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Ow! My Hip!

So today was a good workout day. It started early with a trip to the pool before work where I got in 2000 yards. That’s not a lot by the

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Bentonville Bike Festival 2026

Weekends Wear Me Out!

My 18 year old son was visiting this weekend and since he wants to do an adventure race with Lisa and me in November I felt we needed a little

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Basics

I grew up in swimming pools and lakes. My father was an College All-American swimmer, my sister went to college on swimming scholarships and in high school age group swimming

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Firecracker 5K

Geocaching

Geocaching? What the heck is that? Geocaching is the sport/hobby/obsession of using a GPS device to locate “caches” placed throughout the world. These “caches” can be anything from a small

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Why Outside?

The interpreters for the Arkansas State Parks came up with a great phrase when they are deciding if an interpretive program is appropriate for one of the parks, “So What!”

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Hex Carbon Repair

Cycling in Arkansas

This is a 3 minute video that the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism produced to encourage making Arkansas a cyclist destination. I was able to help with setting up

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Blocking & Tackling

Years ago I worked for a gentleman who loved the sports metaphors. He was a large man and I assume played football in his younger days. I know his son

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The Zero Body Fat Look

I guess I better get to working out if I want my legs to look anything like Team Garmin-Chipotle’s Christian Vande Veldes. He is currently in 6th place with a

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Tour Photos

Yeah, I know….this has little to do with Arkansas. But you have to check out these photos from the Tour de France. This is probably my favorite photo site and

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Judge Judy to the rescue!

My friend Fish posted this the other day. People scare me sometimes. Thank you Judge Judy for making this one right. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p12x52UzJsc&hl=en]

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