Austin Driveway Series with Andrew Willis

Drop Bar, Texas: A cycling podcast By Paul | anchor.fm

Andrew Willis discusses the Austin Driveway Series, the quick transition due to COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders, and their online Zwift race being held during the race hiatus to keep racers engaged

Utilizing the outdoors can boost body and mind

By Madelyn Edwards | www.weatherforddemocrat.com

For some, going outside is a way to physically and mentally refresh amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Weatherford College life sciences faculty member Allison Stamatis, who earned her doctorate in environmental science, said she has noticed more people outside walking and riding bikes.

“That’s great for physical health, mental health and helps people reconnect with the outdoors,” Stamatis said. “Biophilia is a word that was coined by E. O. Wilson to describe our affinity with nature and living things. It has been supported in scientific literature many times that when we connect with nature, we may have reduced healing time from …

Which Burns More Calories, Running or Cycling?

Dr. Gabe Mirkin’s Fitness and Health e-Zine April 19th | www.drmirkin.com

Have you wondered whether you burn more calories when you run or when you ride a bicycle? The standard comparison is that one mile of running equals a little more than three miles of cycling, but that’s lousy science. It all depends on how intensely you exercise. Running requires the same amount of energy per mile at any speed (generally 110 calories per mile), but cycling is slowed so much by wind resistance that the faster you ride, the harder you have to pedal and more energy you use. This means that you have to compare your running and cycling at different cycling speeds.

If you hate math and …

Campaign to educate the public to proper trail use

By The Tip | austinmountainbiking.com

I sent the following email to KVUE a few days ago. I have not heard back. I’m posting it here as an example and encouraging y’all to send a similar email to news outlets. If they receive several emails about the "problem" then perhaps they will realize it really is one. What else do you have to do anyway? And it’s better than shaking your fist at the sky in frustration about these things! I could have mentioned dogs on leash but forgot about that one. Your call.

I am an avid mountain biker that uses the single track trail that is abundant in Austin.

There has been much discussion among our community about how trail usage has greatly increased lately with home bound folks getting outdoors. Both obviously new bikers and lots of hikers and hikers with families. …

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