I know this is always something that needs to be taken with a thought process that allows you a learning curve that is outside an obvious physical exertion but the relationship between the thought and the action is very conected
Absolutly nothing to do with sport but it made me smile
Men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage … They’ve experienced pain and bought jewelry.
Caboolture Road Runner Xcounry Series
Hi folks all the details for the new xcountry series
this is in aid of the riding for disabled centre or should I say for increased awarness of the organization. Wendy Stewart is a organizer of the series and a state Champion age group club member ( ask her about yellow lorries ) 
http://www.crr.org.au/downloads/NNC%20Series%20Flyer%202007.pdf
Caboolture Road Runner information
One point of clarification from the AGM last weekend. Our club is
affiliated with Queensland Athletics. This means that the club pays an
annual subscription to QA, currently $350, for a variety of benefits,
the most important one being Public Liability insurance. We cannot get
this insurance anywhere else at anywhere near the cost we pay QA. This
insurance protects the club, the committee and members against claims of
negligence.
Our annual club membership dues are $55 for a single person. This
includes an amount of $28 which the club remits to QA on behalf of the
member if the member completes the appropriate QA application form for
membership as an ex stadia athlete. This membership form is accessible
from the QA website which you can get to from our Links page at the CRR
website.
QA membership provides access to QA sanctioned events, eg state titles
for teams and individuals, as well as Personal Accident insurance for
members. CRR cannot advise you about this insurance, what it does or
does not cover nor any aspect of the policy. You have to make your own
enquiry and satisfy yourself that it suits your circumstances.
You can join CRR and not QA if you want to but the membership fee is
still the same. CRR also has a membership form which is accessible from
the CRR website. You need to fill this out and you’ll see it contains
the same information about the QA cover and what you can do if don’t
want to join QA.
The point I’d make is that membership works out at around $2 per week
per year. Show me one other activity where you can have as much fun as
we do for that sort of money!
Cyclist Ivan Basso Resigns from Team Discovery
April 30, 2007Less than a year into a three-year contract, cyclist Ivan Basso resigned Monday from the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team, citing personal reasons related to an ongoing investigation into the Operación Puerto doping scandal.
Basso, winner of the 2006 Giro d’Italia, asked to be released from his contract this past weekend while meeting with General Manager Bill Stapleton and Sports Director Johan Bruyneel, according a team press release.
“This was a very difficult decision, for me and my family, but I think it is the right thing to do,” Basso said in the release. “It is important that everyone knows this was one-hundred percent my decision. Nobody asked me to leave.”
Bruyneel said the request was unexpected but that the team has taken the appropriate steps to release him.
“Ivan was a great addition to our team and I am very sad to see him go,” said Stapleton, the team’s manager, in the release. “He was one of our leaders and we expected big things from him this season.”
Basso signed last November with Discovery Channel, Lance Armstrong’s former team, after being dropped by team CSC, with whom he won last year’s Giro.
Basso, along with a number of the world’s top cyclists, was implicated in a Spanish doping scandal that shocked the cycling world on the eve of last year’s Tour de France. Thirteen of the 57 riders accused in the scandal were scheduled to race in the Tour, but all were kicked out before the start. Basso was subsequently dropped from team CSC because of a clause in his contract specifying that he could not receive medical advice from outside sources.
Operación Puerto, as the scandal is now known, erupted after Spanish police raided the residence of Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes and discovered doping products and bags of blood along with extensive records and code names. Dr. Fuentes is suspected of providing doping services to a number of athletes but the case was ultimately dropped due to the fact that Spain had no laws at the time against doping in sports.
Basso was also cleared of any wrongdoing by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) in October, but his resignation comes on the heels of the case being reopened after new Spanish laws were passed that may give the CONI access to incriminating documents.
Stapleton said the team was fully aware of the allegations surrounding Basso when they signed him and at the time were confident he would be a valuable addition to the team.
“When we signed Ivan, all the necessary governing authorities had cleared him,” said Stapleton. “He deserved a team and we had always wanted to sign him. We did our due diligence and we have no regrets.”
Basso said the decision was his way of showing respect for his teammates, who had always believed in him.
“The team is trying to find a new sponsor and win bike races, and my situation is a distraction to both of those goals,” Basso said. “I am grateful to all the staff and riders and wish them the best of luck.”
Basso is scheduled to appear before CONI on Wednesday May 2, to defend the allegations against him.
It seems that the world of professional sport will always be tainted with the drug scandal
words of inspiration
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary
By Steve Jobs
My emphises of the words, but I have been there at a place when the end of life was close at hand, nothing but nothing should ever stop you from the pursuit of your passion, goal, or great dream.
Sport is all about stepping up, going harder, pushing a boundry, life is all of those things, live it now ,full time comes to every one, get of the bench run your race with all the passion you can muster.
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