I’m currently sitting on the longest ever US Airways international flight - a nearly 5000 mile trek from Philadelphia, USA to Tel Aviv, Israel.
No really, according to the in-flight magazine, this is US Airways longest flight, period. So why such a long trek?
Because I’m on an Israel Sport Bloggers Tour, brought to you by Vibe Israel.
Basically, the adventure I’m going to share with you over the next 7 days involves a week-long personalized tour of Israel.
Please ID the owner of this toe in the comments section below.
Hint: She' an Iron rebel with a worthy cause.
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(March 27) A Wall Street Journal story from Jennifer Corbett Dooren about a corelation between thinness and chocolate swirling around the Internets yesterday has endurance athletes and coaches touting the benefits of this ancient super food.
The article cites a study in Southern California that surveyed 1,000 adults about their eating habits and discovered that people who ate a little of the sweet stuff mutiple times a week were skinnier than those who don't. Here's the weird part: the cocoa eaters actually consumed more calories per week than those who didn't.
The findings suggest that staying trim is not just a factor of calories in, calories out, but also depends on the type of calories eaten--in this case a high-fat, high-calorie dose of antioxidant rich dark chocolate.
Here's the key information from the story:
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Do you think that it is possible to complete a triathlon while juggling?
On April 12, we'll find out.
Joe Salter is raising money for the Ronald McDonald House Charity by hopefully completing a triathlon while juggling.
Joe writes on his fund raising page HERE:
"My goal is to complete the Flora-Bama Mullet Man Triathlon on April 21, 2012 while JUGGLING the entire race. If achieved, this goal will be a world record that's never been attempted before.
I will swim and juggle 1/4 mile, bike and juggle 17 miles, and finish the race by running and juggling (joggling) 4 miles. You may ask: how in the world is he going to do that? I had to ask the same thing. After many months of planning, experimenting, training, and fine-tuning I am confident that it can be done safely, efficiently, and while having fun."
Check out his training video below.
As you probably already know last year Volkswagen got tens of million of YouTube views with their Star Wars themed Darth Vader Super Bowl commercial.
So this year there was a lot of buzz when VW rolled out another Star Wars themed commercial that has already been viewed 10 million times on YouTube. The so called "The Bark Side" teaser commercials features...you guessed it...dogs in a cool rendition of the Dark Lords theme song from Star Wars.
Now Volkswagen is back with a new Super Bowl commercial that features a chubby out-of- shape dog that decides it needs to get fit to chase cars.
"The Dog Strikes Back" Beetle commercial will air during the 2012 Super Bowl this weekend. But why wait until Super Bowl Sunday when you can watch a chubby dog cross-train right now below.
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Editor's Note: We recently received this email and photo from Tucker Margulies. We thought both the idea and the clothes are cute so we're sharing both with you.
"I have been reading the blog and following EverymanTri on twitter for a while now. You guys are clearly the source for all things triathlon. I am willing to bet if there is a training tip, technique, or piece of gear to make you faster EverymanTri has blogged it.
I have noticed in the past few years that everyone is talking about faster but almost no one is talking about more fun. The posts you have on "Sh@# Triathletes say" have a grain of truth about the unfortunate reputation we triathletes are getting. I got into triathlon as a fun way to get out with my friends and challenge myself. It was as much about racing fast as it was an excuse to drink a post race beer and talk with the buddies.
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OMG!
This video of the 1988 Crystal Light National Aerobic Championship is almost too embarrassing to watch for anyone who lived through the eighties. It has it all:
It truly is hard to believe that people not only did aerobics in these crazy thigh high spandex outfits, but actually completed in the sport of aerobics. Perhaps the only thing more embarrassing than the spandex and the bad dancing is Alan Thicke's over-sized goofy suit? And yes...Alan is a Canadian so all of you Canucks watching this video don't get too smug about how silly the USA was back in 1988.
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Sexy bikes, hot wetsuits and a catchy song hook. With lyrics like, "Swimming got my tri cut" and "Biking made a round butt", you can't help but smile when watching this self proclaimed "multisporting anthem" called "Blame it On Triathlon" featuring the LA Tri Club, Fortius Coaching, and Nikki "2k" Muller.
Honestly, we're not sure that this video is the break out Triathlon Hit single of 2012, but it certainly is catchy, and fun to watch...plus we can spin to it. And to be honest, there's not a lot of other competition in the "Triathlon Rap Song Single" space.
So what more could a triathlete want from rap song? You be the judge and check out the video below for the new triathlon single "Blame it on Triathlon".
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There's a saying aout people who live in Colorado and probably Oregon and perhaps even Vermont. It goes...You know you are from Colorado when your bike is worth more than you car.
These two photos prove the exact opposite.
