http://onmilwaukee.com/rss/rss_tomheld.xml Milwaukee's Daily Magazine Tom Held en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:01:26 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://onmilwaukee.com/images/layout/rss_logo.png http://onmilwaukee.com 144 30 Propelled by a $90,000 contribution from the Badgerland Striders, the marathon of replacing the running track in the Pettit National Ice Center has reached the finish line. Workers from Spec Athletics began installing the new Kombi rubber surface earlier this week and will complete the job around June 23. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/pettittrack.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/pettittrack.html?34123 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:06:00 CDT Joe De Sena wants to find the likes of Rocky Balboa, William Wallace (think Braveheart) and Russian Empress Catherine the Great on Bradford Beach Saturday morning. Breaking people, pushing them beyond their limits and forcing them to face adversity and recreate themselves as "better humans" is De Sena's business, and his Spartan Race series is big business. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/spartanrace.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/spartanrace.html?34037 Fri, 7 Jun 2013 16:33:00 CDT Starting Saturday morning, Handle's Milwaukee Kayak Co. will rent canoes and kayaks for paddling excursions on the city's rivers. It's a business start-up in pure form. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/milwaukekayakco.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/milwaukekayakco.html?33972 Sat, 1 Jun 2013 13:04:00 CDT The husband-wife operators of the ghoulishly acclaimed Wisconsin FearGrounds have created a new haunt that makes "run for your life" a realistic exercise. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/zombiemudrun.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/zombiemudrun.html?33817 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:02:00 CDT Franklin Mayor Tom Taylor threw out the first pitch to open the Rock Sports Complex last weekend, and in a couple months someone will take the opening plunge on the mountain bike park being sculpted on the former landfill previously known as Crystal Ridge. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/rocksportscomplex.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/rocksportscomplex.html?33663 Sat, 4 May 2013 05:04:00 CDT Chellie deGelleke ran a marathon every day for five consecutive days and finished the first leg of the MS Run the US Relay full of admiration. Not for herself, but the people who live with multiple sclerosis and "are running a marathon every day of their lives just to function or find some sort of comfort within their discomfort." It's the kind of revelation one can find in distance running, or in this case, ultra-distance running. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/msruntheus2013.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/msruntheus2013.html?33570 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:34:00 CDT Bunkie Miller woke one day this week with her mind spinning bike routes off the Milwaukee County Oak Leaf Trail to McGovern and Doctors Parks. Both locations have been added as stops on the 2013 Oak Leaf Discovery Tour, compelling Miller to navigate and pedal more miles to replicate last year's successful adventure - a group ride to collect all of the tour passport stamps in one day. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/oakleafdiscoverytrail.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/oakleafdiscoverytrail.html?33493 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:25:00 CDT Sarah Knowles claimed a Guinness Book record running her very first half marathon. And that accomplishment was secondary, almost an afterthought, easily surpassed by her son's smile. She walked to support the horse-riding therapy program at LifeStriders in Delafield, which has greatly benefited her son, Matthew. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/tomheld031213.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/tomheld031213.html?33408 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:29:00 CDT Last October the Waukesha County District Attorney wrote a letter to Roger Gunderson's widow, explaining why he had declined to issue criminal charges against the man who dozed off while driving to work, crossed the centerline and killed her husband. He expressed his condolences, but said he could not prove the driver, Andrew Yang, had driven in a criminally negligent or reckless manner. He paid a $126 fine. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/vulnerableuserlaw.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/vulnerableuserlaw.html?33358 Fri, 5 Apr 2013 16:32:00 CDT Three weeks into her new job as the head planner of Milwaukee's bicycle and pedestrian pathways, Kristin Bennett has decided on her first major supply requisition: dry erase markers. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/kristinbennett.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/kristinbennett.html?33307 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 05:12:00 CDT Sean Osborne is giving old cross-country runners like me a chance to relive those varsity experiences with a new race series, the Wisconsin Trail Assail, starting in May. The six-race series includes 5K and 10K cross-country races in Waukesha County Parks: Menomonee Falls, Nashotah, Minooka, Fox River and Muskego. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/trailassail.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/trailassail.html?33221 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:09:00 CDT Michael Valenti's poster art has an eccentric element that fits the absurd reaches of his subject matter: bicycling and the riders and venues of the great European races. Those drawings caught the attention of Ken Hanson, a principal in Hanson Dodge Creative. The firm hired Valenti to create a poster to promote Midwest BikeShare, the effort to bring a short-term bicycle rental system to Milwaukee. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/michaelvalentibikeshare.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/michaelvalentibikeshare.html?33147 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 09:03:00 CDT The developers of the park, including the Menomonee Valley Partners and Urban Ecology Center, have been stymied, for roughly a decade. They raised $22.5 million for a project, designed a park landscape and moved tons of dirt, but still don't have a name. Wisely, they turned to the community for help. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/mvpparks.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/mvpparks.html?33064 Sat, 9 Mar 2013 15:02:00 CDT In six weeks, Chellie deGelleke will run her first marathon, then five more over consecutive days. Her push into the MS Run the US relay and a daunting challenge even for experienced runners will sound familiar to other marathon rookies: "She peer-pressured me into it." http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/6marathons6days.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/6marathons6days.html?33052 Thu, 7 Mar 2013 09:05:00 CDT Even on a gray day in February, with sub-zero wind chills, Ed Haydin envisions rows of people cheering along North Ave. in Wauwatosa, professional cyclists speeding down the street and a building block for a neighborhood. An architect and one of the principals in creating the East Tosa Gran Prix, Haydin has a blueprint to follow in Milwaukee's Downer Ave., both as an exciting venue for a successful bike race and a walkable, bike-able, thriving business district. Haydin and the East Tosa Alliance have a start. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/easttosagranprix.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/easttosagranprix.html?32913 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 09:03:00 CDT The Cullen Run carries on a family's sacred mission to prevent heart disease. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/2013cullenrun.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/2013cullenrun.html?32835 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:02:00 CDT More than a runner, Parker Rios is a survivalist. A husband, father and human resources executive, he has no time or inclination to race the typical 10K or marathon. His pursuits are epic: early-morning training runs of eight hours, pulling a car tire with a rope, and races spanning 135 miles across the snow-covered wilderness of northern Minnesota. Late last month, the 46-year-old from Brookfield won the run division of the Arrowhead 135, the annual race from International Falls to the Fortune Bay Casino in Tower. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/parkerrios.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/parkerrios.html?32770 Sat, 9 Feb 2013 13:03:00 CDT The Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin's first winter carnival will offer all the fun the name would imply, riding the trails in Ray's Indoor Mountain Bike Park, games, food and drinks. Organizers have a business agenda, as well, and will lay out the Bike Fed's plans to lobby legislators for money to support cycling and for a vulnerable user law in the ongoing 2013-'14 legislative session. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/bikefedwintercarnival.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/bikefedwintercarnival.html?32663 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 05:12:00 CDT As a runner and an alcoholic, Richard Dodd knows from excruciating experience what it's like to hit the wall, and to hit bottom. Sober for five years, he has an evangelical zeal for both running and sobriety, a perfect match for his new job as the race director of the Adrenaline Marathon on the Eisenbahn Trail, a race in West Bend organized by the Council on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse of Washington County. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/richarddodd.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/richarddodd.html?32621 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:26:00 CDT For years, their bodies swelled with fat. After 200 miles, their hearts swelled with gratitude. The team of 12 runners, led by Rik Akey, joyfully finished the Ragnar Relays Florida Keys earlier this month, and celebrated a huge accomplishment built upon hundreds of small ones, overcoming obesity and maintaining fitness. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/ragnarrelays.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/ragnarrelays.html?32565 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:31:00 CDT Standing at center court in the BMO Harris Bradley Center, Fitness trainer B.J. Gaddour implored: "make your glutes glorious." Gaddour, an online fitness phenom from Milwaukee, pumped up the first ever Buck-Kickin' Boot Camp, an event organized by the Lululemon Shop in the Third Ward. It was an oversized version of the fitness Boot Camps that have transformed workouts from drudgery to party over the last decade. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/buckkickin.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/buckkickin.html?32487 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:02:00 CDT After winning scholarships in national high school auto repair contests, Nicholas Moroder was speeding toward a career in the car business. He took a detour, after he found he hated working on other people's cars. Moroder found a happier application of his mechanical skills - for him and his customers - by fixing bicycles. And the discovery led to the start of the BelgianWerkx bicycle studio and gallery in Mequon, set to open on Jan. 14. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/belgianwerkx.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/belgianwerkx.html?32429 Fri, 4 Jan 2013 15:04:00 CDT Chris Ponteri deserves credit, or curses, for inventing another new way to challenge endurance athletes. The organizer of the Icebreaker Indoor Marathon - 95.5 laps of running around the track inside the Pettit International Ice Center - teamed with the USA Speedskating to create the BladeRunner Challenge. Probably the only duathlon of its kind in the U.S., the race combines a 25-kilometer speedskating marathon with a half-marathon run. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/bladerunner2013.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/bladerunner2013.html?32361 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:04:00 CDT Over the course of my first season racing in the Wisconsin Cycling Association Cyclocross series, "what's cyclocross?" has been the common reaction from friends. "Thirty minutes of gasping for air" has been my best answer. With a little time to reflect, I can elaborate. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/cyclocross.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/cyclocross.html?32269 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:04:00 CDT There's an adage shared among outdoor enthusiasts that the time on the trail must equal or exceed the time driving to it. Mountain bikers in Ozaukee and Waukesha counties are working to make the standard easier to meet by building trails closer to home. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/mountainbikelocal.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/mountainbikelocal.html?32194 Fri, 7 Dec 2012 13:16:00 CDT Weeks before 250,000 Harley-Davidson enthusiasts roll into Milwaukee for the motorcycle maker's 110th anniversary, the city will host a national event fueled by a different form of adrenaline. Roughly 3,500 of the country's fastest endurance athletes will create a roar of their own in the USA Triathlon Age Group National Championships, Aug. 10 and 11. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/usatriathalon.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/usatriathalon.html?32122 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:04:00 CDT In 1991, the federal government designated $1.5 million for a bikeway that would "enhance the use of bicycles as an alternative mode of transportation between Downtown Milwaukee and the Bay View neighborhood." Construction on a key segment will start later this month. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/bayviewbiketrail.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/bayviewbiketrail.html?32006 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:32:00 CDT Even on chilly weekends in November, runners have at least a half-dozen 5K races to choose from. Only one of them emphasizes cooperation over competition, and gives all its young participants bib No. 1. The Girls on the Run of Greater Milwaukee, an expanding youth development effort, hosts its first outdoor 5K Turkey Trot on Sunday, Nov. 18, in Greenfield Park. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/girlsontherun.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/girlsontherun.html?31946 Fri, 9 Nov 2012 13:05:00 CDT For a time, Milwaukee-area mountain bikers feared they would be shut out in the redevelopment of the Crystal Ridge Ski Hill into a sports complex, featuring a dozen baseball fields. There were few guarantees of continued access to the property and its popular trails in the lease deal Milwaukee County approved with developer and baseball enthusiast Michael Zimmerman and Zimmerman Ventures LLC. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/franklinskihill.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/franklinskihill.html?31879 Fri, 2 Nov 2012 13:55:00 CDT Hikers, runners, bikers and skiers have an opportunity to help guide the creation of safe zones in state parks opened to more hunting, under a state law that takes effect at the start of the year. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/huntingstateparks.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/huntingstateparks.html?31821 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 13:05:00 CDT As the race director of the Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon for 13 years, Kris Hinrichs has greeted thousands of runners at the finish line in Veteran's Park, handed them a medal, and helped them celebrate their achievement. She'll celebrate one of her own on Saturday, when she runs her 100th marathon, on the Lakefront course from Grafton to Milwaukee. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/lakefrontmarathondirector.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/lakefrontmarathondirector.html?31760 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:02:00 CDT Dead babies aren't sexy. It's a harsh observation from a mother who endured the often insensitive responses of friends and family members after the loss of a child via stillbirth and was stunned by the lack of medical and charitable efforts to prevent late-term infant deaths. "People don't want to talk about it. Nobody wants to talk about it at all," said Mindy Mueller, who delivered Abigail, at 37 weeks of pregnancy. "Not talking about it is exactly why it keeps happening." http://onmilwaukee.com/family/articles/abbysrun.html http://onmilwaukee.com/family/articles/abbysrun.html?31685 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 09:03:00 CDT Fast and furious, often dirty, cyclocross has been the fastest growing form of bike racing in the country. Participation more than doubled from 32,000 racers to 72,000 from 2005 to 2010, according to USA Cycling. The Wisconsin Cycling Association's 15-race series has been part of the boom. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/clyclocross.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/clyclocross.html?31595 Fri, 5 Oct 2012 16:20:00 CDT Many runners quickly forget the promises they make to themselves, under duress, near the finish line of a marathon. Joan Benoit Samuelson is not among them. Running through a dark tunnel, to the sunlight in the Los Angeles Coliseum, on her way to winning the first women's Olympic Marathon, Samuelson pledged to give back to the sport and the people who gave so much to her. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/joanbenoitsamuelson.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/joanbenoitsamuelson.html?31512 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:04:00 CDT Bikes and buses have become a popular combination in Milwaukee County, based on new figures from the Milwaukee County Transit System. Use of the racks, installed in 2009, has increased significantly, and bus riders are on pace to load their bikes on a bus more than 130,000 times in 2012, based on a conservative projection. The usage would top 150,000 if the momentum continues along a trend recorded in the statistics provided by MCTS. http://onmilwaukee.com/living/articles/busbike.html http://onmilwaukee.com/living/articles/busbike.html?31440 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:06:00 CDT Mark Ehlers wears his faith prominently on his cycling jersey, yet he didn't strike a Tebow-esque pose at the end of his record-setting ride across Wisconsin.He was too exhausted, physically and emotionally. The 54-year-old from Milwaukee collapsed to the ground in Marinette, after completing a 298-mile journey guided by his desire to make a mark as an ultra-marathon cyclist and his commitment to Christianity. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/rideacrosswisconsin.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/rideacrosswisconsin.html?31366 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:04:00 CDT Pictures of Rik Akey taken four years ago show a man who looks like the captain of an eating team. And no amount of Photoshop magic could transform that pudgy-faced man into the captain of a running team. It took his own work and sweat to accomplish that. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/fatttofinish.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/fatttofinish.html?31297 Fri, 7 Sep 2012 13:03:00 CDT Hall of Famer Hank Aaron, a Milwaukee hero and national icon, was overshadowed during a visit to the Menomonee Valley by expansive mounds of dirt and dozens of children with shovels. The dark piles extending east from 37th Street along the Menomonee River represented the start of a reclamation project pursued for more than a decade by public officials, non-profit educators and outdoor enthusiasts. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/hankaaronpark.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/hankaaronpark.html?31244 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:02:00 CDT After struggling to perform even the simplest exercise in the CoreAlign program, basically standing up straight, I quickly realized this new form of training was as difficult to execute as it is to explain. The goal is to develop harmonious movement, and my body hit all the wrong notes. http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/corealign.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/corealign.html?31175 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:07:00 CDT The Summer Camp for Burn Injured Youths at the Timber-lee Christian Center, organized by the Wisconsin Alliance for Fire Safety, has been a week-long refuge for the children for 16 years, and the Medals4Mettle chapter in Milwaukee has distributed donated race medals to them in each of the last two. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/burncamp.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/burncamp.html?31106 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:02:00 CDT Rolling at a steady four mph, Brad Dobbs has outpaced me and hundreds of others on his Oak Leaf Trail Discovery Tour. By bicycle, I've collected 10 of the 14 Discovery Tour Passport stamps at parks scattered throughout Milwaukee County - from Grant to Dretzka. Dobbs has collected all 14, traveling by electric scooter. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/scootabouts.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/scootabouts.html?31035 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:05:00 CDT Melodee Nugent swims, and not in the short bursts of Michael Phelps or Missy Franklin. She swims miles, more than two-dozen of them in her latest race, the inaugural Extreme North Dakota Watersports Endurance Test. The 45-year-old mother of three from Mukwonago was one of a dozen competitors who ignored the adage "people don't swim in the Red River" and completed the 27-mile course from Grand Forks, N.D., to Oslo, Minn. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/extremeswimming.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/extremeswimming.html?30960 Fri, 3 Aug 2012 13:02:00 CDT Glimpses of Bob and Trish Evans juggling while running during the Capuchin Run/Walk for the Hungry were remarkable, but fleeting. Bob and Trish, Wisconsin natives, plan to up the ante on their show next month and juggle through a triathlon. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/jugglingrunners.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/jugglingrunners.html?30882 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:01:00 CDT Thursday night, Jim Mejchar grieved with the family and friends of Albert Heinowski, a fellow retired police officer who died of cancer. Friday night, he will celebrate his own survival through two rounds of the disease. The honorary survivor for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life will lead a victory lap to start the overnight walk around the track at Nathan Hale High School in West Allis. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/relayforlife2012.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/relayforlife2012.html?30820 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:02:00 CDT Like most ambitious athletes trying a new training technique, I was set to hoist some serious weight in my first venture in the Superb Health "Saved by the Bell" Class. Not so fast. Trainer Nick Lynch imposes a precise and go-slow approach that seems counter to the whole circus strongman visions inspired by the steel balls with handles. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/kettlebells.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/kettlebells.html?30658 Fri, 6 Jul 2012 15:04:00 CDT Hours before the crowds build 10-deep, the cash prizes hit $1,000 and the podium girls purse their lips for the pro cyclists in the Tour of America's Dairyland, the project managers, accountants and office grinders fulfill their bike racer dreams. For them, the amateurs, a summer vacation is 11 days of sweat, white-knuckles and stories to tell through the winter. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/tourofamericasdairlyand2.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/tourofamericasdairlyand2.html?30607 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:04:00 CDT On a run along the Oak Leaf Trail in Bay View Thursday night, I noticed the water along the beach in South Shore Park teaming with splashing children, parents and pets. Not surprising, given the extreme heat of the day, but definitely not necessarily advisable given the pollution problems in the often stagnant water. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/tomheld/sshore.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/tomheld/sshore.html?30604 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:26:00 CDT In 2010, Ashley Kumlien, the 28-year-old founder of MS Run the US ran across the country, 3,200 miles in six months, to raise money for research to cure multiple sclerosis. She succeeded in completing the journey, but raised roughly 10 percent of the $500,000 she had sought to generate. Now, Kumlien has a new plan. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/runtheus2012.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/runtheus2012.html?30526 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:03:00 CDT Laura Van Gilder won eight of 11 races in the 2011 Tour of America's Dairyland, thousands of dollars in cash prizes and the overall women's title. It was the dairy prize - a 20-pound Sartori cheese wheel - that solidified her fondness for racing her bike in Wisconsin. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/tourofamericasdairlyand.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/tourofamericasdairlyand.html?30472 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:08:00 CDT Via Twitter, dailymile, Facebook and other social media vehicles, strangers are connecting for one of life's most up-close, partially clothed experiences: the road trip. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/ragnarrelay.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/ragnarrelay.html?30403 Thu, 7 Jun 2012 15:03:00 CDT