Seasonal Bike Parking

The Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority has placed these bike racks at various stations around town. This one is in front of Cafe Verde and highly bike trafficked part of town. 

We do lose one car parking space, but provide many, many bike spots. I like that my town promotes biking and makes it easy to park your bike. Nice job AADDA!

Alas, I hardly knew yee....

I guess I just didn't care too much about the Olympics this time around. I watched it sporadically, but never caught the things that I cared about. 

I love crew. Never saw an ore.

Tried watching beach volleyball, but couldn't stand the loud music that was constantly blaring in the background. I just don't get the current generations need for constant loud stimuli. It makes we worry for the future. But that's another story. Don't get me started. Oye vay!

Anyway, I just wasn't that into the Olympics, except for Michael Phelps. Eight gold medals. Now that is cool. But please, please, please don't ever talk to me about what he eats every day.... That is unless, you eat like below.

Good news for ectomorphs and mesomorphs!

A new study looked at the physical characteristics for 5,000 inmates at an Arkansas prison and found that most were athletically fit when they entered prison. Between 62% and 73% of prisoners where mesomorphs! 

There were ectomorphs (skinny people) and mesomorphs (over weight people), but the interesting finding is that they were much less likely to be violent offenders. 

But this does not mean that being fit is a predictor of criminal tendencies, said one of the authors, Jeffrey T. Walker of the University of Arkansas.

"Those who are fit may have personalities that are more likely to make them violent. In essence, what drives them to be fit also drives them to be violent. It is also likely that those who are fit find themselves in violent situations more."

Finally, some good news for those of us that could lose or gain some weight! There are some true benefits to our conditions! 

Strong Women

There has been press about strong women lately. 

First, there is the amazing 41 year old mom who made the Olympic swimming team this weekend. Dara Torres qualified for the team with her win in the 100 meter freestyle swim and is being herald as an inspiration for all women and men too! Not bad for a woman who retired in 2000 after the Sydney Olympics. She accepted her victory metal with her two year old daughter who waved to the crowd not quite understanding what was happening. However, the crowd most certainly understood the pivotal moment!

Then we have Carla Wallenda. She is a 72 year old great grandmother who comes from a long line of aerialists. This amazing woman climbs atop her 110 foot pole and preforms a ten minute show without a net. Members of her family (including her father) have died while preforming but this gutsy woman keeps going. She can't imagine not preforming. It is her therapy. She is part of the Flying Wallendas that preform around the Ann Arbor area and the country. I encourage all to go and support this family when they have the opportunity.