Adventure Racing Secrets - A Guide to the Ultimate Physical Challenge
Adventure racing is fast becoming a mainstream sport. One to five-man teams compete in multisport competitions. Races longer than 24 hours are not uncommon. More and more locations all over the world host AR races. Anyone with a passion for adventure and competition will love this sport.
Common events include kayaking, trekking, climbing and orienteering.Endurance training for an endurance race is entirely different than a marathon. You must learn to keep a good pace. Knowing your limits and keeping yourself properly nourished are key factors. Winning a competition often has less to do with your physical ability and more to do with your mental prowess. Losing your way during navigation may cost you miles and ultimately the race.
Staying sharp and knowing how to navigate maps and terrain may very well put you miles ahead of the most physically elite. This really is the ultimate extreme sport.Proper gear is half the battle. Light weight gear that keeps you dry is key. Also having a light to navigate at night is critical. Gloves, shoes, and socks are all important as well.Here are some important tips:1) Keep small food and water packets attached to your body or bike where they may be accessed quickly.2) Take energy gels and drink water regularly during the race.3) Always train with the same gear and food that you compete with so there are no surprises.4) Know your team.
Choose teammates that you click with. Make sure you know their strengths and weaknesses.5) Train in different terrains and do plenty of cross-training including cycling, walking & paddling.6) Plan ahead. Know your terrain and plan your route. Know where your checkpoints are and plan to have a supporting person or crew meet you there with clothing, gear and replacement parts.7) Have fun!For the complete Adventure Racing guide visit http://www.adventureracingcentral.net/.
Finally, A Breath Mint That Does What It's Supposed To
One weekend you get together with friends for dinner at a delectable restaurant that serves cheese fondue, and you have a martini to cap it off. You want to make sure you have fresh breath, so after dinner you pop in an Altoids or other similar breath mint. Although you may now have a cinnamon-like taste in your mouth, what you've really done is made your bad breath problem much worse. Let me explain...All the "breath mint candies" that you're used to seeing in the stores (Altoids, Tic-Tacs, Certs, Ice Breakers, etc...) all commit some kind of fatal mistake in the documented science of creating fresh breath. You see, by now the academic halitosis community knows the causes of bad breath...and we also know the exact conditions that create an oral environment in your mouth that is more likely to produce bad breath.A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SITUATIONAL BAD BREATH AND WHAT TRIGGERS ITA common type of bad breath that occurs in 99.9% of the world population, at one time or another, is situational...
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Your Big Yellow Bus
The big yellow school bus is coming down my road again. The neighborhood kids seem happy. The dogs are not. The kids are no longer around during the day and Jersey is going to drop a little weight without all the treats they have been bringing her this summer. I must admit that when I see the bus, I feel sorry for those poor suckers.
And I express my gratitude that I'm no longer going back to school this time of year. But I am noticing that September stirs in me the urge to learn and do something new. How long do we have to be out of school before we lose the September urge? How long does it take, how many generations must pass, before we lose our agrarian urge to harvest in the fall?As soon as the days get noticeably shorter, as soon as the nights are a little crisper, and as soon as the big yellow school bus starts appearing in the morning, I get energized to learn. I could tell it was starting last week when I bought a new hiking skirt and a batch of socks. They are soft, fluffy...
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Adventure Racing Secrets - A Guide to the Ultimate Physical Challenge
Adventure racing is fast becoming a mainstream sport. One to five-man teams compete in multisport competitions. Races longer than 24 hours are not uncommon. More and more locations all over the world host AR races. Anyone with a passion for adventure and competition will love this sport.
Common events include kayaking, trekking, climbing and orienteering.Endurance training for an endurance race is entirely different than a marathon. You must learn to keep a good pace. Knowing your limits and keeping yourself properly nourished are key factors. Winning a competition often has less to do with your physical ability and more to do with your mental prowess. Losing your way during navigation may cost you miles and ultimately the race.
Staying sharp and knowing how to navigate maps and terrain may very well put you miles ahead of the most physically elite. This really is the ultimate extreme sport.Proper gear is half the battle. Light weight gear that keeps you dry is key. Also...
Adventure Racing Secrets - A Guide to the Ultimate Physical Challenge
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How To Cut Your eBay Fees By More Than 90%
Now, are you ready for the REAL TRUTH about selling on eBay? It's simple; don't list too many items for sale using their auction format. Instead, set up one of their stores. The cost starts at just $15.95 per month. Why is this a good idea? Let's do the math: If you list an item for sale using the auction format, the cost is anywhere from $.35 on up to several dollars PER AUCTION. What's worse is that the auctions are only good for 3, 5, 7, or 10 days.
BETTER WAY: Sell the item in your eBay store. The listing price is just 2 or 3 cents per item...and get this...They're good for a FULL 30 days! For example, I recently sold a $500 item that I listed in my eBay store. The listing cost me a whopping 3 cents! The same item, if I'd sold it using the auction format, would have cost me several dollars! Using eBay's Auction format to list 500 items at a minimum of $.35 each = $175.00 (and these are only good for 7 days each so you'd have to list them 4 times each per month) $175 x 4 =...
How To Cut Your eBay Fees By More Than 90%
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