Serrota Off the Road
From Bicycle Retailer: Serotta lays off 40% of workforce, planning shutdown
Serotta has laid off 40 percent of its workforce and is planning to shut down production in the next two weeks, CEO Bill Watkins told BRAIN on Wednesday.
Be the Coach
From Runner’s World: How to Be Your Own Coach
While many runners revel in identifying goals and penciling in training blocks, many more coast along with only a vague idea of their intentions for the New Year. But whether you’d like to stay fit or crush a PR, you’ve got a better chance of achieving your goal if you think like a coach and devise a plan for yourself. “To get faster, avoid plateaus, and prevent injury, you need a structured program with different types of workouts,” says Kelly Wissolik, a coach at Energy Fitness Coaching in Ohio. Follow these guidelines for plotting your year, and put on your coach hat periodically to chart your progress.
Hawk and Games
From Sport Techie: X Games 2013: How Tony Hawk Changed the Video Game Industry For Skateboarding
Tony Hawk has done it all. He’s been a professional skateboarder, philanthropist, activist, actor, and entrepreneur, all by the age of 45.
One of the things Hawk is most well known for is his video game series, which began in 1999 with Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. Since then, 13 more video games have been created for 16 different platforms ranging from PlayStation and Xbox to Windows and Nintendo DS.