And Rides .... Biking to Work in Bogota

What I've long said has now been empirically proven: I get to work faster on my bike than any of those chumps in a car. Average for bikes: 17 km/hour ... for cars 15 km/hour

Now, what do I do about the bus exhaust that's poisoning me?

Racism in Sports ..Yet Again

I'm sad, more than anything, that some people (anonymously on the Internet, as I understand) are saying Meb Keflezighi isn't really an American. He's a product of American culture and he didn't run before he arrived in the U.S. at age 12. Oh, and by the way, five other American men finished in the top 10 at the New York Marathon. That's no fluke.

The NYT's piece on the issue

Led by Meb - Return of the Elite American Marathoner

Six Americans among top 10 male finishers in the New York Marathon. In other words, after an incredibly long drought from the days of Frank Shorter and Bill Rodgers, we are back! If you want to know about where today's winner, Meb Keflezighi , comes from (Eritrea) read the remarkable novel "To Asmara" about its independence war by Thomas Keneally, author of the far better known "Schindler's List."
(Click to Enlarge - Photo by Barry Yanowitz - from Flickr)