PROVISIONS
A guide for what you need to buy, read or consume to enhance your recreation experienceGEAR
• Cervelo P5 Triathlon Bike
$6,500 (frameset); $10,000 (complete), www.cervelo.com
Gee, and we wonder why triathlon is such an expensive sport. Tri geeks, however, will want to take out a second mortgage to get Cervelo's newest aerodynamic bike, which boasts a hydraulic brake system (lighter than a cable system).
FUEL
• Roctane Energy Drink
12-serving canister, $30, roctane.com
Endurance athletes who swear by the caffeine- and taurine-rich Roctane GU gels now can get the same heightened level of electrolyte replenishment in drink form. Of course, the GU marketers are saying you need both the gel and drink for full Roctane efficiency. Uh-huh, sure.
VIDEO
• Pogo Progression
www.outsideonline.com/ featured-videos/adventure-videos/Pogo-Progression.html
Catch this impressive video – courtesy of Outside magazine – of pogo stick artistes doing everything a parkour athlete does but with more vertical oomph and spring. Wonder if they can get insurance?
GEAR
• Myorope
$19.99, www.myorope.com/ products/quad
Foam rollers for self- massage, apparently, are so 2011. An entrepreneur from Southern California has developed a device, putting four hard balls on a string, that claims to dig deeper into those damaged tissues and promote healing. Or, you can do what we do and use a lacrosse ball we got for about 5 bucks at a sporting goods store.
THE TWEET
@TomPrice: "The Donner Party could have ambled over this: 'winter' in the Sierra."
– Sam McManis
smcmanis@sacbee.com
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