Free Flight
From GearJunkie: High-Apline Freestyle: Red Bull Cold Rush
As big-mountain ski comps are concerned, the Red Bull Cold Rush is unique. The annual three-day event, held earlier this month at Colorado’s Silverton Mountain, mixes steep faces and high bowls with avalanche potential together with rails, ramps, and other features found in a freestyle park.
Runner’s World Weak Knee Extension Predicts Runner’s Knee
From Runner’s World: Weak Knee Extension Predicts Runner’s Knee
Weakness on knee extension exercises is the best predictive risk factor for runner’s knee, according to a new research review published in the journal Sports Health.
Death Race
From Outside Magazine: The Doctor Won’t See You Now
PETER HASS HAD BEEN running for about two hours when he collapsed at the finish line of San Francisco’s Kaiser Permanente Half Marathon last February. The race’s only medical team, which included chiropractors but no M.D.’s, had been called away to deal with another emergency, so a doctor who happened to be running the race performed CPR. Meanwhile, the race announcer issued calls for help over the loudspeaker. The nearest city paramedics arrived 22 minutes later. By the time they reached the 36-year-old Hass, it was too late.
Scotsman Flies Again
From Cycling News: Graeme Obree on his landspeed record bid
At the age of 46, Scottish cyclist Graeme Obree is preparing a bid to break the world landspeed record on a bike in the USA later this year. As this video shows, he is busy “obsessively” building a bike at his home from recycled components which he hopes will help him make history.