A record number of 36 countries just entered in the episode Nº 27 of the most commercial volleyball competition – FIVB World League. The summer volleyball season just started in the World League and the 36 participants will be divided into 3 main groups (divisions). What calls us our attention is also the fact that…
Month: June 2020
Beef farmers are the new coal miners
Farming generates about a tenth of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions, and one of the biggest culprits is beef | Christopher Furlong/Getty Images The World in 2050 Beef farmers are the new coal miners Red meat could be a casualty of EU’s climate goals. By Eddy Wax and Zosia Wanat 6/19/20, 12:00 PM CET Updated…
Pub Pandemic Hits Series, Irish Village Ground Zero
CSU’s Terry McNatt ran 2:58:29 to finish right behind Lee Danforth at Boston. How could we have missed our hero? We also don’t have any photos of Terry from Boston which is almost impossible as he shows up in photos at every race we cover. We have amended the article below – Terry is no…
NER Pub Series XIII Men’s Standings After 5 Races
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New Balance, Playworks Expand The Power of Play
New Balance Foundation, Playworks Partner to Expand the Power of Play National program reaches 130,000 students in 23 U.S. cities; two-year $1.2 million investment BOSTON – (January 26, 2012) – New Balance Foundation has announced a national partnership with Playworks, a national nonprofit organization that supports learning and a positive school climate by providing…
Over 45 Years, Hills & Hebert True to the Task
The 5th Decade of the Ron Hebert 8M by John Stifler You donÛªt need another long-sleeved high-tech T-shirt with three-color illustrations. You donÛªt need a pre-race pasta party, live music, a post-race raffle, or a souvenir bag full of carb-replacement samples and coupons. Possibly you would prefer not to have to register online…
Elite US Athletes Added to Boston Marathon Field
Added to the field are two American elites: Matthew Tegenkamp and Adriana Nelson. Dropped from the field is Ethiopia elite: Ejegayehu Dibaba, due to a leg injury. Matthew Tegenkamp is a two-time Olympian on the track and the American record-holder in the outdoor two-mile (8:07.07). He made his marathon debut at the 2013 Chicago…
What Boston Bound Yuki Kawauchi Has Been Up To
Much like his finish at Marshfield High School (MA) where he suffered through a brutally cold (1˚ F) day to record a world record 78th sub-2:20:00 marathon (that story here Japanese citizen racer Yuki Kawauchi once again finished on a track on April Fool’s Day. In Marshfield, Yuki raced against the clock. At the…
Small Splashes From Sunday’s USATF-NE XC Championship Races
This would have been “Big Splashes” from USATF-NE’s if not for the cordoning off of the small lake that had formed by the 2-mile mark of all races following the previous day’s downpours. “I’m so bummed they roped that off,” commented The Green Mtn. AA’s Teague O’Connor. “It would have been a blast running…
New York Mills 57 Osakis 9
New York Mills 57 Osakis 9 106: Nick Peters (NYM) over Jacob Taplin (OSAK) (Dec 6-4) 113: Logan Grove (OSAK) over (NYM) (For.) 120: Chris Yoder (NYM) over Gaven Cimbura (OSAK) (Dec 3-2) 126: Derrik Wegscheid (NYM) over (OSAK) (For.) 132: Dane Niemi (NYM) over (OSAK) (For.) 138: Jacob Guck (NYM) over Carsten Jacobson (OSAK)…