By PETER JARET
Published: May 3, 2007

SOME gymgoers are tortoises. They prefer to take their sweet time, leisurely pedaling or ambling along on a treadmill. Others are hares, impatiently racing through miles at high intensity.

Each approach offers similar health benefits: lower risk of heart disease, protection against Type 2 diabetes, and weight loss.

But new findings suggest that for at least one workout a week it pays to be both tortoise and hare

Employers are rewarding staffers who pedal to work and leave their car at home.

Calvert Group, Bethesda, Maryland
EPA-Environmental Protection Agency, DC
Discovery Communications, Silver Spring, Maryland
Etc

If you regularly experience knee, shoulder, or lower back pain, you may be suffering from the effects of tight hip muscles.

By Alisa Bauman

Stan urban, 48, a competitive cyclist, turned to yoga three years ago when he began to experience lower back pain, a very common ailment among cyclists, who spend the majority of their time hunched forward over the bike. Though Urban thought his problem centered in his lower back, his coach and yoga instructor, Dario Fredrick, had a different theory. Shortened hamstring muscles along the backs of Urban's legs coupled with tight hip flexors along the front of his thighs, as well as tight groin muscles and hip rotators, were preventing him from riding his bike in the proper form.

From the League of American Bicyclists

We wanted to bring the following issue to your attention. Please go to the address below and see the violence being promoted against bicyclists by Caf

Yesterday morning, WBAL (Baltimore) Talk Show host Chip Franklin did what all

THIS SUNDAY

The fifth annual "Tour dem Parks, Hon!" bicycle ride happens Sunday, June 10 from 8:00 a.m.-12 noon. This is a fun ride for anyone who would like to see Baltimore's better-known parks and neighborhoods as well as those that are quietly tucked away. It is a chance to bike ride with family and friends, both old and new. Riders can choose from 10, 20, or 30 mile routes, all starting and ending at Carroll Park in southwest Baltimore. If you have been thinking about taking a ride but are not feeling as energetic as you need to be out there on the streets, this is a great opportunity to cycle with others and learn new routes. The ride promotes cycling in Baltimore and awareness of its many lovely green spaces, with proceeds going to parks groups throughout the city. Early registration is $25, day of $30. Kids under 10 ride for $5; teens, for $15. Register online at www.tourdemparks.org. For more information, call Gary at (410) 396-4369.

Dear Baltimore Spokes:

Chip Franklin, a talk show host on WBAL AM 1090, hosted an anti-bike rant this morning. We heard about it from some Baltimore Spokes people, but the radio station is not releasing transcripts or audio files of this morning

Police give pedestrians tickets for not having a safe place to walk during construction.

A bike safety video that has achieved a whole new level or should I say planet in teaching bike safety.

A car driver shares some tips for cyclists so that we can all share the roads in harmony.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/580992/tips_for_cyclists/

- Portland, OR
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