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Today is Not Yesterday
by Cool Adventure Girls!
posted April 3, 2010 at 6:12pm
Someone told me the other day that she had regrets about not reaching her potential earlier in life. It struck me that our potential is not always the same every year — or even every day of our lives, so should we really focus on what we did in the pas...more
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Sharing the power of sports
by Byline to Finish Line
posted March 31, 2010 at 7:14pm
There are some things which are best explained by the look in someone’s eyes or by the smile on their face or the emotion expressed through their body.
Those are the forms of communication we often miss in our daily dealings with those around us, but t...more
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Me? Competitive? NEVER!
by Chic Runner
posted March 26, 2010 at 7:54pm
So, I have a confession.
I’m competitive. I love to play games and talk smack. It’s even better when I win. I remember in college I took a badminton class and I would talk so much smack to everyone that the teacher would just laugh and laugh at me. H...more
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My view of me is all that matters
by Chantelle Says
posted March 10, 2010 at 8:45pm
A few months ago, I had a friend—well someone who I’d considered a relatively good friend since college—tell me the only reason I was successful in basketball was because of my coach, Jim Foster, and that I would never amount to anything without ...more
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International Women’s Week
by Pretty Tough
posted March 4, 2010 at 11:11pm
It's a global celebration of women's talents, achievements and contributions to society. Every year, since the United Nations proclaimed March 8th International Women's Day in 1977, organizations around the world host a variety of events honoring thos...more
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Playing big with my tribe
by Byline to Finish Line
posted March 4, 2010 at 11:00pm
My assignment was to write a story about women who took up competitive sports later in life — women who didn’t play in high school or college but in their 30s or beyond started to compete athletically.
That brought me to Sue. We sat down to chat abou...more
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Sweet Precious Little Layla Grace
by Jennie Finch
posted March 1, 2010 at 10:41pm
@LaylaGrace(via Twitter) has touched so so so very many lives, including mine. She has been on my heart since I heard her story. Please pray for her and her family.Here is an article written on her that I felt compelled to share. ...more
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We can row — and inspire
by Byline to Finish Line
posted February 25, 2010 at 10:06pm
The practice was as much mutual admiration society as it was productive. The college freshman from the University at Buffalo rowing program were in awe of the women, aged 30 to 60, all cancer survivors, who came to campus twice a week to learn how to row....more
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Less Shady Gray!
by Jennie Finch
posted February 25, 2010 at 10:03pm
Everywhere you look around us and within us, we see compromise. We see that shady gray area and are being told Gray is okay. There are so many times in my life I have settled, I have compromised. I want to encourage and challenge us all to stand up for ...more
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Sport the Planet: This Month’s Charity Spotlight
by Cool Adventure Girls!
posted February 23, 2010 at 2:51pm
Have you heard about Hope Runs? It’s a youth program in Kenya for orphans that uses the power of running to teach children how to succeed and have healthy, productive and happy lives despite their environment and circumstances.
Started by two young Am...more
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Staying the Course
by My so-called FABULOUS life: Brianna Glenn
posted February 22, 2010 at 9:27pm
Some anonymous blog reader was kind enough to post my series of results and jumps from last year up until this past weekend in the comments of my last post. The reasoning seemed to be that perhaps I was headed in the wrong direction. Or maybe I should s...more
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Lindsey Vonn: The Epitome of Mental Toughness
by One Sport Voice
posted February 18, 2010 at 6:32pm
Congratulations to Lindsey Vonn who demonstrated the epitome of mental toughness by winning the gold medal in women’s downhill at the Vancouver Olympics. Mental toughness is defined as being able to perform at the top range of your abilities, on comma...more
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Girls, Inc. Orange County: They sure are strong, smart and bold
by anngaff
posted February 9, 2010 at 1:57pm
Last Tuesday I had the pleasure of meeting with 30 or 40 girls ages 5 to 11 at Girls, Inc. of Orange County. What I had planned was to show them the video of the 2004 US Olympic Trials steeplechase, talk about believing in yourself and dealing with advers...more
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Victory & Heartache! Super Bowl Recap
by Jennie Finch
posted February 9, 2010 at 12:35pm
Watching the Superbowl my heart was elated for the Saints and Drew Brees but on the other hand I was aching for the Colts and Peyton Manning. I know the feeling before that Gold Medal game, or the Nat'l Championship game. You know there is going to be a...more
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The Soul of Skiing
by Women Skiing and Sports
posted February 8, 2010 at 3:40pm
Surveys cite high cost as the main reason people avoid skiing. Those who think this way haven’t made the commitment.Skiing is not about lift tickets. It’s a lifestyle. It’s being a skier, an identity not felt just between November and April but all ...more
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Onward Cindy: A life well lived
by TJ's Turf
posted February 7, 2010 at 4:00pm
When people are asked to describe Cindy Brochman there are invariably a number of responses: a laugh, a quizzical ‘Hmm…. how do you describe Cindy?’ Then, inevitably, people will begin to share their memories of Brochman.Often the stories are about ...more
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Great Inspiration!
by I Run - Therefore I Blog
posted February 4, 2010 at 12:50pm
My training group have six members which I think is perfect in size. Yesterday and the day before two of them ran pb's!
Ingvill and her brother, Kjetil, both ran really well indoors in Vienna and Düsseldorf. Kjetil ran 3.46.28 and Ingvill 4.13.82, Norw...more
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This one’s for the girls
by Byline to Finish Line
posted February 3, 2010 at 9:52am
The summer of 1984 was spent moving from my position in front of the living room television to running around outside, like any normal elementary school kid in my neighborhood at the time. It was the summer of the Los Angeles Olympic Games and I was glu...more
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Most amazing comment I've read all year
by Women's Sports Blog
posted February 1, 2010 at 3:38pm
Possibly ever. From a reader who calls him/herself Graphite, comment #26 on this post by Joe Posnanski. Reprinted in full:
A few years ago my daughter gave me John Grisham’s A Painted House,
a story set on a dirt-poor cotton farm in 1952 Arkansas a...more
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Self-employed
by My so-called FABULOUS life: Brianna Glenn
posted January 27, 2010 at 4:46pm
I’m completely self-employed. What does that mean, really? It means that there is absolutely nobody on the planet that really cares what I am doing on a day-to-day basis. No one. And normally that doesn’t really phase me because I’m a pretty sel...more
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Introducing an unlikely contender
by Binnie Klein
posted January 27, 2010 at 12:27pm
Blows to the Head: How Boxing Changed My Mind (Suny Press, January 2010) is the provocative story of an unlikely contender and her midlife transformation through boxing -- me!
I'm a psychotherapist in private practice in New Haven, CT. I'm a Lecturer i...more
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