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World Cup Blog: Brazil vs Croatia

Date: June 13th, 2006 |

Brazil vs Croatia
One of the primo matches of the opening rounds of the World Cup kicks takes place in Berlin. World Cup Blog will be liveblogging the game and gathering photos and video from the stadium. Follow along and check out the colour and passion of the [read more]

World Cup, Blogs and Travel

Date: January 18th, 2006 |

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Maybe some of you will remember, on the eve of World Cup 2002, Nick, Chris and I launched a little blog called World Cup Blog. We blogged during the games in the middle of the US night, Nick blogged about hairdos, others joined the fun and before it was all over we had laughed [read more]

Nike Run Hit Wonder

Date: July 22nd, 2005 |

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This Sunday I’m actually doing my first ever running ‘race’ - I say race because it’s really more of a fun run, with 10,000 other people. The Nike Run Hit Wonder is supposed to be a blast, with artists playing their most famous song over and over as people dash by. It’s hard [read more]

Hood to Coast Runner Needed

Date: May 26th, 2005 |

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This year, we have put together a Hood to Coast relay team. Our team is composed of 6 guys and 6 girls. It is a 197 mile relay with each participant doing three legs that range from 4 to 7 miles over about 24 hours.
We currently have 6 guys and 5 girls, so [read more]

Tri It!

Date: April 4th, 2005 |

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This really has nothing to do with what’s going on in the office, but some of you may recall that a few months ago I posted about Pacific Crest Half-Ironman in June. In order to prepare, I have been training a whole bunch and this weekend did my first triathlon. It was a [read more]

Smuggle Beer

Date: April 27th, 2006 |

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This guy has a keg under his shirt This is one of the most daring yet brilliant beer smuggling inventions. It’s called the Beer Belly. You can smuggle beer into sporting events, inside a bag under your shirt that looks like your stomach. It’s camoflauged into your “natural gut”.
While the Beer Belly does making [read more]

BootsnAll on the Road - literally…

Date: August 26th, 2005 |

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Today the entire office is out on the road, literally, running in the Hood to Coast 197 mile relay race. Over the course of 24 hours(ish), 12 runners will each run 3 times.
It’s something that we’ve known was coming up but didn’t really pay too much attention to since there was so much going on [read more]

Court’s Race Report

Date: June 27th, 2005 |

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So, it’s common after a big race for all the triathletes to write up race reports and send them out on listserves. I’m not quite that cool, but I am pretty psyched about finishing the race so I figured I’d tell you guys all the details. WARNING: It’s pretty boring unless you’re into [read more]

Law of the NBA: Stern discipline

Date: May 5th, 2005 |

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As a former rabid basketball fan (I lived in Chicago in the early ’90s), I still poke around in the sports section, especially during the playoffs. Times columnist Eric Gilmore has written what I consider to be a excellent, scathing article of the head honcho of the NBA in Law of the NBA: Stern discipline. [read more]

Tour de France Fun

Date: July 21st, 2004 |

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Woo hoo! We are pumped about the Tour de France at the office today. Sean and I both were able to catch the mountain time trial before work…I got up at 6 am to watch it, I’m sure the early bird got up before that. It’s amazing to watch athletes at the top [read more]