by root | Jan 17, 2013 | Cycling, Entrepreneurship
In 2010, I officially became a cycling coach.  Off and on before that time, I had coached runners, triathletes, swimmers, and cyclists.  Sometimes I would get paid, other times I was just helping my friends out for free.  I began giving advice to people who got my...
by root | Jan 14, 2013 | Cycling
When it comes to bike racing, there are almost an infinite number of ways to win. Â One of the most common is winning a field sprint. Â This is when a majority of the peloton arrives at the finish together. Â This is also the most challenging way of winning, given you...
by root | Jan 10, 2013 | Academia
I thought I would share with you today a bit about my work at Montana State University: How I go about getting extremophiles from Yellowstone National Park to work with in the lab. The first step is to have a research objective. Â In my case it is to sample from...
by root | Jan 7, 2013 | Humor, Psychology
One day, at the first bike shop I worked at, a customer learned my name and used it in a friendly manner. This took me from being a friendly sales person to wanting to be his friend and help him get whatever he wanted — incredible! I have always been bad with names,...
by root | Jan 3, 2013 | Entrepreneurship, Lifestyle Design
Recently I was listening to NPR’s Science Friday where guest Ray Kurzweil was suggesting that in as little at 20 years, nano-sized computers would be in our bodies, augmenting our minds with the entirety of the knowledge on the internet that would be...
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