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...When the London marathon kicks off on April 17, thousands of spectators will watch some 40,000 entrants toil along the grueling course. At the same time, in gyms around Britain, other determined athletes will be seated on a Concept2 indoor rowing machine to row the marathon distance of 26 miles while they watch the runners pound the pavement on TV. The machine allows an oarsman to tackle the endurance challenge of a marathon, rowing a distance that's not practical on the water. Used for training by many of the medal-winning crews at the 2000 Sydney Olympics...
...playing baseball for as long as he can remember—since the age of four. A naturally gifted athlete, Herrmann excelled as a three-sport star at Montclair Kimberly Academy, where he was named to the all-county team for baseball, football, and basketball three years in a row. As a senior, he was the captain of all three of his teams. With such a résumé, perhaps Herrmann’s astonishment at the phone call was the real surprise...
...national championship is special,” junior six-seat Brodie Buckland said. “I know that for [Howard] and [Holzapfel] it would be incredible—three years in a row. But for now, you do what you can to go as fast as you can at the end of the season...
...game since March 13. Within ten minutes, it appeared that the game was not to be the drought-ending victory Harvard (2-6, 0-1 Ivy) had sought, and the Terriers sent the Crimson back up the river with a 17-9 loss, its sixth in a row...
...never been to anything cultural at Harvard before, so when it was Ladies’ Night at the Hasty Pudding and somebody was organizing a group to go, I went. During intermission, I heard the girl in the row behind me talking, loudly, about her impending marriage, “back in Texas in July...