Author: Milo F. Bryant
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MILO BRYANT: Gauge fitness level before 3-day walk
Hey folks, it’s Q&A time again. So keep the questions coming.Milo,A friend and I are thinking about entering a threeday Walk for the Cure in mid-November in Arizona that involves walking 20 miles a day.We both work at Peterson Air Force Base and are allowed three hours of physical training a week. We walk about…
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The making of a triathlete: Hunter Kempler endures Olympic trials
Great triathletes, elite level triathletes are made, not born. At least that’s what Hunter Kemper says. Kemper should know. The 2005 USOC Sportsman of the Year, who lives and trains in Colorado Springs, is one of the best Olympic triathletes on the planet. Kemper and many other elite triathletes will compete in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Saturday…
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Athletes should be able to speak out on political issues
If an athlete wants to use the Olympic stage to shout to the world about her feelings concerning the human injustices taking place in various spots throughout the world, then let her do it. She has earned that opportunity. She has worked her butt off to get to the world stage. If she wants to…
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MILO BRYANT: Train for best performance enhancement
Have to get back on my pedestal again, so I’ll apologize in advance. Cheating athletes, I’m specifically talking to you on this one. In general, I’m talking to the folks who love you and supposedly have your best interest at heart – the ones who look the other way when what you’re doing is…
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MILO BRYANT: Warm up to spring, workouts
As the weather warms up, here are a few things to think about as we start to get outside more and more. – Talk to your doctor. That’s short for “stop being stubborn, and go get that physical that you’re supposed to have annually!” – Don’t be crazy! Many of us have gone…
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Opinion: Rockies can’t afford to lay eggs
DENVER – All the pomp and circumstance was there. Banners lined the fences and walls on 20th Street, which runs just south of Coors Field. Fans were lining up to get inside the stadium more than 4½ hours before the game’s 2:05 p.m. start. Friday was a school day, too, but sons, fathers and grandfathers made…
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Colorado Springs rallied as a community to keep the USOC
Didn’t think it would happen. Didn’t think enough folks from Colorado Springs could come together and build a package that would keep the United States Olympic Committee here on the Front Range. Figured more citizens would come forward and voice complaints about the amount of public money being used to keep the USOC where it…
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MILO BRYANT: Pursue details of healing time with doctor
Question and answer time again folks; keep questions coming. I’ll get to as many as in print as I can. And I’ve even answered a few on the blog.Milo, I am a 53-year-old female, 5 foot 7 inches and 131 pounds. Three weeks ago I had a nonincisional hysterectomy. I have asked my doctor…
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Woods’ head and shoulders above all other golfers
The thing that makes Tiger Woods so good isn’t his well-exercised frame. It’s that roughly 3-pound mass of soft gelatinous-feeling matter between his ears. Woods’ mental capacity was displayed again by his reaction to his final shot at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Sunday. In a tie with Bart Bryant, Woods needed a birdie on…
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Widefield’s win just not complete
BOULDER – The Widefield Gladiators learned something about themselves Thursday night at the Coors Events Center – whether they wanted to talk about it or not or whether they were told not to talk about it. This should be a happy-go-lucky or hunky-dory column about the home team doing well. And the Gladiators did perform…