I can identify with the aging part. So far I have not spotted any missing muscle.

Sarcopenia: Muscle Loss with Aging
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin
Competitive masters athletes, 40 to 81 years old, who trained four to five times per week did not lose any muscle size or significant strength with aging (The Physician and Sportsmedicine, October 2011;39(3):172-8). This shows that loss of muscle size and strength in older people is caused by lack of exercise, not just with aging. The athletes did gain fat in spite of exercising. Those in their 70s had almost as much strength and thigh muscle size as those in their 40s. …

Roadie rules to live by (and hopefully make it home in one piece)
by elliott            Austin on Two Wheels

I know a few months ago I shared my critique of the current load of roadie bloggers who think part of their “culture” is fetishizing rules on clothing and equipment. While I see these rules as a reflection of the writers’ personal insecurities, they are off putting and do not serve us well.

So at risk of being a rule obsessed roadie, I have to share two rules I think everyone should follow while road riding in response to this video I recently discovered. We could call them best practices, but then you might…

Cycling Savvy DFW is having a Santa Ride December 3rd
by The Announcer Guy        Biking in Dallas

Come join the Dallas Santa Ride!
A well-mannered social ride* to enjoy the neighborhood holiday decorations. We will take off from the Whole Foods at Lemmon & Lomo Alto and take a little spin around the neighborhood. The pace will be nice and easy…

It’s a slow news day so I am including this article about biking in 48 states.

Call him a spokesman for wounded veterans
By CONOR MAKEM            www.fosters.com

ROCHESTER — Scot King left his home in Portland, Ore. in May on a bicycle and by October he was in Portland, Maine. The 47-year old former U.S. Marine Corporal is riding around the lower 48 states on a two-year trip raising money for and awareness of wounded veterans and their families.

He averages about 60 miles a day on an ultra long and heavy bike. After leaving Portland, Maine, he headed straight for Rochester. …

Memorial service for two missionaries set for Sunday in Texas
By Joseph Walker, Deseret News
WESLACO, TEXAS — A memorial service for Elder Trevor Reinhold Strong of Taylorsville, Utah, and Elder Derek Jason Walker of Fairfield, Idaho, will be held Sunday, Nov. 20, at 6 p.m. at the Weslaco meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The two LDS missionaries were killed in a hit-and-run accident while riding their bikes in Donna, Texas, last week.

Elder J. Romeo Villarreal, an Area Seventy, will preside at the meeting. Funeral services were held previously in the missionaries’ respective hometowns. …