Want to download a copy of the show (14.1MB) right click and ‘save as’ HERE

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Next Tuesday, January 31 is a movie premiere in Calgary for “Go Death Racer” which is a short documentary on the 2010 Canadian Death Race (ultra race) in Grande Cache.  Sponsored by the Tech Shop and The North Face – free water bottle and $25 off the Tech Shop with entry, draw prize is a free entry into the 2012 Death Race for some unlucky person.  Couple of other short films and a short talk by Tracy Garneau, a North Face sponsored ultra athlete.

Details below:

Where: Plaza Theater (in Kensington)
When: Tues Jan 31 at 7:00PM (doors at 6:30PM)
Tickets: $10 – cash only at the door (since the Plaza is ghetto that way) – advanced tickets available at the Tech Shop.

Come on out and feel free to bring other interested people as well to the show.  Should be fairly well attended by the Calgary running community.

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We got notice today that the Good Life is getting the boot (from Eau Claire) on Feb 17 as seen below

I went to speak with Devon at mall admin and he essentially said that there’s no room for negotiation on even a date because they already have a contract with another group for mid Feb. I re-explained the Good Life’s nature and that we have a large amount of people of various backgrounds relying on us, programs, in addition to great media coverage and so on but, though apologetic, emphasised that there’s negotiation to be had.

So, where from here? 

-Find a new space (decide what we really want/need as this could be a good opportunity to get it)
-Make a timeline as to closing date, etc
-Find storage if needed in the likely scenario we don’t find a new awesome venue by the 17th
-Sell/get rid of as much stuff as possible

If you’d like to join the discussion, it’s happening over email so please message me directly and I’ll add you.

Thank you,

Jonny Bear

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BMC Racing Team's Cadel Evans of Australia, wearing the leader's yellow jersey, holds his bicycle in front the Arc de Triomphe as he celebrates on the Champs Elysees after winning the 98th Tour de France cycling race in Paris July 24, 2011. Evans became the first Australian to win the Tour de France after finishing with the peloton in the last stage won by Mark Cavendish of Britain on Sunday. Andy Schleck was second overall with his brother Frank taking third place. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

Erik Morales of Mexico exits the ring with a swollen eye after losing a WBA interim super lightweight title fight to Marcos Maidana of Argentina at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada April 9, 2011. Maidana won the fight by majority decision. REUTERS/Steve Marcus

Leopard rider Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland cycles in the 20th time trial stage in Grenoble during the Tour de France cycling race July 23, 2011. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini

Vacansoleil-DCM rider Johnny Hoogerland of the Netherlands is pictured after crashing during the ninth stage of the Tour de France 2011 cycling race from Issoire to Saint-Flour July 10, 2011. Rabobank rider Luis Leon Sanchez of Spain won the stage while Europcar rider Thomas Voeckler of France took the leader's yellow jersey. REUTERS/Stringer

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Jason Perry Photo

Its the Single Speed Cross Country World Cup… SSCXWC.  It took place in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Jason Perry was on site and documented the cyclocross action in his 2011 SSCXWC set for all of us to see.  Looks damn fun to me…. now all I have to do is get a cross bike.  Anyone got a couple grand i could have?

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Perfect…. hahah.  From http://www.cyclingtipsblog.com/ via facebook

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Ryan went on to tell us how well his new “Get Big, Get Fast” race strategy is working for him. “The idea behind it is that you have to work so much harder if you’re bigger… so why not get HUGE and work that much harder”. Its a new idea on the running scene  that is starting to pick up steam.

A lot of people have picked Ryan to win Ironman Canada this year because of his new training methods. Kyle Marcotte, a former top ten ironman Canada finisher says “I’ve had some good weight gains in the last few months thanks to (the restaurant) Chicken On The Way, but Ryan’s weight gain is amazing, he’ll roll downhill so much faster than the competition. He is someone all the pros should be watching out for”.

Although Ryan’s methods might be unorthodox they seem to be working for him and other athletes who have adopted this training method. Only time will tell if it will work in the long run.

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One other band I suggest you check out is The Jezabels. They are coming to Calgary on Nov 15 and I cant wait to hear this song live:

Other music you ask?

• Florence And The Machine’s new album Ceremonials - http://youtu.be/WbN0nX61rIs
• Mylo Xyloto coldplay remixes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtuaLctBNg0
• Gotye – Making Mirrors - http://youtu.be/8UVNT4wvIGY

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Completely.

When I was young I had no sense of myself. All I was, was a product of all the fear and humiliation I suffered. Fear of my parents. The humiliation of teachers calling me “garbage can” and telling me I’d be mowing lawns for a living. And the very real terror of my fellow students. I was threatened and beaten up for the color of my skin and my size. I was skinny and clumsy, and when others would tease me I didn’t run home crying, wondering why.

I knew all too well. I was there to be antagonized. In sports I was laughed at. A spaz. I was pretty good at boxing but only because the rage that filled my every waking moment made me wild and unpredictable. I fought with some strange fury. The other boys thought I was crazy.

I hated myself all the time.

As stupid at it seems now, I wanted to talk like them, dress like them, carry myself with the ease of knowing that I wasn’t going to get pounded in the hallway between classes. Years passed and I learned to keep it all inside. I only talked to a few boys in my grade. Other losers. Some of them are to this day the greatest people I have ever known. Hang out with a guy who has had his head flushed down a toilet a few times, treat him with respect, and you’ll find a faithful friend forever. But even with friends, school sucked. Teachers gave me hard time. I didn’t think much of them either.

Then came Mr. Pepperman, my advisor. He was a powerfully built Vietnam veteran, and he was scary. No one ever talked out of turn in his class. Once one kid did and Mr. P. lifted him off the ground and pinned him to the blackboard. Mr. P. could see that I was in bad shape, and one Friday in October he asked me if I had ever worked out with weights. I told him no.

He told me that I was going to take some of the money that I had saved and buy a hundred-pound set of weights at Sears. As I left his office, I started to think of things I would say to him on Monday when he asked about the weights that I was not going to buy. Still, it made me feel special. My father never really got that close to caring. On Saturday I bought the weights, but I couldn’t even drag them to my mom’s car. An attendant laughed at me as he put them on a dolly.

Monday came and I was called into Mr. P.’s office after school. He said that he was going to show me how to work out. He was going to put me on a program and start hitting me in the solar plexus in the hallway when I wasn’t looking. When I could take the punch we would know that we were getting somewhere. At no time was I to look at myself in the mirror or tell anyone at school what I was doing. In the gym he showed me ten basic exercises. I paid more attention than I ever did in any of my classes. I didn’t want to blow it. I went home that night and started right in.

Weeks passed, and every once in a while Mr. P. would give me a shot and drop me in the hallway, sending my books flying. The other students didn’t know what to think. More weeks passed, and I was steadily adding new weights to the bar. I could sense the power inside my body growing. I could feel it.

Right before Christmas break I was walking to class, and from out of nowhere Mr. Pepperman appeared and gave me a shot in the chest. I laughed and kept going. He said I could look at myself now. I got home and ran to the bathroom and pulled off my shirt. I saw a body, not just the shell that housed my stomach and my heart. My biceps bulged. My chest had definition. I felt strong. It was the first time I can remember having a sense of myself. I had done something and no one could ever take it away. You couldn’t say s–t to me.

It took me years to fully appreciate the value of the lessons I have learned from the Iron. I used to think that it was my adversary, that I was trying to lift that which does not want to be lifted. I was wrong. When the Iron doesn’t want to come off the mat, it’s the kindest thing it can do for you. If it flew up and went through the ceiling, it wouldn’t teach you anything. That’s the way the Iron talks to you. It tells you that the material you work with is that which you will come to resemble. That which you work against will always work against you.

It wasn’t until my late twenties that I learned that by working out I had given myself a great gift. I learned that nothing good comes without work and a certain amount of pain. When I finish a set that leaves me shaking, I know more about myself. When something gets bad, I know it can’t be as bad as that workout.

I used to fight the pain, but recently this became clear to me: pain is not my enemy; it is my call to greatness. But when dealing with the Iron, one must be careful to interpret the pain correctly. Most injuries involving the Iron come from ego. I once spent a few weeks lifting weight that my body wasn’t ready for and spent a few months not picking up anything heavier than a fork. Try to lift what you’re not prepared to and the Iron will teach you a little lesson in restraint and self-control.

I have never met a truly strong person who didn’t have self-respect. I think a lot of inwardly and outwardly directed contempt passes itself off as self-respect: the idea of raising yourself by stepping on someone’s shoulders instead of doing it yourself. When I see guys working out for cosmetic reasons, I see vanity exposing them in the worst way, as cartoon characters, billboards for imbalance and insecurity. Strength reveals itself through character. It is the difference between bouncers who get off strong-arming people and Mr.Pepperman.

Muscle mass does not always equal strength. Strength is kindness and sensitivity. Strength is understanding that your power is both physical and emotional. That it comes from the body and the mind. And the heart.

Yukio Mishima said that he could not entertain the idea of romance if he was not strong. Romance is such a strong and overwhelming passion, a weakened body cannot sustain it for long. I have some of my most romantic thoughts when I am with the Iron. Once I was in love with a woman. I thought about her the most when the pain from a workout was racing through my body.

Everything in me wanted her. So much so that sex was only a fraction of my total desire. It was the single most intense love I have ever felt, but she lived far away and I didn’t see her very often. Working out was a healthy way of dealing with the loneliness. To this day, when I work out I usually listen to ballads.

I prefer to work out alone.

It enables me to concentrate on the lessons that the Iron has for me. Learning about what you’re made of is always time well spent, and I have found no better teacher. The Iron had taught me how to live. Life is capable of driving you out of your mind. The way it all comes down these days, it’s some kind of miracle if you’re not insane. People have become separated from their bodies. They are no longer whole.

I see them move from their offices to their cars and on to their suburban homes. They stress out constantly, they lose sleep, they eat badly. And they behave badly. Their egos run wild; they become motivated by that which will eventually give them a massive stroke. They need the Iron Mind.

Through the years, I have combined meditation, action, and the Iron into a single strength. I believe that when the body is strong, the mind thinks strong thoughts. Time spent away from the Iron makes my mind degenerate. I wallow in a thick depression. My body shuts down my mind.

The Iron is the best antidepressant I have ever found. There is no better way to fight weakness than with strength. Once the mind and body have been awakened to their true potential, it’s impossible to turn back.

The Iron never lies to you. You can walk outside and listen to all kinds of talk, get told that you’re a god or a total bastard. The Iron will always kick you the real deal. The Iron is the great reference point, the all-knowing perspective giver. Always there like a beacon in the pitch black. I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds.
by Henry Rollins

This article originally appeared in Details Magazine

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Info on the Beer Mile can be found HERE

Rules for the Beer Mile click HERE

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Friday October 14th @ 7pm – Glenmore Track!

Tell Your Friends!

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“We wanted to build a convenient and efficient tool for pedestrians and cyclists,” said Corinna Baxter, a communications adviser with the city’s Parks department. “A lot of people have their iPhone or iPod Touch with them when they are out on the pathways.”

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Mission
The Jason Lapierre Memorial Cycling Weekend has evolved into one of Alberta’s premiere cycling events over it’s 4 years. With the race’s ever increasing exposure to the public, the mission has remained the same: to highlight the engaging, exciting, pure spectacle of speed on two wheels and the end result of countless hours of training and a healthy lifestyle. An increased appreciation of the end result makes motorists aware of the need for cyclists to safely share the road with vehicles.

Event history
Speed Theory Cycling, was rocked to its core on July 19th 2006 when a motorist, deemed 100% at fault, ended the life of one of the club’s best friends while he was out on a training ride near Cochrane Alberta. Along with the cycling club’s own growth in the last 5 years, the idea of hosting a flagship bike race in the downtown core has been an overall goal to place racing in an accessible exciting venue for Calgary’s public. This increased exposure will put faces and names to the hundreds of cyclists training on rural roads with the hope of greater tolerance. 2010 marked the inaugural Downtown Criterium where 2 entire city blocks are completely closed to traffic and pure racing and the product of a healthy, active lifestyle is put on public display. Five different abilities of athlete are put on show with separate events all commentaried by a professional MC. The ability classes go from athletes who enjoy cycling at a ‘hobby’ level while incorporating family and career all the way to aspiring professionals who will be fighting for valuable results! With the flagship event’s move to downtown, the ability to host a kid’s race was also an opportunity that was not missed. The Kid’s Crit opened the evenings events with a bang being open to kids from 3 – 15 years of age. It is always a crowd favourite.

Spread the word about the race to as many people as you can.  If you have the time and the resources feel free to print one of the posters and stick them up around town.  The more that people know about the race the better.

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Nice Crack

I was riding my cervelo a week ago and it started to creak near the bottom bracket so i took it into the shop to have a look at what was making the noise.  I took off the crank arms and found this little crack in the frame.  So no i am without a bike for the next few weeks while it gets sent back to cervelo and i get a warranty replacement.

So now that I am without a bike i’ve been spending some time up at the lake with my GoPro camera. I managed to mount it on the front of the ski and take a small video.  Have a peak.

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Music/Sound

• Grooveshark - Music
• Warbeats - Improve your beatmaking skills
• Whosampled - Find music samples
• Tastekid - Find related TV, Music, Movies, Books, etc
• DI.fm - HQ Electronic Radio Resource
• Live365 - Online radio
• mp3cut - Cut mp3s online
• Last.fm - Your listening history/find related artists
• StereoMood - Listen to music depending on emotion
• BPM4DJs - BPM Database
• TrackItDown - Latest in electronic music
• ThisSongIsSick - New music (hiphop/electronic mostly)
• GoodMusicAllDay - Electronic/Hiphop Blog/Player
• Simplynoise - Noise Cancelation
• RainyMood - Noise Cancelation
• SoundCloud - Share and listen to music (audio hosting)
• BeatPort - Online electronic music store
• 22tracks - Simple 22 track playlist categorized by genre

Learn/Education/Tutorials

• Qwiki - Transcribed audio/images into a video from any wiki article
• WolframAlpha - Computational knowledge engine
• ThinkTutorial - Free Computer Tutorials and Lessons
• Lizardpoint - Learn geography
• TED - Ideas worth spreading
• KhanAcademy - Science/Math tutorials
• HowStuffWorks - Fucking magnets
• ThinkingAllowed - Thought-provoking videos
• CS50.tv - OpenCourseware – Harvard Computer Science 50
• Open Yale Courses - OpenCourseware – Yale
• Library.nu - eBook database
• MIT – Free Online Course Material - Lectures, Assignments, Projects, Media
• StudyBlue - Create flashcards to study
• theNewBoston - Learn programming
• Lifehacker - Tips/tricks for everyday
• AddictiveTips - Tech Tips
• ReadPrint - Online books
• Erowid - Learn about drugs
• Cramster - Homework help
• Academic Earth - Online Academic Video Lectures
• Instructables - Makes, How To, and DIY
• HowCast - Instructional Videos
• TopDocumentaryFilms - Watch free documentaries online
• DocumentaryHeaven - Watch free documentaries online
• After The Deadline - Because you’re not that smart
• TutVid - Free Adobe application tutorials
• Videojug - How-To videos and guides
• Tech-Recipes - Tech-related tutorials/tips for a variety of categories

Tools

• Zamzar - Online file conversion
• ReadItLater - Save pages to read later
• Tinyurl - URL Shortener
• L-Mail - Send letters online
• WhatTheFont - Match fonts
• Tineye - Reverse image search
• Sleepyti.me - Sleep calculator
• Ninite - Fast way to update/install software
• BugMeNot - Find/Share login/passwords to avoid signing up
• WhatIsMyIp - Find your IP address
• Mailinator - Disposable email account
• Scribd - Text hosting
• PopURLs - Feed from top stories of news aggregators
• 10minutemail - Disposable email account
• PrintFriendly - Make webpages printfriendly
• EasyBib - Bibliography/Citation Maker
• Pipl - Web people search
• Pixlr - Online photo editor
• Mibbit - Web IRC
• ShadyURL - Create alternative “shady” urls
• DownForEveryoneOrJustMe - Is google.com down?
• Kapersky - Online virus scanner
• SynchTube - Watch YouTube videos in sync with your friends
• Lipsum - Create filler text
• CoolUtils Image Converter - Resize images for avatars
• Dropbox - File hosting
• MediaFire - File hosting
• Ge.tt - File hosting
• ZumoDrive - File hosting
• DepositFiles - Another file hosting resource
• FilesTube - Search and Download Files
• MultiUpload – Upload to multiple popular hosting sites with 1 upload
• FileCrop - Search engine for shared files
• TheFinalCost - Calculate Shipping totals
• Imgur - Best image hosting
• DummyImage - Create dummy images of any format
• VectorMagic - Create vectors from any image
• Challonge - Create tournament brackets
• Prezi - Because powerpoint slides are boring
• TypeWith.me - Online word document collaboration
• eBuddy - Web and mobile messaging
• Iedone – Online IDE & Debugging Tool
• Readability - Make articles easier to read
• Do I have a dead pixel?
• RunPee – Find out when the best time to use the bathroom is during movie
• Dailylit – Read books by email or RSS
• ShowMeWhatsWrong - Instant Screen Recording for troubleshooting
• Youtube-mp3 - Convert and download youtube video/audio
• FaxZero – Send/Receive faxes through email

Resources

• Wallbase - Wallpapers
• Iconspedia - Icon resource
• RetailMeNot - Coupons
• NationMaster - World Statistics Database
• Userscripts - Customize your browser
• DaFont - Font database
• Celtx -Media pre-production system
• Kayak.com - Planning a trip?
• AllMyFaves - Popular websites index
• WeatherSpark – Interactive Weather
• Etsy - Buy/Sell handmade products
• WhatGFX? – Graphics Card details/recommendations
• GPUReview – Compare video cards
• Can You Run It? – System Requirements Analyzer
• Zeer – Food ingredients & nutrition information

Forums/Discussion

• BodyBuilding - Fitness
• Suprbay - Torrent discussion/resources
• 420chan - Drug discussion
• JoeRogan.net - Thought-provoking Livestream/Podcast & Discussion

Media/News/Galleries

• Liveleak - Uncensored video
• Boston.com – The Big Picture - Amazing photo galleries
• Al Jazeera English Live - Reputable news source, 24/7 stream
• CH131 - Online TV streams
• 24in60 - The last 24 hours in 60-second, unbiased news bites.
• newsmap - Visual News Aggregator
• showRSS - Automatically torrent your favorite show soon as it’s available
• Google Torrent Search - Only display torrents with google search
• EZTV - Download TV Online
• NASA Picture of the Day - Astronomy
• Hubble Picture Gallery - Astronomy

Other

• LMGTFY - Teach people to google their problems
• Openbook - Search public facebook statuses
• The Lottery of Life - Birth Lottery
• Don’t Even Reply - Emails from an asshole
• XtraNormal - If you can type, you can make a movie
• WhatTheFuckShouldIMakeForDinner - Fucking hungry?
• TheFuckingWeather - It’s gon’ rain
• The Oatmeal - Comics/Articles
• Omegle - Talk to strangers with candy
• MyFaves - Alternate customized homepage
• MyLifeIsBro - Life is pretty chill today, bro
• FMyLife - Your everyday stories
• EpicDrunk - Drunk stories
• QuickMeme - Make and share your meme
• NotAlwaysRight - Customer Service stories

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