| USA MTB |
August 24, 2008 9:06 am |
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I was watching mountain biking on the Olympics this morning and from the very begining I bitched. The course was under three miles and there were no real obsticles. Then, toward the end of the men's race one of the comentators asked: "what happened to US mountain biking?" I'll tell you what happened. European cycling happened. All of the rejected roadies decided to take an easier rout. Then they realized that MTBing was dificult, so they bitched to the UCI and all of a sudden ex-roadies were placing in off road races. The trail in Beijing did have two rock gardens and a set of small ledges. But the gardes were down hill and the ledges were six inches tall. There were no rythm sections, no DH swithbacks, no jumps, no river crosses, no log jams and no rollercoaster sections. And WTF? A pit section with tools and spare parts? Can this be any more of a road race? This trail might as well have been on a park with ducks and the Muppets singing while riding beach cruisers. US MTBing didn't die. The racers just didn't become roadies. And I'm ok with that. I enjoy getting dirty on the trail. |
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- Golf: Duran
Date: 2010-03-27
Repetitions: 1
Weight: 198.0 lbs.
Duration: 04:15:00 (HH:MM:SS)
- Golf: The Savannahs
Date: 2010-03-13
Repetitions: 1
kcal: 1,445
Weight: 198.0 lbs.
Duration: 04:00:00 (HH:MM:SS)
- Golf: Cocoa Beach
Date: 2010-02-28
Repetitions: 1
kcal: 1,445
Weight: 198.0 lbs.
Duration: 04:00:00 (HH:MM:SS)
- Golf: Viera East
Date: 2010-02-21
Repetitions: 1
kcal: 1,445
Weight: 198.0 lbs.
Duration: 04:00:00 (HH:MM:SS)
- Golf: Duran
Date: 2010-02-15
Repetitions: 1
kcal: 1,445
Weight: 198.0 lbs.
Duration: 04:00:00 (HH:MM:SS)
- Golf: Cable Beach, Nassau
Date: 2010-02-12
Repetitions: 1
kcal: 1,445
Weight: 198.0 lbs.
Duration: 04:00:00 (HH:MM:SS)
- Road Ride: Viera - Duran - Stadium 20.88 mi.
Date: 2010-02-07
Distance: 20.88 mi.
Repetitions: 1
kcal: 1,062
Weight: 201.0 lbs.
Pace: 20:01 / 03:46 / 01:13 (min/avg/max)
Speed: 20 / 15.93 / 48.68 mi/hr (min/avg/max)
Duration: 01:18:39 (HH:MM:SS)
- Road Ride: Viera - Doubles - Stadium 40.59 mi.
Date: 2010-02-06
Distance: 40.59 mi.
Repetitions: 1
kcal: 2,376
Weight: 201.0 lbs.
Pace: 18:36 / 03:37 / 01:16 (min/avg/max)
Speed: 18 / 16.61 / 47.19 mi/hr (min/avg/max)
Duration: 02:26:36 (HH:MM:SS)
- Commute: 19.36 mi.
Date: 2010-02-04
Distance: 19.36 mi.
Repetitions: 1
kcal: 1,155
Weight: 205.0 lbs.
Pace: 29:55 / 03:37 / 01:22 (min/avg/max)
Speed: 29 / 16.5 / 43.56 mi/hr (min/avg/max)
Duration: 01:10:23 (HH:MM:SS)
- Commute: 11 mi. and a flat
Date: 2010-02-03
Distance: 11.00 mi.
Repetitions: 1
kcal: 579
Weight: 205.0 lbs.
Pace: 24:25 / 03:51 / 01:22 (min/avg/max)
Speed: 24 / 15.58 / 43.87 mi/hr (min/avg/max)
Duration: 00:42:21 (HH:MM:SS)
- Commute: 19.36 mi.
Date: 2010-02-02
Distance: 19.36 mi.
Repetitions: 1
kcal: 1,169
Weight: 205.0 lbs.
Pace: 23:22 / 03:40 / 01:28 (min/avg/max)
Speed: 23 / 16.3 / 40.17 mi/hr (min/avg/max)
Duration: 01:11:15 (HH:MM:SS)
- Road Ride: Viera to Doubles 27.42 mi.
Date: 2010-01-31
Distance: 27.42 mi.
Repetitions: 1
kcal: 1,481
Weight: 207.0 lbs.
Pace: 45:19 / 03:55 / 01:13 (min/avg/max)
Speed: 45 / 15.29 / 48.82 mi/hr (min/avg/max)
Duration: 01:47:37 (HH:MM:SS)
- Golf: The Habitat
Date: 2010-01-30
Repetitions: 1
kcal: 1,614
Weight: 207.0 lbs.
Duration: 04:15:00 (HH:MM:SS)
- Weights: Upper Body
Date: 2010-01-30
Repetitions: 1
kcal: 98
Weight: 205.0 lbs.
Duration: 00:15:00 (HH:MM:SS)
- Commute: 19.37 mi.
Date: 2010-01-28
Distance: 19.37 mi.
Repetitions: 1
kcal: 1,017
Weight: 207.0 lbs.
Pace: 33:16 / 03:49 / 01:16 (min/avg/max)
Speed: 33 / 15.74 / 46.65 mi/hr (min/avg/max)
Duration: 01:13:51 (HH:MM:SS)
- Commute: 15.83 mi.
Date: 2010-01-26
Distance: 15.83 mi.
Repetitions: 1
kcal: 844
Weight: 207.0 lbs.
Pace: 56:55 / 03:51 / 01:16 (min/avg/max)
Speed: 56 / 15.54 / 47.2 mi/hr (min/avg/max)
Duration: 01:01:19 (HH:MM:SS)
- Commute: 10.18 mi.
Date: 2010-01-25
Distance: 10.18 mi.
Repetitions: 1
kcal: 557
Weight: 207.0 lbs.
Pace: 45:04 / 03:58 / 01:13 (min/avg/max)
Speed: 45 / 15.08 / 48.53 mi/hr (min/avg/max)
Duration: 00:40:30 (HH:MM:SS)
- Golf: The Habitat
Date: 2010-01-23
Distance: 5.00 mi.
Repetitions: 1
kcal: 1,999
Weight: 207.0 lbs.
Pace: - / 54:00 / - (min/avg/max)
Speed: - / 1.11 / - mi/hr (min/avg/max)
Duration: 04:30:00 (HH:MM:SS)
- Commute: 11.02 mi.
Date: 2010-01-21
Distance: 11.02 mi.
Repetitions: 1
kcal: 604
Weight: 215.0 lbs.
Pace: 57:19 / 03:52 / 01:19 (min/avg/max)
Speed: 57 / 15.44 / 45.39 mi/hr (min/avg/max)
Duration: 00:42:49 (HH:MM:SS)
- Commute: 7.83 mi.
Date: 2010-01-20
Distance: 7.83 mi.
Repetitions: 1
kcal: 418
Weight: 215.0 lbs.
Pace: 21:22 / 03:46 / 01:25 (min/avg/max)
Speed: 21 / 15.85 / 41.92 mi/hr (min/avg/max)
Duration: 00:29:38 (HH:MM:SS)
- Golf: Cocoa Beach
Date: 2010-01-18
Repetitions: 1
kcal: 1,678
Weight: 208.0 lbs.
Duration: 04:30:00 (HH:MM:SS)
- Golf: Crane Creek
Date: 2010-01-16
Repetitions: 1
kcal: 1,614
Weight: 214.0 lbs.
Duration: 04:15:00 (HH:MM:SS)
- Golf: Oak Trail
Date: 2010-01-03
Repetitions: 1
kcal: 1,117
Weight: 214.0 lbs.
Duration: 03:00:00 (HH:MM:SS)
- Golf: Oak Trail
Date: 2009-12-31
Repetitions: 1
kcal: 1,329
Weight: 214.0 lbs.
Duration: 03:30:00 (HH:MM:SS)
Results ( 24 Found | 3118 Total kcal | 207.84 Total mi.)
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