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Shannon Farar-Griefer hears the call of the wild Badwater race
Ultramarathons are to running what the Marquis de Sade was to romance. Not sure I support such extremism. When one of the sport's stars, a frantic rabbit by the name of Shannon Farar-Griefer, runs the infamous Badwater, she races on desert roads so hot...
Tags: Sports, Running, Multiple Sclerosis
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Tough Mudder race bringing 21,000 people to Schnecksville
They're calling it the Philadelphia Tough Mudder, but we're calling it the hometown Tough Mudder in the Lehigh Valley. According to Meghan Chisolm of DKC Public relations, Marketing & Government Affairs, which is promoting the event, about 21,000...
Tags: Cycling, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Memorial Day, Bear Creek Mountain Resort & Conference Center, Sports
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Bomb blast couldn't keep him down in Boston
Called up Bill Iffrig the other morning; he answers — no agent, no publicist. We chat awhile about running and how he came to be America's most famous marathon man. Iffrig is the older gentleman — all table legs and elbows — blown...Tags: Boston Marathon, Sports, Running
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Local marathoners overcome their fear from Boston bombings and hit the road once again
Too bad, you bunch of terrorist punks. You lose again. Just like always. Doesn't matter where you are – whether you're hiding in your pathetic spider hole, tucked away in your fortress on the hill or cowering in the fetal position in the...Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Sports, Running, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
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Allentown police want public to enjoy St. Luke's Half Marathon but avoid paranoia
The terrible tragedy that occurred at the Boston Marathon less than two weeks ago is still fresh on our minds, but it's not a reason to give into the threat of terror when it comes to our sporting events, according to local officials. "There is a...
Tags: Marty Nothstein, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Track Cycling, Cycling, Boston Marathon
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Bombings at finish have crossed a new line
It happened at the finish line. It wouldn't have been any less horrific if it had happened at mile 2 or mile 10 or mile 17, but the fact that the bombs exploded where they did at the Boston Marathon on Monday made the brutality even more symbolic....Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Boston Marathon, Sports, Symbols and Symbolism, Running
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Digest: Retired Hall of Fame horse trainer Kelly dead at 93
Horse racing Retired Hall of Fame trainer Kelly dead at 93 Hall of Fame trainer Thomas J. Kelly died Friday morning at St. Catherine's West Rehabilitation Hospital in Hialeah, Fla., after a brief illness, according to his son, Timothy D. Kelly. He was...Tags: Track and Field, Chesapeake Bayhawks, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Massachusetts General Hospital, Denver Outlaws
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Cry of 'Oh, my God' resounds nationwide
Soon after the explosions, there appeared on the website of The Boston Globe a video of the moment. Runners in the city's iconic marathon are jogging across the finish line and everyone is cheering, when there is a clap of thunder and an orange bloom of...
Tags: Religion and Belief, The Boston Globe, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), The Miami Herald, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Emotional scarring awaits local Boston Marathon competitors
Parkland assistant track coach Steve Ott had the physical pain that traditionally follows running 26.2 miles — in 3 hours, 29 minutes — but it had company. Emotional and psychological scarring rode alongside the 34-year-old Monday night...
Tags: Track and Field, Roman Catholicism, Television, Entertainment, Boston Marathon
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No. 1 goal: Find who did it
President Barack Obama has made it official. The Boston Marathon bombing was an "act of terror." Here's my message to whoever is responsible: I don't feel terrorized; I feel mad. And furthermore, you will be found. I don't yet know who you are or...
Tags: Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Barack Obama, The New York Times, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Boston Marathon
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Can't stop the human spirit
What happened following the Boston Marathon bombings probably surprised those who detonated two explosives near the finish line on Monday. The Boston Marathon was rocked by two bombs placed by a coward near the finish line. This marathon is the elite...Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Boston Marathon, Sports, Running
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Walk This Way! links readers to Lehigh Valley trails
It launched softly, almost silently, like the inaudible patter that Carl Sandburg called the fog that comes in on little cat feet. The Morning Call's "Walk This Way!" campaign, sponsored by Highmark, began more than two months ago as a way to...
Tags: Carl Sandburg, Allentown, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Cross Country Skiing, United Way
May 24, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
May 22, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
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|Column| Los Angeles Times
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|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Apr 24, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 17, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Apr 19, 2013
|Column| Baltimore Sun
Apr 19, 2013
|Column| South Bend Tribune
Apr 18, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Apr 17, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Apr 18, 2013
|Column| Daily American
May 15, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
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