Guy in the Wall Street Journal: “I just like beer”
By Tim Cigelske • Nov 24th, 2009 • Category: In the news
When you’ve helped design ball parks like Baltimore’s Camden Yards, the Wall Street Journal cares what you think.
Even if it’s just recounting your diet and exercise regiment in detailed, somewhat pedestrian fashion.
Best known for its financial-focused journalism, the WSJ also does a lifestyle feature about executives (and other important people) called What’s Your Workout. As part of this feature, the paper highlighted the biking and beer habits of Joe Spear, a senior principal at architecture firm Populous.
Apparently, Spear used to weigh 260 pounds, before he lost more than 60 pounds after starting to run, walk and bike. And he still enjoys his beer, which the WSJ called one of his “weaknesses.”
According to the story:
Mr. Spear will drink as many as five beers a week, especially after long rides during hot Missourian summers. But by biking as much as 80 miles weekly, he’s more willing to eat what he wants. “I just like beer,” he says. “So I have one when I feel like it.”
Thank you, Mr. Spear. That’s advice we can take to the bank.
Tim Cigelske is the Beer Runner. --
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