Category: Cycling
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Rip Fast Tour de France 2019, Stage 2, and Crepes with Nut Butter, Fruit and More
The stage 2 of the 2019 Tour de France was a rip fast 27.6 kilometer (17,15 miles) time trial in Brussels, Belgium, won by Mike Teunissen, Saturday’s stage 1 winner, and his Jumbo Visma team with a 28:57 time (average 57, 20 kilometers/hour or 35.5 mph), That time was an incredible 20 seconds faster than Team…
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How to Cook Quinoa on the Stove Picture Book Directions
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Quinoa (pronounced “keen-wah”) is one of my favorite…seeds. Yah, right away, that’s one of the things that makes it stand out. Quinoa is not a member of the true grain family, like wheat, barley, rye and other “grass grains”. Instead, quinoa, which comes in white, red, and black color variations, is really a seed, and, specifically, it’s the…
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Food for Life: Actively Advocating for Traffic Safety in the MA State House
Distracted driving, especially texting and driving, is killing an average of nine people a day in the US. That’s horrible for both those hit by cars and drivers themselves who have to live with the consequences of a completely avoidable life-taking crash. It was therefore a great day last Wednesday in the Massachusetts State House…
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Turning Lemons into Lemonade: Figuratively and Literally
First, the figurative lemon. I recently became part-owner of VOmax, makers of custom design performance sportswear. When my new business partner, Raj Singh, took ownership at the beginning of the year, the company was dysfunctional. Business was down. Morale was low. Our objective as new owners: transform the company from dysfunction to excellence. Easy to say,…
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A Friend’s Genuine Cancer Note and Fresh Ginger Mint Tea – Super Easy Hot or Cold
The tea you see above: great stuff I drink just about everyday and look forward to after rides preparing for a now annual Bicycles Battling Cancer, Ride to Remember, and other rides that add charitable purpose to my daily joy of cycling – and now, running. Regarding cancer charity efforts, I’m not a big Facebook…
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Homemade Almond Butter: Training Food Extraordinaire – All in Pictures
I’ve always been a big fan of almond butter: great flavor and texture, terrific energy sustainer. Years ago, when my favorite vendor of that almond butter – and many other favorite food products, Trader Joe’s, experienced a recall and then was only able to dole out cases of new almond butter the way Apple doles…
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Microwave Cooked Oatmeal: Great Move Your Body Food!
Want fuel move your body: prep for a good ride on the bike, run, workout, or to feel fully alive to start your day? Oatmeal’s a great favorite of mine – packed with complex flavorful carbs and fiber, and both those attributes can be well enhanced if you oppose them (i.e. supplement them) with protein…
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Instant Hot Cereal From Cold Cereal Picture Book Recipe + Bicycles Battling Cancer
I’m an avid lifelong cyclist dedicated to improving cycling/running safety (breitzwear.com) and enabling people to eat better (gotta-eat.com). All connected, engaging & fun! I rode the Central Massachusetts Bicycles Battling Cancer ride last June in memory of my dear ‘ol pioneering radiation
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Gorgeous November Bike Rip Followed by Breakfast for Lunch
Out for a gorgeous late morning, late fall rip on the bike that featured a good look at one of my favorite cycling sights: Silverwood Organic Farm on Western Rd. in Sherbourne, MA. Sky was cloudy, wind snappy, temp. about 45 – perfect for November – and it all felt great under the Breitz! “Breeze Blaster” windbreaker over layered shirts.…