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...Crimson would have played again on St. Patrick’s Day had the inclement weather not nixed the rematch. With the cancellation, the Crimson will have spent nearly two weeks idle when it resumes play on Friday against Ohio State in Bradenton, Fla. That game will begin a marathon stretch for Harvard in which the team will play eight games in seven days over spring break to complete its non-league Florida excursion before the Ivy League season commences versus Penn on March...
...Dominic Inglot. “I guess the only thing I can take away from the match is playing best for most of it,” Denenberg said. “Traditionally, I have pretty close matches, but this guy was pretty tough.” In a marathon match that outlasted all other play, senior co-captain Gideon Valkin lost in another close match playing at No. 5, 7-5, 7-5. One court over, No. 6 junior Gareth Doran showed signs of his recent injury, losing 6-1, 6-2. In doubles play, No. 1 pairing Kumar...
It’s not just fortuity, though. As the beat writer for the team at Harvard, I have been uniquely disposed to partake in these marathon affairs. A national powerhouse, the Crimson is a perennial qualifier for the NCAA Tournament, and as a Boston school, participates annually in the local Beanpot Tournament, where games are played with the 20-minute overtime periods usually reserved for postseason play...
...March of the Penguins," says Thom Gilligan, president of Boston-based Marathon Tours & Travel, which organizes the Antarctica Marathon. After the film's release, race entries shot up. The 2007 event sold out in 2005. Now the marathon, which was previously held every two years, is annual. Already the 2008 race is sold out and 2009 is half booked...
...That doesn't make it easier to plan a marathon in Antarctica, though. Seventy-five miles off the Antarctic Peninsula, King George Island is one of the most accessible, hospitable points on the continental shelf. But the site is still a two-day sea voyage from the world's southernmost city, Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego. Tourism regulations prohibit more than 100 people from gathering in the same place at the same time, so the race start must be staggered. And weather and course conditions are always unpredictable - as they are for all Antarctic expeditions. One year, in fact...