Archive for October 9, 2009
Chris’ 3Day campaign completed! Fund thermometer bursts
Thanks to many of you, my wife’s Breast Cancer 3Day Walk thermometer today began showing 100 percent funding! Chris has raised $2,300 from more than 50 friends, co-workers and family members. (See my original pitch.) Now she can focus exclusively on her training for the 60-mile walk around San Diego over three days starting Friday, […]
October 9, 2009
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Snafus beset Sydney World Masters Games out of the blocks
It’s still early, but first reports out of Sydney suggest organizers aren’t ready for the monster crowds at the World Masters Games. Endless lines for credential pickup. Lack of foreign speakers to help folks not using English. Bad directions to venues. At least the transportation system is getting high marks. One athlete (and not Bubba […]
October 9, 2009
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Bubba Sparks (and his poles) arrive in Sydney safe & sound
The excitement is palpable in Bubba Spark’s blog from Sydney on the eve of the World Masters Games: “There are SO MANY uniforms from all over the world as the airport was a zoo. On our flight I quit counting T-shirts I saw for the different sports at 12. Everything from water polo, volleyball, weightlifting, […]
October 9, 2009
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