Track & Field: The Other Great Winter Sport

Track & Field is typically known as an outdoor sport and a staple of the Summer Olympics. But in the winter, track and field makes a great transition indoors and keeps its core fan following. The Reggie Lewis Track and Field Center (RLC) in Boston, MA is a top complex of the indoor circuit. High School and professional athletes alike have competed in the facility since its opening in 1995.

I had the opportunity to run at RLC having attended a top public school in the state. It was a most comical event. Not only did I just win the race, I kept running. Past the finish line, around the curve, down the straightaway…I thought the race was still going. Needless to say, everyone in the stands was on their side laughing in hysteria.

But I digress. With the indoor season nearly over, click the shaded space below and see a recent event at the premiere facility—the Men’s 60m Dash at the 2010 Reebok Indoor Games.


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Stormy Weather Market Zealots

The recent snow storms have reminded me of something. They’ve reminded me how important it is to live on the bare necessities. Why? Because having all that you need may still not be enough.

To elaborate, we all know what happens when bad weather is predicted. People run to the market in droves. They’ll get off work early or even car pool to the market. All day there is steady flow of people in and out of the store just to pick up (typically):
• Bread
• Milk (sometimes people who don’t even use milk buy it just in case)
• Toilet Paper

The checkout lines are hellacious, sometimes running the full length of the aisle. Of course after you finally survive the shopping experience, you still have to make it out of the parking lot. Shoppers make it home and feel that they have all they need.

Then the unthinkable happens: the power goes out.

Power is restored sometimes in 5 minutes or 5 hours. But it could also take 5 days or worse. No one thinks about it when they’re in the market but what will you do with all that food. (Most households placed the food outside in the natural freezer.)

Less is definitely more. The benefits:
• Less time at the market and in line
• More money in your pocket (and not thrown out with the food that spoils in the powerless refrigerator)
• An opportunity to be creative in the kitchen with what’s left in your cupboards

So next time a snow storm is predicted, don’t let fear guide you. Just be calm and don’t go to the market…crash at a friend’s house and eat their food!

2010 All-Star Game - NBA: Nothing But All-Stars

The National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game was the icing on the cake to a great weekend of events. The game was a premiere event at the brand new Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas. A record number of fans came out in support—over 100,000. Here are the highlights from the game on NBA.com.

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Black History: The Ugly Past with a Beautiful Future

Who thinks about history every day? Most have trouble keeping track of their upcoming schedule, let alone thinking about past appointments. But if we don’t take time every now and then to think about the past, our future is pretty bleak. Without looking back we’ll come to the same hurdles again and again without the answer as to how to get over them.

In recognition of Black History month, here are a few glimpses of the past:
• LIFE magazine covered American history through a lens. Sometimes the lens was clean, while at other times it got dirt in it.
• The HISTORY channel features a segment on civil rights with other interactive elements. Save Our History: Voices of Civil Rights

Black President and all, America still has a long way to go (as well as the world). Let’s start at home first and take it a step at a time.

I once heard someone define insanity as doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result. Looking at the past may be hard, but let’s not go insane.