Boston is a beautiful city with many a European tourist delighting in its Euro-feel, especially the city’s walkability. Literally, you can get around Boston pretty easily on your own two feet. In fact, over 13% of Boston residents commute to work by walking. That may not seem high, but it is the highest percentage in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘cycling’
Getting People Out of Their Cars
Posted in PHR, tagged bike commuting, Boston, cycling, Hub on Wheels on September 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here it Comes, Another B2B
Posted in PHR, tagged B2B, cycling, Harpoon Brewery on June 18, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Tomorrow, with temperatures here in New England expected to reach 90+ degrees, I try to stay hydrated, full of electrolytes and may even down some pickle juice all in an attempt to keep leg cramps at bay as I do the annual Harpoon Brewery to Brewery (B2B) ride. The roughly 8 hour ride, which begins [...]
Off to the Kill
Posted in PHR, tagged cycling, tour of battenkill on April 9, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Tomorrow is the Big Day. Tomorrow I race the Queen of the Classics, the Tour of Battenkill. Though I originally intended, maybe half jokingly in this year’s predictions, to “podium” (that’s a top three spot for you non-racer types) in my category at Battenkill, I have now set my sights a tad lower as I [...]
Want Healthcare Reform? Start Riding Your Bike!
Posted in consumer health, tagged bike commuting, cycling on May 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We talk about healthcare reform. We talk of an obesity epidemic. We talk of just a few, often preventable, chronic diseases that consume some 70%+ of healthcare expenditures. We talk of global warming and potential impact of warmer temperatures on infectous diseases. We talk of runaway increases in healthcare costs but token measures to reduce [...]
Chilmark Bound
Posted in PHR, tagged AHRQ, art, Chilmark, cycling, sculpture on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I hinted in my previous post, I’ll be taking it easy next week and will only put up a post if something really, REALLY important happens. I’ll be heading to the namesake of this company, the small rural town of Chilmark MA, located on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. My first visit to Chilmark [...]
Heated Debate on Boston’s Rules of the Road
Posted in consumer health, tagged commuting, cycling, health on July 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As you know, I commute by bike to work. Been doing this for some 20+ years despite Boston ranking as one of the least bike friendly cities (according to Bicycle magazine) in the country. Yesterday, one of the Boston Globe columnist wrote a piece on her own cycling experiences in and around Boston. I actually [...]
The Tour is Coming, The Tour is Coming…
Posted in PHR, tagged cycling on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This Saturday begins another epic Tour de France. The 95th Tour, it will be comprised of some 21 stages, cover 3,500 miles, including a mountain stage towards the end that will have those still in the race climbing nearly 15,000 vertical feet in a single day. Awesome! Despite the all too numerous drug scandals the [...]
