Biking doesn’t get more chilling than this

This is another way to do Trails, what an awesome idea.

Check out this fantastic clip at Holy Kaw!

The disease-fighting, DNA-altering power of meditation

I started meditating daily after I was diagnosed with Cancer last year. This is a  great article. If you've been putting off practicing meditation because it seemed more belief than science, here’s the evidence that could put it on the top of your resolution list for 2015.

This isn't the first time that Buddhist-style mindfulness meditation has been linked to the molecular goings-on of our biological makeup. A December 2013 study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison demonstrated that the DNA of subjects who meditated “showed a range of genetic and molecular differences, including altered levels of gene-regulating machinery and reduced levels of pro-inflammatory genes, which in turn correlated with faster physical recovery from a stressful situation.” The Full Story

Worrying About Stuff Is a Sign of Intelligence

I must be VERY intelligent! if this is true... The tendency to worry about stuff could be a sign of a certain kind of intelligence, according to a paper in an upcoming edition of the journal Personality and Individual Differences (hat tip to Christian Jarrett at the British Psychology Society's Research Digest for spotting it first).

It is possible that more verbally intelligent individuals are able to consider past and future events in greater detail, leading to more intense rumination and worry. Individuals with higher non-verbal intelligence may be stronger at processing the non-verbal signals from individuals they interact with in the moment, leading to a decreased need to re-process past social encounters. You can read more HERE

Study Confirms That Men Are Dumb....

Since I decided to participate in #Transrockies as a way to raise awareness to the benefits of exercise for people living with Cancer, the findings in this research were right on the money... 

Every year, the British Medical Journal releases a Christmas edition with some offbeat and silly research. This year, there's a rather morbidly humorous study about which gender is more likely to die as a result of doing something really, really dumb. Spoiler alert: It's men. A team led by Ben Alexander Daniel, a student at the King Edward VI School in the U.K., simply looked at all of the Darwin Award winners between 1995 and 2014 — this is an award given to confirmed instances of people meeting untimely ends as a result of, to phrase it diplomatically, poor decision-making — and calculated the gender breakdown. Read More Here......

Undo the damage of sitting too much!

If you’re like most men living and working in a techno-service economy, you probably spend a good deal of your day sitting down. 

I started to stand while working at my desk and I thought the folks at The Art of Manliness compiled a great list on undoing the damage, check it Here.

10 Secrets to Make You a Faster, Stronger, and Happier Runner

I am training for the Transrockies 2015, a multi day trail run that covers 59m and 9,000 elevation gain. I'm doing this to built awareness to Supportersize which organizes free outdoor events for people living with cancer. I am constantly looking for ideas and advise on how to prepare and train. Outdoor magazine had a  Great Story that just about talks about everything.

Are you sitting too much?

Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown of AsapSCIENCE thoroughly explain why sitting for extended periods of time—at a desk at work, for example—can be harmful to one’s health. Possible adverse effects include decreased bone mass, muscle weakening, increased LDL cholesterol, and even a shortened lifespan and for sure has negative impact on your running. I started standing at my desk while working, and the video they made is great..... video describing ways to solve the sitting problem

What do you think are the odds that you will die during the next year?

This is not a morbid blog post, actually it's a great time to appreciate what you have and live in the moment. Guy Kawasaki posted a very interesting post discussing the fact that the probability of dying during a given year doubles every 8 years. For a 25-year-old American, the probability of dying during the next year is a fairly minuscule 0.03% — about 1 in 3,000. When he's 33 it will be about 1 in 1,500, when he's 42 it will be about 1 in 750, and so on. By the time He reaches age 100 the probability of living to 101 will only be about 50%. This is seriously fast growth — my mortality rate is increasing exponentially with age. The full story is in Gravity and Levity

22 Ways to Get a Better Night’s Sleep

Sleeping has always been a struggle and the added worries about my health are not very helpful....Found few great ideas that work at the Art of manliness

4 Bulletproof Ways to Prevent Running Injuries

I didn't even start to properly train for the Multi day trail event I registered for in the summer of 2015 since I have been troubled by recurring calf muscle injury. I was looking for healing ideas and came across this great blog post in Art of manliness.

Great Gifts for Trail Runners - 2014 Holiday Gift Guide

There is always something interesting in these lists of gift guides. You think running is a sport that requires nothing more than running shoes, but Scott Dunlap curated a great list.

Our latest trail walk run event for people living with cancer in local news.

More about Supportersize 5k trail walk/run We are working on our events for 2015. Would love to hear from you which events you would like to see on our calendar in the coming year.