Holy mackerel. Our biggest sponsor is now sponsoring all of Penn! From now until May 31 2008 Penn Students and faculty get a discount at Cadence.
10% discount All gear except new bikes
15% discount Fitness diagnostics, conditioning programs, and bike fits
Cadence Cycling was founded in 2004 by a Penn graduate, so I think what they’re doing [...]

Tags: cadence, cadence cycle and multisport, coach, cycling, fitness, goals, penn, philadelphia, Sponsor

Everyone wants a healthy lifestyle. There are new trends that help a healthy lifestyle fit into our day-to-day. I put together a list of what I think are THE leading-edge fitness trends; and just for fun I put them to the ABCs. I am involved in most of these trends, but not all (there are [...]

Tags: cadence, coach, cycling, fitness, Fun, lakes, mp3, roof rack, suunto, swimming, thule, Training, video, workout

Olympic gold-medal-winner Ryan Lochte shares tips with us in a New York Times article on swimming. Some of it’s tips include:

Incorporate competition and goal-setting into your routine. You don’t necessarily have to sign up for races, but aim to reach the far wall a smidgen faster than you did the day before, or try [...]

Tags: coach, fitness, swimming, team, Training

Hello everyone. This is my third blog post in two days, so we are picking up steam as a blog.
Exciting news, Adam is back from his recruiting trips in Seattle and Denver. The dude can’t stop raving about Denver. I’m just glad he’s back. While he was gone I was without a regular training partner. [...]

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I know what ya’ll are thinking. Brrr. You’re absolutely right. But it’s also really beautiful this time of year. The autumn colors are out (gorgeous red and brown). The lake temp is about 70, which is cold, but not terrible yet.
Like I said in my previous post about open water swimming, most of our training [...]

Tags: cold, fitness, lakes, open water, open water swimming, philadelphia, swimming, Training

Some of you have asked me if there are nice places to swim outside near University of Pennsylvania. It turns out Philadelphia has two really nice swimming lakes. These are Mauch Chunk Lake and Marsch Lake. Here are maps to help people find them.

Quick Facts:
90 minutes N of Philadelphia (so pretty close to NYC)
Non-motorized lake, [...]

Tags: fitness, Fun, lakes, open water swimming, penn, philadelphia, swimming, Training