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Tiffany Weimer's Travels: Tell Them What’s Up
by Tiffany Weimer
posted May 8, 2012 at 1:12am

So many activities. So little time to blog about them. The cats have been coming over more than they’re welcomed to. I go through cartons of milk unnecessarily. And trying to give them leftover salmon or chicken is obviously just not classy enough ...more

Tiffany Weimer: Lost in the Danish Nation Translation
by Tiffany Weimer
posted April 18, 2012 at 10:05am

April 17 – means awesome Spring weather, beautiful grass fields and … not in Denmark. We are still wearing pants, glove and hats at training. The surface is muddy and hard. And well, yeah, I’m jealous of people at home in CONNECTICUT&h...more

Tiffany Weimer's Blog: Don’t think you’re better than us? EH?
by Tiffany Weimer
posted April 7, 2012 at 10:42am

Six pounds of coffee later… Thank you to everyone who sent packages. Pretty awesome. I think I’m good with coffee for the rest of the year now. So, if anyone needs other ideas, I mean, I guess I can make a list: Gummy bears Peanut Butter Fl...more

Tiffany Weimer: Anozer New Country
by Tiffany Weimer
posted March 6, 2012 at 10:34am

I think it’s time I start writing some more. So here’s an introduction. I just finished my first week in Denmark. Hjorring to be exact. With the line through the “o” and all. It has been somewhat uneventful in terms of physical a...more

Seattle Storm Head Coach Brian Agler on Traveling Overseas
by SLAM Online -W
posted February 21, 2012 at 9:38pm

Brian Agler, head coach and Director of Player Personnel of the WNBA’s Seattle Storm, is widely considered to be one of the hardest working coaches in the women’s game. During the WNBA’s offseason from October through March, Agler makes ...more

Holiday events at Colorado ski resorts
by Women Skiing and Sports
posted December 17, 2011 at 4:49pm

No matter which resort you visit during the holidays, each one will be aglow with lights and festive decor, guaranteeing a sparkly and white Christmas. Santa sightings, fireworks displays and torchlight parades have been annual holiday events for years. ...more

The Countdown to Christmas Away From Home
by Eat. Play. Love.
posted December 9, 2011 at 4:50pm

Tree w/ cathedral in the background Every year ABC Family does a ‘25 days of Christmas’ event. As you all know, I’m not home and I don’t get ABC Family in France, so I am not watching their 25 days of Christmas specials. Even ...more

Resort Review: Ski Apache
by Westbound Boarder
posted December 5, 2011 at 1:46pm

While visiting family in Texas I got an opportunity to snowboard the high, Rocky Mountains of New Mexico, the United States southernmost ski area. After a very long and scenic drive from El-Paso (4 hours) we arrived in the small town of Ruidoso with Ski A...more

Run Girl Run: NYC & Priscella Queen of the Desert
by Run Girl Run
posted November 28, 2011 at 9:34pm

It has been so nice being home in PA for more than week. I'm kind of sad to head back to D.C. today, but I did get to do a little bit of everything on this trip home: spend time with family, catch up with high school friends and take a nice day trip to NY...more

Girls & Football South Africa: Creating Change and Making a Difference
by Sonia @ Girls & Football SA
posted November 22, 2011 at 11:21pm

Soccer as a tool for development and the importance of a 'girls only space'...more

Resort Review: Heavenly, South Lake Tahoe
by Westbound Boarder
posted November 20, 2011 at 12:09pm

Perfectly poised in South Lake Tahoe, Heavenly Ski Resort deserves the title it boasts. I know it is cliché, but this place is truly heavenly. Sprawled across the California/Nevada border this resort has epic shredding and almost even more epic night lif...more

Basketball player Hillary Klimowicz hits the dance floor.
by Eat. Play. Love.
posted November 8, 2011 at 3:01am

Back by popular demand, this is a blog about me being awkward.After our game on Saturday, my teammates and I decided to go dancing. I need to preface this story by painting a picture of what it means to go ‘dancing’ in Europe. First of all, you don’...more

Runner’s Guide to Toledo, site of the 2011 NCAA Great Lakes Cross-Country Regional
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 2, 2011 at 8:50am

This year’s NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championship will be held in my hometown, the first truly major cross country event ever held here. In advance of the race, I’m giving out-of-towners some useful information about Toledo. Today it’s all about ...more

Hilary Klimowicz: Today I saw a cat on a leash...
by Eat. Play. Love.
posted August 23, 2011 at 2:34am

All right. I have to share my first awkward moment since coming here.Well first things first, I did actually see a cat on a leash today, which I've never seen before. At first I thought it was a guy walking a monkey, but when I got closer I recognized my ...more

The beauty of the finish line
by Byline to Finish Line
posted August 16, 2011 at 6:24pm

One doesn’t come out of an epic event with merely descriptions of how the 17-mile hike/trail run kicked one’s ass. Indeed, there were plenty of lessons absorbed and beliefs solidified during this past weekend’s Try All By Fire pilgrimage. In fact, t...more

Racing in Europe Part 5: old PR demons
by LHiggs
posted August 15, 2011 at 5:52pm

Part Four here One of the hardest parts about being in Europe for an extended period of time is being around people who don't want to be there. Nothing is much more of a buzz kill than excitedly landing in Europe at the start of your stint and listening ...more

Nutritional lightbulb: Dropping myths, adding calories
by Byline to Finish Line
posted August 11, 2011 at 12:36am

A broad smile flashed across her face. Her eyes became wide and bright and her body was visibly excited. In fact, I thought my nutritionist might jump out of her chair and perform a spontaneous cheerleading jump she could hardly contain herself after I of...more

Racing in Europe Part 4: the slow down
by LHiggs
posted August 10, 2011 at 3:51pm

Part Three here Germany sounded boring. Germany was not boring. Leuven was when things started to get boring.  On my first day in Europe, I was lucky to run into another athlete, Canadian 1500m runner Malindi Elmore, who introduced me to the ...more

Pro Basketball Year Two: Here We Go!
by Eat. Play. Love.
posted August 9, 2011 at 1:09am

Me with President Jean-Paul Robert @ Limoges train station I made it to France! That was quite a journey though, let me tell you. I left my house in New Jersey around 3pm, got to the airport at 3:40pm, to my terminal by 4:10pm, was in my seat on the plan...more

Racing in Europe Part 3: reboot
by LHiggs
posted August 8, 2011 at 11:24am

Part 2 Here After nine blissful hours of sleep, I woke up to sunshine and the anticipation of the next part of my journey. Kim, unfortunately, did not sleep well after her late-night 5000m race and had been subjected to listening to me sleep for most of ...more

Travelin' with Javelins
by Kara Throws Javelin
posted August 5, 2011 at 1:51pm

Since April, I’ve traveled on airplanes with javelins a total of 15 times, and 7 of those times have been internationally. A conservative estimate of what I’ve spent to put them on the plane with me is $600 total. That’s pretty cheap, considering ...more

Racing in Europe Part 2: arriving is winning
by LHiggs
posted August 3, 2011 at 8:44am

Go back to Part One I refer to myself as a fake professional runner. This is because maybe 1-2% of my income comes from running, but it takes up closer to 75% of my time and energy. My real job is as a political consultant. My area of expertise is campai...more

Running the D.C. Monuments
by Run Girl Run
posted August 1, 2011 at 1:23pm

In the seven years I've lived in DC (four in college, three in for work) I have never once run along the National Mall and past all the museums and monuments. So when Megan suggested we do an easy five mile fun run on Saturday morning I was all for it....more

Racing in Europe Part 1: the backstory
by LHiggs
posted July 31, 2011 at 11:23am

I am sitting in a McDonalds (free wifi) watching some sort of festival building in the square in Leuven, Belgium. I am, for the most part, bored out of my mind. I have used 44% of my iPad battery today, mostly checking Facebook, clearing out my inbox, che...more

Kara Patterson goes to Bottropp and Monaco.
by Kara Throws Javelin
posted July 28, 2011 at 2:31am

Since I started blogging last year, I've really enjoyed reading friends' posts, writing my own as an outlet about track, and finding fun blogs to follow that have nothing to do with my day-to-day life. I've suggested that others both start and refresh bl...more

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