July 2012 Blog Posts (9)

Sprint event comes under track and field events and similar to other events in this event also athletes use different sports equipments. One of the equipment called Starting blocksis used at the beginning of the sprint event. Due to huge competition, starting blocks are coming with new-new techniques and they differ from each other in their unique style.…

Rules of discus throwing: Competitors may touch the inner area of the circle rim but cannot touch the outer area of the circle. Until the disc hits the ground, he or she cannot exit from the area. The entire disc thrown from an enclosed area for the safety of the bystanders, so this rules should be strictly followed.…

Ladies Performance Block: The Menstrual Cycle and The Effects While Training and Racing

     As they say, anything can happen race day, and it does, including starting your period. But as we know, this is the 21^st Century, not the 19^th Century – women…

Last weekend myself and 2509 other cyclists lined up to ride the Valley First GranFondo Axel Merckx in Penticton B.C. The cyclists were spread out between three different distances.  1,590 rode the 160km GranFondo.  785 rode the 92km Medio Fondo and 135 rode the 50km CortoFondo.  Although each cyclist, in each category, rode the same route, in the same conditions and on the same day, nobody will have the same story.  Here is my story.

I had three reasons for…

The 2012 triathlon season got off to a bit of a rough start. Back in March, I had a cycling accident in Santa Barbara in which I fractured my left wrist (scaphoid) leaving me in a cast for several weeks and in a brace for several months following. Then in April, I developed a mysterious swollen ankle during a business trip that prevented me from running for over a month. When your wrist is in a cast and you can't put much weight on an ankle, it would make the prospect of competing in my…

Two weekends ago I ran the “Run for Your Dad in Support of the Heart and Stroke Foundation” 15km race in Edmonton. I didn’t know how I would perform, considering how limited my training has been in the past month or so. It turns out my fitness is still there, and I won the race by 10 minutes!



The Race:

The course was one of the best I have competed on; it was a mix of gravel trails, paved bike path, flat sections, and hilly sections. I had no idea how far ahead I was until…

You never know where life is going to take you or what will happen. It's been the most stressful two and a half years I've ever had due to a wide variety of reasons. The positive side is some resolution for the physical difficulties I have had. I fell in January and two months later discovered I broke it. Well...technically, I broke a 2" extra bone that I had in the ankle. In April I had the bone removed and I am doing amazingly well. Unfortunately I have the same extra 2" bone on my right…

For most track and field event, agility is a quality that you compulsorily need to possess. Without proper agility in your body, it would be very difficult to compete in any athletic sport. Resistance training is one of the best ways to improve agility. Speed and agility movement cannot be easily acquired. It takes a lot of time and effort to acquire proper agility and movement. It requires your muscles to be…