Tag Archives: athletics

Bobsled

Dan Fischer of Paradrenaline fame and the legendary Step Up for the Cure event recently took a trip to Lake Placid where apparently you can spend $40 to run and ride in a bobsled. He has a great story about … Continue reading

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MRI magic

Looking inside yourself is quite surreal, and I’m not talking about introspection: I had an MRI scan due to a nagging back injury from indoor ultimate. The whole process was quite fast, about 20 minutes. You get loaded into a … Continue reading

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Health of mind and body intertwined – who knew?

Science News reports that experimental evidence continues to mount that mammals who exercise demonstrate both better cognitive abilities and regenerative healing of nervous tissue. When they dissected the rats’ brains, Gage’s team found changes similar to those that they’d seen … Continue reading

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Step up for the cure 2005: results

STEP UP FOR THE CURE – 2005 “The team was triumphant, totalling a distance greater than 20 times Mt. Everest” Total Stairs Climbed : 789,184 Total Vertical Distance : 301,136 m I was expecting it to be impossible to do … Continue reading

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Step up for the Cure

Here is where I will be this weekend: http://www.stepupforthecure.com I have no idea how hard 24 hours of stair running might be, but I imagine it will sorely test our limits. When I make it through I will be sure … Continue reading

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Champion

Andre Agassi defeated James Blake in the quarterfinals of the US Open tennis tournament a few moments ago. This in itself is not amazing unless you consider that Blake has been playing the tennis of his life and was up … Continue reading

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Catching up on Interesting News

Technology Advances Sports Coverage Some of you may have noticed the innovative technology provided by the US Open coverage. Watching a few matches I was impressed by the computerized slow motion rendering of close calls that redrew the ball and … Continue reading

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