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...only have one wheel, but he’s kind of a big deal. Not satisfied with his Guinness World Record title as the fastest marathon “joggler” (juggling while running), Zach J. Warren, Harvard Divinity School ’07, is training to shatter two more records: the fastest 100 miles ridden on a unicycle, and the most miles ridden on a unicycle in one hour. Warren began juggling as a means of procrastination while an undergrad at Earlham, a Quaker college in Indiana. Soon enough, he was turning down gigs at the White House...
...Ford Ironman Triathlon World Championship, it's safe to assume that there are lots of hungry folk in the town of Kailua-Kona, on the island of Hawaii. But you don't have to swim across 3.8 km of ocean, cycle for another 180 km and then run a marathon-like the triathletes do-in order to work up an appetite. Merely spending a day on the beach or doing a spot of fishing will suffice. And when the hunger pangs strike, there are lots of friendly eateries to choose from. Many are to be found along or close...
...just physically tired, and my throat was dry. The first act is as hard as all of Aida' ... Next season she will return for another of her favorites, Puccini's Turandot. 'I could sing Turandot right now,' said she coolly as she walked offstage after last week's marathon performance. What did she think of her Met ovation? 'I didn't believe my ears,' said Birgit Nilsson. 'I thought the house fell down...
...Ford Ironman Triathlon World Championship, it's safe to assume that there are lots of hungry folk in the town of Kailua-Kona on the island of Hawaii. But you don't have to swim across 3.8 km of ocean, cycle for another 180 km and then run a marathon - like the triathletes do - in order to work up an appetite. Merely spending a day on the beach or doing a spot of fishing will suffice. And when the hunger pangs strike, there are lots of friendly eateries to choose from. Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings...
Listen to the silence. all the snowy tracks and icy settings at the Winter Olympics elicit a different music from the Games that take place in the summer. Then, even the longest and most lonesome event - the marathon - is run amid the constant roar of crowds cheering every step of the race. The Winter Games has its own supply of electricity, but it's more a gathering hush as athletes contend with their frozen surroundings. You hear it in the cross-country skier's gasping solitary climb up a snowy hillside or in the sharp swoosh of a perilous slide...