Leadville 100

Today is time for the Leadville 100 Mountain Race! Many have already started their day early to position themselves for the race. It is expected a participation of around 1000 mountain bikers! The goal for the competitors is to finish the circuit in less than 9 hours to receive the “big buckle”, but this is not easy task! Dave Wiens is as the big favorite to beat the time of Lance Armstrong, he has won this competition 6 times already!

While some endurance racers will busy racing the Leadville 100 in Colorado and the Fools' Gold in Georgia on Saturday, August 15, others will be racing all day in Wyoming. The battle at Pierre's Hole will be contested on Saturday over 50- or 100-mile distances in the shadows of the Tetons.Racers are expected from Wisconsin, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.

The course, a 25-mile loop, offers a challenging 4,000 feet of climbing per lap and 60% singletrack. It's based at the Grand Targhee Resort in Alta, Wyoming. The course design provides a sample of everything from an 800-foot road climb to a 1,700foot singletrack descent into Teton Canyon, only to have to climb back out.

Leeward Islands

The first tropical storm of the season has developed in the Atlantic Ocean, near the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean. The Cape Verde season is under way as a series of waves have been spinning off the African coast. Ana will continue on its westerly course for the next few days gradually getting stronger.

Weather Underground / AP Photo - This NOAA satellite image taken Friday, August 14, 2009 at 1:45 PM EDT shows a swirl of clouds east of the Lesser Antilles associated with a dying tropical disturbance. No other tropical development is noticed in the region. Another larger wave behind Ana is likely going to become a depression, and eventually turn unto tropical storm Bill. Ana is moving towards the west, nearly 16 MPH. Maximum sustained winds are near 40 MPH. This storm should continue to develop over the next 48 hours.

The National Hurricane Center has named the first tropical storm of the season. According to the NHC 5 a.m. advisory, TS Ana is moving west near 16 miles per hour and is expected to approach the Leeward Islands by Monday. Maximum winds are near 40 … Semantic Topic Tags: national hurricane center leeward islands maximum winds moving west nhc miles per hour tropical storm

Kourtney Kardashian Pregnant Pictures

Kourtney Kardashian Pregnant Pictures

Kourtney Kardashian Pregnant Pictures are out, recently she confirmed that the baby daddy is her ex-boyfriend Scott Disick. Check out the recent picture of Kourtney Kardashian’s baby bump: Kourtney Kardashian said: “This probably sounds so dumb, but there’s so many times I’ll forget to take my pill and I don’t think it’s that big of a deal.It’s just so stupid.“He was way more excited than I was.He definitely wasn’t as nervous or scared [as I was, but] then I think once I was fine with it, then he gets scared.” Kourtney Kardashian and sister Khloe will be launching their own show which premiers this Sunday and is called “Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami”.

Kourtney Kardashian pregnant pictures are the web's favorite images today. She is a dashingly beautiful girl and everyone couldn't help but just be interested with her pregnant pictures. When she was asked about her pregnancy, I wonder more people are getting interested with artist in their pregnancy moments. They have their privacy too, I think! However, true to life stories are much more interesting than Hollywood paints.