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April/May 2006 Issue Racquetball: Double winners Of the 259 men and women who competed at the National Masters Racquetball Association National Championships, which were held in Canoga Park, Calif., in March, a handful of players triumphed in both singles and doubles. . . . keep reading...>> 25 years of pedaling The Cyclo-Vets, which started with 20 members in 1981 and is now more than 300 strong, has produced more than 100 national and international Masters road racing champions. How does this club do it? . . . keep reading...>> Splash, pedal and kick into spring New equipment for swimming, biking and soccer -- including a less revealing swimsuit from Speedo, a lightweight bike from Cannondale and a new World Cup soccer ball from Adidas . . . keep reading...>> Season of big shoulders When it comes to ballplayers, most strength and conditioning coaches concentrate, with good reason, on keeping an athlete’s hamstrings long and flexible. Though I don’t disagree, I have seen in my practice many more shoulder injuries than hamstring injuries. . . . keep reading...>> A flexible Joe Through his ups and downs, Hall of Fame football player Joe DeLamielleure has remained a believer in stretching . . . keep reading...>> Great skate When Bruce Conner returned to the speedskating rink some 30 years after his Olympic hopeful days, he had time on his side. Today he is better trained, more seasoned and experienced than the driven kid of 19 who ran himself into the ground overtraining. . . . keep reading...>> Back facts Almost everyone will suffer from back pain in his or her lifetime. To really understand the problem, we must review the structures that are involved that can cause the pain. . . . keep reading...>> Travelin' with a javelin? When you’re flying to a competition or vacation retreat, getting your sports gear — such as bicycles and javelins — to your destination can be a logistically challenging and sometimes expensive proposition. . . . keep reading...>> Broken records The Germans shined at the second World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships in mid-March at the modern Intersport Arena in Linz, Austria. Of the 3,300 registered athletes, nearly 900 were from neigh-­ boring Germany. More than 160 Germans were entered in the 60-meter dash alone — twice the size of the entire U.S. contingent. . . . keep reading...>> Iditarod: Old Tricks On March 15, Jeff King became the oldest winner of the Iditarod dog sled race, which covers 1,150 miles of extreme terrain from Anchorage, Alaska, to Nome. King is 50. In winning the race, he joined Martin Buser, Susan Butcher and Doug Swingley as four-time winners of the legendary event. He now trails only Rich Swenson’s five wins. . . . keep reading...>> Pond Hockey: Winning was Job 1 Dollar Lake in Eagle River, Wis., was the site of the first annual Labatt Blue USAdult Pond Hockey Championships in February. Despite a low temperature of 28 degrees below zero, the tournament, which was run by USA Hockey, attracted 41 teams. “It was beyond cold,” said Jim Kwilos, 50, who played on the 40-and-over bracket champion, Team Ford from Dearborn, Mich. . . . keep reading...>> The reluctant coach My sister dragged me into this about eight years ago now. The whole thing was quite smooth, actually. I didn’t even see it coming. When we were kids, my sister, Michele, was the neighborhood tomboy. She could throw a football farther than any of the boys and could outrun most of them. . . . keep reading...>> U.S. Adult Soccer Association’s Veteran’s Cup When more than 2,000 adult soccer enthusiasts descend upon Wilmington, N.C., this July 19 to 23 for the Veteran’s Cup tournament being held here for the second consecutive year, the local pubs will be prepared. “We’re dealing with real die-hard warriors here,” says Tom O’Shea, executive vice president of North Carolina’s Adult Soccer Association and general chairman for the host committee. “These are people who have been playing for 10, 20, 30 years. They like to play hard, and they like to party hard, too.” . . . keep reading...>> Wedding Bells There’s no telling what might catch the eye of a future lover. And there’s no doubt the arenas and sidelines of Masters sports, with their passion and personalities and action, can provide the perfect playground for concerns of the heart — if you’re interested in that sort of thing. . . . keep reading...>> USA Cycling National Road Festival In 14 years competing in USA Cycling’s National Road Festival, Elizabeth Tyrell of New Jersey has taken home 23 titles — capturing at least one title every year, and most years two. . . . keep reading...>> CEO Challenges introduces new Tour de France competition CEO Challenges, which operates the CEO Ironman Challenge and the CEO Golf Challenge, announced in March a new competition built around the Tour de France. The company, which has partnered with Destination Cycling to produce the Tour de France CEO Cycling Challenge, will offer 20 top executives the chance to ride the routes of several actual Tour de France stages, compete on a hill climb and watch the Tour live in France. . . . keep reading...>> Sweet Pickleball Pickleball came into being as a back yard game for children, but athletes over 50 are driving its current growth spurt. A racquet sport that borrows from badminton, paddle tennis and wiffleball, pickleball has experienced sudden growth at active adult communities and in senior athletic events, such as the Huntsman World Senior Games. . . . keep reading...>> Taking a dive They show up for work every day in their suits. Swimsuits, that is. Their job site is a craggy cliff along Mexico’s Pacific coastline. Their job skills include a unique athletic talent and a boatload of bravado. They’re Acapulco’s professional cliff divers and they’ve been wowing spectators for over 70 years. . . . keep reading...>> How much is too much? Six years ago, Dan Sydow was an overweight, sedentary Midwestern guy in his mid-50s whose cholesterol numbers were so bad the hospital lab workers looking at a test tube of his blood might have thought they were analyzing a sample of mayonnaise. . . . keep reading...>>