Helen's Favourite Links

My Favourite Links

The joy of a spirit is the measure of its power.

Here's a little compilation of Websites that make my day. Check them out, tell me what you think, email me with your comments or even your own favourites.

Running

Joanna Zeiger's advice on triathlon transitions: For tri-newbies, transitions can be the scariest part of the event. Well, after the swim, anyway. These are great, detailed notes about what to do.
Slowtwitch: One of the best triathlon websites out there, overseen by the highly opinionated and highly perceptive Dan Empfield.
e-Grip Triathlon Training Programs: After I finished Ironman Lake Placid in 2005, people kept asking me how I did so well on my first Ironman. This training program is why.
Spinervals Workout of the Week: Because some of us are masochists.
Yoga Journal's Directory of Poses: Yoga is a bit like running: it starts off as something you do for fitness, and ends up being something far more profound than mere movement. This site is really great for searching for poses by various criteria.

For the Mind

The Economist: Nourishment for the critical mind. Just listen to their creed: "To take part in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress." Wow.
Interlude Thought of the Day: A daily thought to start your day. As essential to my morning routine as coffee.
Gwynne Dyer: Gwynne Dyer is an historian with an uncanny knack for providing the kind of analysis about current events that might give you the impression that he has some gift of foresight. Excellent website (containing all of his articles) for geopolitical nuts.
Canadian Civil Liberties Association: Profound civil libertarian - that's me. Life can only be truly lived in freedom, and freedom can never be left undefended.
Rand Corporation Publications: Oh, the articles! The analysis! The insight! On just about every topic, too!

Cooking

Recipes of Chocolate Delights: The recipes on this site are wonderful (I have yet to ruin one). For a smile, check out the "Chocolate Rules" under Tips.
Glossary for the Computer Lover Chef, Page 1, Page 2, and Page 3.: I love cooking. I also happen to really like computers. Then one day I found a Website that combined these two subjects and added a good measure of humour.

Other Stuff

KISS FM: Internet feed for a fantastic radio station in Madrid. I listen to it sometimes and remember walking the Camino in September 2005.
The Velveteen Rabbit: One of the most stirring, beautiful children's stories I've ever read. Only a heart of stone wouldn't have melted by the end.

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Last updated December 29, 2005 by Helen Rooney