One study says olympic athletes live longer:
http://healthland.time.com/2012/12/14/fast-stronger-longer-olympians-outlive-the-rest-of-us/
Now another says being overweight is an advantage:
http://healthland.time.com/2013/01/02/being-overweight-is-linked-to-lower-risk-of-mortality/
 
What do you think?

"On Thursday afternoon a small group of players led by Steve Fehr, the union’s special counsel, met for about an hour at the N.H.L. office in Midtown Manhattan to discuss penalties for teams caught hiding hockey-related revenue." [NY Times]  
This particular sentence caught my attention in reading through today's article about the potential of a 48 game schedule this season.  It is telling that such a discussion is even needed!  That owners would/could stoop so low as... Read full post

7 grandslams, 4 olympic medals and twice she won the Diamond Games in Antwerp. This might have been the reason why Venus Williams was chosen to play Kim's very last match against her. If Venus had won, she would have taken home the racket full of diamonds, that up to now only the French Amélie Mauresmo possesses, since you have to win the Diamond Games three times to own one of the most beautiful rackets in the world. It was the 14th time Kim and Venus played each other. Kim invited... Read full post

The New York Times states that "Bettman was hired 20 years ago Wednesday [today]. Since his first full season as the commissioner in 1993-94, 2,224 regular-season N.H.L. games have been canceled because of lockouts in 1994-95, 2004-5 and 2012. That is 9.7 percent [of all league games scheduled under his tenure]"! Incredible at best; intolerable at worst... 
20 years is a long time...  Boards of companies large and small, governments, and other institutions around the world all... Read full post

I can't believe that the International Sailing Federation would flip flop on such an important issue as replacing one Olympic sailing sport with another!  It was such exciting news six months ago when the ISAF confirmed the kiteboarding (sport of the future) would replace windsurfing (sport of the past) at the Rio Olympics.  However, apparently as a result of intense lobbying, yesterday the governing body reversed its decision and went back to the status quo...
Here is the link to... Read full post

Sitting in the comfort of my mom's living room in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, far from the flooded, dark streets of New York, I watch the devastation on television like any other viewer from any other part of the world.  It is hard to believe that just 48 hours ago Ombretta and I were hurricane refugees living in our darkened, communications-less apartment with candles, flashlights and our fireplace to keep us in light and warmth.  Our cell phone batteries, along with those of our... Read full post

I am looking for some recomendations on inspirational books about running and extreme sports in general.
I've enjoyed some great books on running:  especially "Confessions of an All-Night Runner" and "Born to Run"
Reading "Once a Runner" now.
Does anyone have any other suggestions for me?
Here is a top-5 list from someone on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Best-Books-About-Running/lm/R244RX5QYI3Q7W
Has anyone read any of these?
Tom

With very short notice, only 4 days in fact, Helene, Magnus and I jumped on a last minute holiday to Bitez (Bodrum) in Turkey. Unfortunately Emil couldn't make it since he was on a "Diamond Extreme" survival trip with the scouts.
With only very little time to research the destination we did not know what to expect - other than sun and warmth, and getting away, which is what we needed as a family.
We had a fantastic time, as I think the photos show! Great scenery, great weather, wonderful... Read full post

So this is the latest on the NHL owners play on the lockout: 
http://deadspin.com/5951872/inside-a-secret-nhl-focus-group-how-a-top-gop-strategist-is-helping-hockey-owners-craft-their-lockout-propaganda
  It's just NOT right!

Well well... Here we are - finally - at 250 push ups!  It's been an amazing exercise in will power, but the physical effort and beneficial results - including the severely calloused knuckles - are something I can take pride in...  With this final 250 push ups today, we completed 1,580 for this week and an astounding 6,400 push ups in total, if my count is right, over the last 7 weeks!  August 25th was our start date and October 13th our finish. 
I send my heartfelt... Read full post