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Florida ranked as the deadliest state for cycling by feds

A new study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ranks Florida as the deadliest state for cyclist.

According to the study Florida beat heavily populated California and New York for the dubious title of having the greatest number of bicycle deaths in the United States.

Joan Benoit Samuelson just keeps winning

Proving that fast and competitive running is not just a sport for the young, 52-year-old Joan Benoit Samuelson battled heavy winds to win the Oklahoma City Memorial Half Marathon in a time of 1:21:57.

"I am so happy to win here and redeem myself from my last visit here to Oklahoma City in 2007. When I competed here two years ago, I had a severe plantar fasciitis problem that day, which I worsened by staying on the course and finishing the race." Samuelson said.

"I never DNF'ed (did not finish) a race in my career, and I wasn't going to quit in OKC back then because of the cause for running the race.

Boulder triathlete and entrepreneur honored as future business leader

(Boulder, CO) Nicole DeBoom, CEO and Founder of SkirtSports, was chosen as a winner of the second annual, Sporting Goods Business (SGB) 40-Under-40 Award, from a pool of over 500 industry nominees.  Designed to honor the best and brightest future leaders of the sporting goods industry, nominees for the award included key managers, sales reps, executives and founders who have had an impact on a particular business or the industry as a whole.

Individuals were nominated by their peers and selections were made by a blue ribbon panel of industry executives and SportsOneSource editors and analysts.

Lance Armstrong and some of the Astana boys ride for local bike shop

It was very long time ago that Lance Armstrong rode for a bike shop.

In the early days of his triathlon career he was sponsored by a local Texas bike shop.

Now he's gone full circle. Because of UCI (the governing body of professional cycling) rules Armstrong and Levi Leipheimer and Chris Horner are once again riding for a bike shop.

But this time it is Armstrong's own bike shop, Mellow Johnny's, and to keep in "old school" the boys are riding for free---OK they got some gear.

But watch the video for yourselves:

Triathlete Magazine asks "Are Triathletes Body Image Obsessed" in June swimsuit issue

We thought that you we'd let you spot this one on your own, but the sweet sweet irony of the new June swimsuit issue of Triathlete Magazine with the cover story asking, "Body Image Are Triathletes Obsessed" next to Stacy Kamano's rock hard abs is just too easy of a target---even for us.

News of the really weird: cyclist hit by corpse thrown from car

You've probably heard of cyclist getting hit by stuff thrown from cars.

This is usually small stuff like change, empty beer cans and/or perhaps other forms of garbage or trash that are readily available to a driver with a dangerous combination of too much road rage and too little respect.

But now the news from China tops all of that in the ultimate cycling news of the weird.

16-year-old Wu Dan, 16 was riding his bike when he was knocked out, and we're betting pretty darn surprised as well, by a corpse thrown from a speeding car.

Main stream media reports on the dangerous of triathlons

A few weeks ago we reported that a new study confirmed what many triathletes already suspected.

The news that triathlons, specifically the swim portion of a race, can be hazardous to amateur athletes did not surprise many.

You can read that story HERE.

However now the main steam media has picked up on this story as you can tell by THIS news report.

New drastic Colorado cycling safety bill on the way to governor

A new Colorado bill that would give bicyclist greater protection from aggressive drivers in on the way to the governor's desk.

The new bill, which mandates that cars give cyclist at least three feet when passing
and allows cars to cross the double yellow in order to do so, has been approved by the state legislature and in expected to be signed by the governor.

According to the bill's sponsors the bill also:

"- clarifies that bicyclists may pass one another or ride side-by-side if they are

Armstrong to race Tour of Gila after all

He's racing the Tour of Gila.

He's not racing the Tour of Gila.

And now according to VeloNews Lance Armstrong is racing the 5 day Tour of Gila in New Mexico later this week.

On his twitter page Armstrong just wrote, "Racing with Levi Leipheimer and Chris Horner. Come out and support a great American race if you can!!"

VeloNews is reporting that:

"The seven-time Tour de France winner and two Astana teammates will race the SRAM Tour of the Gila in Silver City, New Mexico,

Another day another swimsuit world record controversy

Frenchman Alain Bernard recently set the 100 meter freestyle world record with a time of 46.94-second.

That time smashed the record set by Australian Eamon Sullivan at the Beijing Games last year.

But now Australia's head swim coach is crying foul because the swimsuit Bernard was a prototype suit pending approval from swimming authorities.

"I think it would set a dangerous precedent if this was approved and everyone will be watching it," Alan Thompson told The Australian newspaper on Monday.

No Tour of Gila for Astana and Lance Armstrong

Levi Leipheimer and Lance Armstrong will not compete in the New Mexico's Tour of Gila as rumored and reported HERE because the International Cycling Union (UCI) will not permit it.

The UCI has a policy rule barring ProTour teams from competing in lower-tier events and according to VeloNews the agency will not allow Astana to race the Tour of Gila.

"Astana's Chris Horner told VeloNews on Monday that the team's Levi Leipheimer and Lance Armstrong will not compete in the New Mexico race because of the UCI's stance.

Free Mark Allen Webinar: Beginner's Guide to Triathlon Training

Athletes and coaches will not want to miss out on this FREE webinar presented by Mark Allen and Luis Vargas that will include understanding how to use heart rate to set your training zones, how to maximize your racing by varying your training throughout the season, what to expect with speedwork and the importance of tapering down your training for your main goal race and how to do it correctly.

Marky V rocks the swim, crashes on the bike, finishes race and goes home

The life of a professional triathlete is not as glamorous as it might seem.

A few months ago Roman Mica chatted with Boulder, CO based Mark VanAkkeren (AKA Marky V) about racing career and what's it is like to be a pro triathlete. You can listen to that interview HERE.

This weekend Marky V looked like a winner at St. Anthony's Triathlon when he rocked the very rough swim (coming out of the water first) only to....we'll let him tell the story.

Potts and Wassner win St. Anthony's Triathlon

Battling all of the way to the finish at the annual St. Anthony's triathlon it was Andy Potts over Terenzo Bozzone at the finish line.

On the women's side in a tight finish it was Rebecca Wassner in first place and just ahead of Sarah Groff.

Men's pro field podium

1) Andy Potts
2 Terenzo Bozzone
3)) Stuart Hayes

Women's pro field podium

1) Rebecca Wassner
2) Sarah Groff
3) Sarah McLarty

Top eleven real foods for triathletes who need to eat a lot by Ben Greenfield

A major issue among Ironman and ultra-enduarnce athletes is that many individuals use the rigors of training to justify a diet that is incredibly calorie dense (usually 2000+ calories per day above the average person) and high in foods that can cause damage to the immune system, the heart, the hormones and overall health...not to mention causing frequent run diversions into the woods and saddle shifting in the bike due to bloating, gas or diarrhea.

Olympic champion Sammy Wanjiru and defending champ Irina Mikitenko of Germany win London Marathon

Olympic champion Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya won the London marathon in a new course record time of 2 hours, 5 minutes, 10 seconds in sunny and still conditions.

He was followed by Tsegay Kebede of Ethiopia, who finished 10 seconds behind in second. Jaouad Gharib of Morocco, second at last year's Olympics, was third in 2:05:27.

According to the Associated Press:

"Defending champion Martin Lel withdrew Saturday after failing to recover from a hip injury, ending his bid to become the first man to win the London race four times."