Enjoying a springtime bike ride is an excellent way for families to bond with one another. ...more

May 21, 2008

The Youth Triathlon Series of Pinellas will kick off its inaugural race at H.S. "Pop" Stansell Park this morning. Palm Harbor's fifth annual Party in the Park festivities will follow. ...more

May 10, 2008

Childhood friends Kris Wiebeck, of Palma Ceia, and Chris Whitney, of Beach Park, joined about 4,000 other competitors for the St. Anthony's Triathlon on April 27. ...more

May 3, 2008

This year's Party in the Park will feature a triathlon and rededication of the refurbished H.S. "Pop" Stansell Park. Palm Harbor Parks and Recreation will kick off its 2008 Party in the Park with the inaugural Party in the Park triathlon at 7:30 a.m., Saturday, May 10. ...more

February 23, 2008

SEBRING – Before last weekend, it had been four years since Lynn Topel had taken a bike ride. Topel also loves gardening but there has been no time for that either. However, that will soon change for the executive director of Florida's Heartland Rural Economic Development Initiative (FHREDI). Topel will be leaving her position after four years in leading the organization that covers six counties – Highlands, Okeechobee, Glades, Hendry, DeSoto and Hardee – as well as communities in Palm Beach and Collier counties. In the first two years on the job, 80-hour weeks were the norm for Topel because of the devastating impact from the hurricanes – especially Charley – had on the region. "I can tell you that those weeks were long," she said. "Now it's gotten much better. This past year has been much more normal – 40 to 50-hour weeks. But it also took those two years to create those relationships all through the state that are important to the region." ...more

January 13, 2008

"The Indian Clerk," by David Leavitt (Bloomsbury, $24.95) ...more

November 11, 2007

They're gone. Only a second ago, the pack was just a little ways ahead of me, almost within yelling distance. I could even see an occasional flash of blue spandex through the trees, so I knew I was still in the hunt. ...more

November 2, 2007

CLERMONT — Laura and Jim Griffin competed in the Central Florida Challenge, a half-iron distance triathlon in Clermont, on Saturday, October 20th. The actual distances were: 1.2-mile swim, 58-mile bike ride and a 13.1-mile run. The day started out in heavy rain and wind, lending a choppy swim and making the bike course more challenging, but bringing with it temperatures a few degrees cooler than expected. The new and longer bike course was a lot hillier than the previous 56 mile course had been. There were quite a few crashes in some of the wet downhill turns. ...more

October 25, 2007

Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio wants everyone in the city to move. No, not out of the city. But to get up and become physically active. That's the idea behind her Walking With the Mayor events, held twice a year. The next one is Oct. 20. "It's just a great way to show people that, hey, it doesn't take much to get out there and exercise," she says. ...more

October 11, 2007

About 30 residents ages 7 through 60-plus pedaled off Sept. 15 on a 5.2-mile jaunt through the neighborhood. ...more

September 22, 2007