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Former Austin Mayor Bruce Todd is an active proponet for road cyclist safety as he recovers from his November accident.
There aren't that many good reasons to wake up at 5:00 am on an icy Sunday morning, but runners and volunteers all braved the frigid weather on Sunday morning for the Freescale Marathon and Half Marathon.
Tiger Poop could very well be the next pest repellant. It might even work on your little brother.
Another reason to shop locally; larger companies don't care about the consumers.
Almost an Austin icon by now, Leslie Cochran got arrested in Iowa last week. No worries, though, he'll return soon.
Former UT All-American Baseball pick and recent Baltimore Oriole, Brooks Kieschnick decides to retire after 13 years of the game.

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By Jessica Thornton in News on February 20, 2006 8:04 AM 0 Comments

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Jessica

Yes, I heard that the traffic to get there was awful. It took a friend of mine 1-1/2 hours to go 13 miles. He almost beat that running the half marathon!

A

You mean Freezescale traffic clusterf**k - the only marathon in the world where it's more difficult to drive to the start than it is to run to the finish?!