October 11, 2009 - The Oyster is billed as the "Ultimate Urban Adventure Race" for its uncanny ability to combine pure athleticism with thought-provoking strategy.  Your team may run-bike-paddle-climb and perform other crazy athletic stuff to race around the city, answering clues and completing tasks.  This amped, top secret, once-day race will have you doing things and in paces you've never experienced before!  For more information, go to www.OysterRacingSeries.com

Did you know that drinking cold drinks improves exercise endurance capcity better than warm drinks?  According to an abstract taken from Head. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. by Lee, Shirreffs and Maughan,  ingesting a cold drink (compared with a drink at 37 deg C)  before and during exercise reduced heat accumulation during exercise.  This, in turn, led to improved endurance capacity.  Therefore,  you should keep your drinks as cold as possible at the bottom of the cooler with plenty of ice.  OR freeze water bottles and drink as they thaw.

 The Shoal Creek trail from the Town Lake Hike and bike Trail to the 3rd Street bicycle and pedestrian bridge over Shoal Creek at Nueces will be closed for aopproximately one week from tuesday, June 9 to Tuesday June 23 as part of the decommissioning of the Green Water treatment plant.  Signs showing the closure location will be posted along the hike and bike trail during construction to inform users of alternative routes.  Every effort has been made to keep the time of the closure as brief as possib.e  Whenit is safe to do so, the trail will be op[ened during the workday and at night.

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