes speak fatigue. They are not refugees. Have they been stricken with a calorie-eating tapeworm? No. They are middle-aged physicians conversing in the doctors lounge.  I see them pulling up their scrub bottoms to […]

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Cycling Stuff Cyclocross Reflection

On Junior Sports. Think. Balance.

Some say unsolicited advice is self serving. Of course it is, but, here in lies the beauty of a blog. Although our fall campaign of cross racing brings mostly joy, yesterday, Staci and I was troubled by our observations of the junior race. The race director, Kyle Wingler was nice enough to ask me how […]