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8
Feb

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8
Feb

Cyclist Levi Leipheimer is more than a monarch

leviSAN FRANCISCO – Susan Gorin calls it a “Levi sighting.”

The Santa Rosa mayor says she often hears reports from locals saying they had spotted professional cyclist Levi Leipheimer training on city roads.

“Levi doesn’t just live here,” Gorin says proudly. “He trains around here.”

Another local, Gary Wysocky, first spotted the cyclist training along a stretch of Sonoma County road. Wysocky said he was able to interrupt Leipheimer for a 10-minute chat, which turned out to be a good-luck encounter: Leipheimer would eventually help him become a Santa Rosa lawmaker.

“He endorsed me for City Council,” said Wysocky. Asked if he had ever gone on a bike ride with Leipheimer, he chuckled. “In my dreams,” he said.

That Leipheimer, a 12-year Santa Rosa resident, has become a hometown hero is of little surprise. After switching from competitive Alpine skiing to cycling at age 19, the humble 35-year-old climbing specialist grew into one of the world’s best athletes, twice winning the Amgen Tour of California (tour officials are now calling him “the King of California”), becoming the fourth American in history to finish on the podium of the Tour de France (2007) and earning an Olympic bronze medal last year in Beijing, among a long list of impressive cycling accomplishments….  More info

8
Feb

Money doesn’t make us happy but experiences do

Money is an emotional issue, especially during economic hard times. Social scientists have always warned that once a person’s basic needs are met money doesn’t buy happiness. But if you’re wondering, or maybe even arguing over, what to do with any precious discretionary income these days, a new study suggests how to get the biggest emotional bang for your buck.

Ryan Howell, an assistant professor of psychology at San Francisco State University, found that buying experiences — such as vacations, going to the theater or renting a sailboat — gave people more happiness than buying material things. The study, of 154 people ages 19 to 50, showed that experiences increase happiness …  More info


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7
Feb

Cycling is the new golf, with or without clubs

Resplendent in the white, black and blue road-riding colours of the Sydney Cycling Club, the former president James “Doc” Guthrie steps off his $8000 bike, surveys the Adelaide cityscape and smiles.

“You know, the beauty of this place is that here people wave their hands at you; in Sydney they shake their fists. Here people throw you kisses; in Sydney they hurl abuse,” says Guthrie, 56, a university professor.

He is one of an estimated 2000 Sydneysiders in town for the Tour Down Under,…  More info


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