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For the past 6 weeks, I have traveled historic St. Charles avenue twice a week. It is truly a lovely street to be, especially at 7 in the morning when it is relatively quiet with a few joggers, dog walkers and available parking spaces as far as the eye can see. Okay, just available parking spaces. It is the summer, so the universities are not bustling, yet, and mostly the streets are filled with a mixture of nannies with small children, locals and a few stray finding their way on the streetca
Categories: long-distance Tags: bank-earned, kids-playing, lovely-street, one-day-long, small-children, sounds, spaces-as-far, streetca, streets, the-streetca, the-streets, universities
Last Minute Beach Holiday Bargains From Eurocamp
Looking for a short break before the school summer holiday rush? Eurocamp is offering a whole host of getaways at bargain prices. Eurocamp is offering massive discounts on holidays in early July as well as free mid-week Dover-Calais ferry crossings. A five night break at Eurocamp’s Le Vieux Port parc in Messanges, Gascony on the South West coast of France, arriving on Wednesday 8 July, costs just £349 for the whole family staying in a two bedroom ‘Superior’ mobile home (sleeps seven max) and
Categories: long-distance Tags: family-staying, france, free-mid-week, holiday-rush, lovely-street, mobile-home, sounds, spaces-as-far, streetca, streets, the-streetca, the-streets, universities, vieux-port
CrossFit Games 2009
Here is a break-down of all the WOD's the competitors had to go through last weekend in Aromas, CA to win the title of 'Fittest Man/Woman in the world'! I doubt any other athlete (triathlete, cyclist, long distance runner) could handle the load that was required from these CrossFitters! Saturday, July 11 Event 1 - The Run The first event is a 7.1km run through varied terrain including both asphalt and extremely steep hills off trail. The athlete's time will be electronically dete
Categories: long-distance Tags: athlete, competitors, first-event, france, free-mid-week, holiday-rush, sounds, spaces-as-far, streets, the-competitors, universities, world
A must-read article for statin drug users!
by Warren Matthews of Xtend-LifeFrom time to time I come across an article that is so good and ties in with my own views that I like to share it with you. The following article by Tom Jacobs is excellent and is well worth reading. If you are on a statin drug or being pressure to go on one by your Doctor then this article should be a must read.Cholesterol Contrarians Question Cult of StatinsBy: Tom Jacobs The near-breakdown of the international financial system and the deep recession it helped c
Categories: long-distance Tags: athlete, contrarians, deep, deep-recession, free-mid-week, holiday-rush, international, jacobs, sounds, spaces-as-far, statin-drug, universities, warren-matthews, well-worth, world