Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Nov 11, 2009, 12:59 am
The 2009 Iceman Cometh Challenge is always held the first Saturday of November each year, in Kalkaska, Michigan. This cycling National Event attracts competitive cyclists from all over the US, from ...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Nov 10, 2009, 12:35 am
Dr. Christopher Thompson, 60, is a real embarrassment for all of us who practice medicine with love, honor and pride. I am concerned that a medical doctor can react in such a hateful way towards hum...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Nov 9, 2009, 10:06 am
Photo: © Pete Bruggeman American professional cyclist Floyd Landis hasn't finished his 2009 cycling season yet. He participated in the Tour of Southland but couldn't make it to the podium, ...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Nov 7, 2009, 11:37 pm
Cadel Evans leaves Team Silence-Lotto to join BMC Cycling Team and will be racing with George Hincapie against Lance Armstrong (RadioShack Cycling Team) in Adelaide, Australia next year in the Tour Do...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Nov 6, 2009, 11:36 am
The number of Americans relying on food stamps to feed their families has increased tremendously. The country that has lead the world financially for decades has about 36,492 million citizens collecti...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Nov 5, 2009, 6:27 pm
I know that I have many readers that reside in the United States of America, and I want make clear that it is not my intention to put down in any way the values, morals and greatness that have charact...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Nov 5, 2009, 12:06 am
I am pleased to know that there are some people around the country who are very active trying to do the right thing: oppose the Obamacare by rejecting Obama's socialized medicine health plan. ...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Nov 3, 2009, 7:52 pm
If you are exciting about the 2010 cycling season and you happen to like the way Lance Armstrong bikes, then you have to visit the Team Radio Shack social network. They have a pretty good Website a...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Nov 1, 2009, 12:45 pm
Plenty of exciting moments at the ING New York Marathon 2009, where nearly 44,000 runners started the 40th edition of the race Sunday. The pro elite female runners started first, the male and female...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Oct 31, 2009, 11:13 pm
Halloween makes us talk about horror movies, scary masks, trick or treats and whatnot. I, personally, like horror movies very very much, from The Exorcist to Jigsaw, Halloween to The Massacre of Texas...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Oct 30, 2009, 2:45 pm
Image by Getty Images via Daylife I had the great honor of seeing Lance Armstrong this year in the Tour of California at the beggining of a stage in Rancho San Bernando, CA. It was an experience tha...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Oct 28, 2009, 6:41 pm
This picture is for cycling fanatics like myself, and for all those who enjoy excellent photography. "Snow piles up on the frame of a bicycle parked in downtown Denver as an autumn snowstorm sweeps ...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Oct 26, 2009, 12:16 pm
There is an awesome blog about Science Fiction which posts are written by the blogger known as Mish. I am NOT a Sci Fi fanatic, let's make that clear, but I like to read her blog because she creat...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Oct 24, 2009, 12:34 am
Unemployment increasing as we speak, homeless populate the streets of Los Angeles, home and real state foreclosures on the rise, poverty is spreading even to wealthy and affluent areas like West Holly...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Oct 23, 2009, 1:34 pm
Mexican Chicken SoupMy maternal grandmother (to honor her I want to mention her name: Consuelo Natalia Noriega Cervantes -RIP-) raised me since I was 3 days old, and she always fed me right. She was w...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Oct 22, 2009, 10:43 pm
Some interesting article to read about the downturn of the value of the greenback. I kindly suggest you take a look at the graphs so you can have an idea how the money printing of the dollar and the g...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Oct 20, 2009, 9:20 pm
This is BEAUTIFUL CANCUN, MEXICO Alberto Contador raced in Cancun, Mexico, this last weekend on October 17 winning this important Mexican event, the Cycling Criterium, Gran Premio Cancun 2009. ...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Oct 20, 2009, 1:15 am
I collect all kind of cycling videos, grand tours, cycling classic races, cycling Olympics, local cycling rides or races, funny ones, cycling crashes, anything related to cycling. I happened to c...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Oct 19, 2009, 12:21 am
This post is for all the crazy-obsessive-passionate cycling fanatics (like me) out there who missed the final Cycling Classic race of 2009! Sad to see this season end but excited about how promising...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Oct 17, 2009, 8:00 pm
Click for larger view I am having lots of fun with this new Google feature, Sidewiki. I didn't know about it until today while trying to find new ways to launch my blog in the blogosphere, so I ...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Oct 16, 2009, 10:31 am
The route of the 2010 Tour de France was unveiled 2 days ago and it promises to be really interesting and tough. The Tour de France will be celebrating 100 years of life in 2010, that is why the org...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Oct 15, 2009, 4:53 pm
This beautiful video was sent to me via YouTube. I decided to upload it here because the work made on the musical remix by the DJ artist is really fantastic. I gave it well deserved 5 stars. W...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Oct 15, 2009, 12:42 am
To me, road cycling is about health, fitness, wellness, lots of fun, keeping my mind sharp, but it is also about style, good form on the bike and looking classy and slick. I just cannot compre...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Oct 13, 2009, 2:32 am
Get the most current news and accurate information about fitness, wellness, sports, cycling, politics, economics,human and animal rights from my Web page at Congoo, Livingstrong And Healthy Blogger Ne...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Oct 12, 2009, 2:26 am
Who would have told us 5 years ago that the US dollar was facing its demise and decline as a world reserve currency? I am not an economist, but the recent global financial events have forced me to l...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Oct 9, 2009, 7:09 pm
One of my favoritesI love road bicycle helmets, I really do, not only because I they actually have saved my life several times from falling off the bike but because they make me look cool and awesome....
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Oct 8, 2009, 3:23 pm
I don't have anything to talk about today, at least not right now. Maybe later. I'm feeling kind of bored from blogging in a positive way. Sometimes I feel like ranting, but my blog is about b...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Oct 7, 2009, 9:55 am
Image by missingsaddle via Flickr The Cyclingz.com/Bio Sport cycling team has confirmed Floyd Landis participation in the Tour of Shouthland in New Zealand next month. This has prompted a very ang...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Oct 6, 2009, 1:34 am
Not one TV channel -with the exception of Bloomberg L.P.- reported today about what George Soros had to say about the US economy. Not FOX25, not CNN, no one did, no one cared to inform the American ...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Oct 5, 2009, 1:42 pm
I just set up a new Twitter account because in my current one I practically follow everyone who follows me -don't follow accounts with 'adult' content though, and the tweets I get are main...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Oct 3, 2009, 11:35 pm
Good Sunday everyone. I hope from the bottom of my heart that all my readers who like me and the ones that might not like me for what ever reason, and the ones who don't know me and I don't kn...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Oct 2, 2009, 12:21 pm
Rio de Janeiro has won the bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games and the party has begun! What a fantastic news, I'm so happy and fill with emotion. Rio de Janeiro deserves this win, it is doing mu...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Oct 2, 2009, 11:18 am
There is something about cycling that makes me feel complete, happy, exhilarated, free...alive! Although I like many sports, specially running, jogging, tennis and swimming, road cycling is D' o...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Sep 30, 2009, 8:23 pm
The Underground Tour of Tasmania NE (National Event) is a cycling classic that started last Tuesday and will end on Sunday October 4th. So far, there have been 4 stages because 2 of them were raced on...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Sep 29, 2009, 7:24 pm
Lisa Snyder of Middleville, Michigan is a good neighbor, so kind that she had been watching about 5 children waiting at the bus stop. See, the parents of these children work and have to leave for work...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Sep 29, 2009, 3:11 pm
"Bicycle Race", composed by Freddie Mercury and played by Queen so masterfully is one of my favorite songs -have hundreds- I like to listen to on my mp3 when I'm road biking at 48 km/hr, top speed...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Sep 28, 2009, 9:26 am
CLICK FOR A LARGER IMAGEIf you still have a full time job, or even a part time job, if you are still making enough money to live, put food on the table of your home and have a roof over your head, con...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Sep 27, 2009, 5:37 pm
Roman Polanski, 76 years old, has been arrested in Switzerland by Swiss police after raiding his hotel for being considered a fugitive by the Government of the US for more than 31 years after he had p...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Sep 26, 2009, 1:23 pm
Italian professional cyclist Tatiana Guderzo sped up on a climb that was long enough and she was strong enough to make up for the time she lost on the individual time trial to Kristin Armstrong, being...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Sep 25, 2009, 1:25 pm
It's been said that surgeons have a great ego and that they look all arrogant and feel superior. Well, I think that surgeons do need to have an ego. There is a big responsibility that lies in ou...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Sep 24, 2009, 4:25 pm
Fantastic win by Cancellara-as expected-. His performance today was breath­ taking by any measure - He is one of the best cyclists ever­ against the clock and he is a fantastic rider to watch­ in a...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Sep 23, 2009, 11:22 pm
Few months ago I blogged about The Great Dictator movie where Charles Chaplin gives the most beautiful speech I have ever heard. Today, I watched the movie and enjoyed his speech again, and I couldn...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Sep 22, 2009, 11:43 pm
Nothing to post today. Nothing that is new for me anyways. Maybe I am getting the feeling that the health topic is becoming overrated...? With all this silly Obama talk about National Health System, a...
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Dr. Martha Castro, MD posted an article on LIVING STRONG AND HEALTHY BLOGGER - Sep 22, 2009, 1:49 am
China is the first country in the world to start a mass swine flu vaccination on Monday, September 21st, in Beijing. The mentioned country has a 1.3 billion population but only 5% will be vacci...
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