Las Vegas Bicycling Community Website

BIKINGLASVEGAS.COM & LAS VEGAS MULTISPORT Present…

MEET & GREET + INTRODUCTION TO MULTISPORT 101

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Good Food — Great Fun — Prizes
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Come meet and greet other BikingLasVegas.com members in the area while learning all about multisport activities and events; perfect for the off-season cross training.
There will be great food, giveaways & prizes!!

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What we’ll talk about:
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1. Types of events that are included in MultiSport events
2. Typical distances of the run, swim, bike, etc…
3. What type of gear/ equipment/clothing do you need?
4. Nutritional needs for multisports…what to expect to bring with you, what the events have, etc…
5. Why coaching may play an important role in your success and what to look for in a coach.
6. Learn which events would be good for beginners to participate in and what to expect.

Have any questions you want to ask? Jot them down and ask Larry LaHodny and Chris Wahl, owners of Las Vegas Multisport, the night of our meet and greet.

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What you need to do to attend:
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– Just bring yourself and your thirst for knowledge!!
– RSVP below then relax and enjoy the fun!

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EVENT DETAILS:
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Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Date: Wednesday, November 18th 2009
Cost: FREE

Location:
Las Vegas Multisport
5447 S. Rainbow, Suite E5
Las Vegas , NV 89118
(Just south of Hacienda)

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HOW TO RSVP:
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YOU MUST RSVP FOR THIS EVENT…
to RSVP, please send me a message through the website by clicking this link:

http://www.bikinglasvegas.com/contact.html

NOW THAT WE ARE HEADING INTO THE OFF-SEASON FOR CYCLING, TRY LEARNING ABOUT OTHER SPORTS/ACTIVITIES THAT MAY ENHANCE YOUR OVERALL TRAINING AND ENDURANCE! COME JOIN US! RSVP NOW!

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

As a child, my grandmother would take me to the public library each week.  I would literally run and scream down the aisles as everyone around me would look at my grandmother and give her the ‘Could you shut her up?’ look.  I loved going to the library.  It was a great way to hang out with my Mommom (that’s what all the grandkids called her) and at the same time, it would allow me to read all the books I ever wanted each week.  I never bought a book as a kid.  I only checked them out at the library and then returned them.  It’s actually a great concept that I’ve forgotten about in my adult life.  I’ve gotten so used to just buying a book when I wanted it and that was fine if I liked the book, but if I didn’t…then I was bummed that I blew anywhere from $5 to $30 on it.

Hence the reason for this blog post…

If you’re like me, you probably buy a lot of fitness books and DVD’s.  Since the economy has been a little slow lately, I’ve been a bit more choosy on where I spend my money.   So I decided to see what free resources are available to me as a taxpayer.  (After all, I pay for it, so why not use it…right?)

Well, If you haven’t been to the Clark County Library lately, you really are missing out on one of the best local resources in town!  Libraries no longer carry just books (like when I was a kid), but they also allow you to check out Videos and DVD’s, and reserve computer systems as well!  Now that’s cool!  And the Clark County Library District (CCLD) has a great website that allows you to reserve books online too!  So you research what books you want, and then reserve them on the spot!  That’s incredible and in the long run, will save you money.  “Try before you buy” is a great concept and I plan on taking advantage of it (again).

To give you an idea of what they have for cycling that you may be interested in trying before buying…I did some quick look-ups of popular subject, authors and titles.  (Click the links below to see what the library has.)

Here’s a quick lookup I did for Chris Carmichael books:
http://ilsweb.lvccld.org/search~S12/a?carmichael+chris

Women’s Cycling:
http://ilsweb.lvccld.org/search~S12?/dcycling/dcycling/1%2C44%2C212%2CB/exact&FF=dcycling+for+women&1%2C3%2C

Mountain Biking:
http://ilsweb.lvccld.org/search~S12?/dMountain+biking/dmountain+biking/1%2C20%2C71%2CB/exact&FF=dmountain+biking&1%2C25%2C

Lance Armstrong:
http://ilsweb.lvccld.org/search/a?lance%20armstrong

I think you are getting the picture now.  If not, I’ll put it plain and simple…Here’s a free resource (all you need is to apply for a library card for free) that allows you to take out all the books / DVD’s you ever wanted so you can try them out before you buy them.  Now that’s cool!

By the way….now that you know about this…pass it on!  The more people that use the library, the better.  Just don’t take out all the cycling books and dvd’s before I get there…OK?!

Do you eat enough fruits and vegetables each day?  If you have any question about it, you need to check out the Center for Disease Control’s “Fruits and Veggies Matter” website.

What’s great about it is this…They have a fun little calculator that enables you to plugin your age, sex and physical activity level which then calculates how much fruits and veggies you should be eating each day.  Along with that, it gives you sample recipes to help you include these necessary food groups into your meals.

Now…couple all of this with some other fun interactive tools like the “Analyze My Plate” tool and the “What Counts as a Cup” feature and you’ve got a great resource for nutrition!!

I encourage any cyclist who is interested in eating right to make sure they visit the “Fruits and Veggies Matter” website, if anything, just for fun.