Velo Repair
From Bicycle Retailer: RecoFit donating portion of Armcoolers sales to velodrome
RecoFit Compression Gear is donating $3 from the online sales of its Armcoolers sleeves to help with the completion of the Boulder Valley Velodrome in Erie, Colorado.
The outdoor wooden velodrome was due to open later this month. However it was heavily damaged by a wind storm on Saturday. Its opening has now been pushed back indefinitely.
Social Run
From Runner’s World: Run and Retweet
Runners love advice. Reading it, heeding it, sharing it. But in the middle of a tough workout, you forget how exactly a lactate-threshold run affects mitochondria. What sticks instead is short, pithy, maybe reflective, often funny. In the old days, you might’ve called it an aphorism. Today, it’s a tweet. So we asked our Twitter followers, what sticks with you? This “fast advice” comes from experts, coaches, and readers. Perfect for RT.
Courting Technology
From USA Today: Tennis rules try to keep pace with advancing technology
The wake-up call came during last year’s French Open.
That’s when Babolat demonstrated a prototype for a microchipped racket that can wirelessly record biomechanical info in real time, allowing players to view performance metrics such as a power and spin.
Solar Life Saver
From KWGN: This solar-powered jet-ski/surfboard combo could save your life
Jet skis — the souped-up water toy of the super-rich or the afternoon lark of the lavish holidaymaker. Either way, they’ve never been cheap. Until now.
Thanks to British designer Ross Kemp the world has been graced with a solar-powered watercraft that costs just a third of the price of your average jet ski.