Bicycling

PIGMAN

COMMUNITY: Save something for the run

Triathlon tips from Jason Clark

Editor’s note: Jason Clark of Iowa City is a group exercise instructor at North Dodge Athletic Club and an active participant in the Eastern Iowa race scene, competing in runs, duathlons and triathlons. By Jason Clark, community contributor There is a saying among triathletes. It goes something along the lines of, “you won’t win the [...]

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Lance Armstrong, founder of the LIVESTRONG foundation, takes part in a special session regarding cancer in the developing world during the Clinton Global Initiative in New York in this September 22, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Nike drops sponsorship of Armstrong’s ‘Livestrong’

(Reuters) – The Livestrong Foundation, the cancer charity founded by disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, said on Tuesday it has lost the sponsorship of Nike Inc, its biggest corporate backer and creator of its well-known yellow wristbands. Armstrong founded Livestrong in 1997 after he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, and the group flourished during his cycling career, which saw him [...]

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TRIATHLON

COMMUNITY: Be prepared for bike leg

Triathlon trips from Jason Clark

Editor’s note: Jason Clark of Iowa City is a group exercise instructor at North Dodge Athletic Club and an active participant in the Eastern Iowa race scene, competing in runs, duathlons and triathlons. By Jason Clark, community contributor I had just finished the swim and to my surprise, I was the first one out of [...]

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Pigman Triathlon

COMMUNITY: First step in triathlon is the water

Editor’s note: Jason Clark of Iowa City is a group exercise instructor at North Dodge Athletic Club and an active participant in the Eastern Iowa race scene, competing in runs, duathlons and triathlons. By Jason Clark, community contributor There is nothing quite like pre-race jitters. You are standing on the shore with a bunch of [...]

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COMMUNITY: A bike ride to remember – hopefully

By Clark Anderson, community contributor Sixty years of age is a milestone that makes one start to contemplate the reality that the prime of your life will soon be over, if it isn’t already. I turn 61 in March. If I’m going to do something out of the ordinary, I had better not delay. That [...]

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Ogden column: What are your goals for 2013?

One month into 2013, it’s time for a checkup. As in, how are those New Year resolutions going? You know the ones — losing a few pounds gained over the holidays, getting back in shape, starting a new challenge? I’ve discovered a couple of things during my recent excursions on some frigid mornings, always a [...]

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COMMUNITY: Indoor triathlon has unique challenge

Editor’s note: Jason Clark of Iowa City is the race director of the North Dodge Athletic Club Indoor Triathlon and a group exercise instructor at NDAC. He also is an active participant in the race scene in Eastern Iowa, competing in runs, duathlons and triathlons. By Jason Clark, community contributor IOWA CITY — Unlike a [...]

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COMMUNITY: Train smart and for your needs

Editor’s note: Adam Rees is founder of GRIT GYM, a gym based on results, creating a culture and lifestyle of performance, strength, health and freedom to live life on your own terms. Rees attended Wartburg, worked under nationally recognized strength coach Matt McGettigan at ISU and is generally a glutton for information and improvement in [...]

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Armstrong facing ban, loss of 7 tour titles

Most decorated cyclist ever will lose Tour de France titles 7

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said Thursday night it will strip Lance Armstrong of his unprecedented seven Tour de France titles after he declared he was finished fighting the drug charges that threaten his legacy as one of the greatest cyclists of all time. Travis Tygart, USADA’s chief executive, said Armstrong would also be hit with [...]

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COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: On the road at RAGBRAI, Day 7

The final leg

Editor’s note: David Sojka and Dale Bieber of the Bicyclists of Iowa City agreed to send us daily reports from the Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa, which made a stop in Cedar Rapids on Thursday. The ride started  Sunday and ends Saturday. Here is David Sojka’s report from Day 7: 9:19 a.m.: Started [...]

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