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| Posted: 04 Nov 2007 06:01 AM CST his is a made-for-television movie my Mom taped off the Hallmark Channel several months ago and we only just now got around to watching (we often will record movies like this and then wait to watch them until we're together — by the way, Mom, I have a sci-fi disaster one with Dale Midkiff waiting for the next time you come to MY house!). |
| New York City Marathon NYC 2007 [Digg] Posted: 04 Nov 2007 05:58 AM CST Long Island Chiropractor, Dr. John Gehnrich, practicing in Rockville Centre, reminded me earlier today that the ING New York City Marathon is tomorrow morning (Sunday) beginning in Staten Island, and ending in midtown Manhattan. |
| Shay dies during U.S. Olympic marathon trials Posted: 04 Nov 2007 03:03 AM CST I add this page to MY bookmarks  olympic marathon trial, olympic marathon, olympic marathon trials 2007, brandon leslie, 2008 olympic marathon trials resultsShay dies during U.S. Olympic marathon trials NEW YORK -- Ryan Shay and Ryan Hall hoped to celebrate together with their wives after the U.S. men's marathon Olympic trials. Now Hall, the trials champ, faces a future of all he dreamed about and what he never imagined: the glory of the Olympics, the heartbreak of a funeral. Shay, one of America's top distance runners, collapsed and died not even six miles into Saturday's race. Minutes after Hall crossed the finish line in record time, his arms raised in triumph, he heard the unthinkable news. Shay was 28. He was one of Hall's former training partners, and his wife was Hall's college teammate at Stanford. "That just cut me straight to the heart," Hall said. "It makes you forget what you just did." What was supposed to be a glorious weekend for the sport became instead a wake. And that somber mood is sure to carry over to Sunday's New York City Marathon, in which 38,000 runners will compete. "It's a big loss for the running community," said 2004 Olympic women's marathon bronze medalist Deena Kastor, who used to train with Shay in California. "It's a day we should be celebrating. It has cast a pall." Organizers had decided to pair the trials with the storied annual marathon, hoping the timing would attract large crowds. The plan worked, as fans fought gusty winds to line the compact 26.2-mile course, which began in Rockefeller Center and traipsed through Times Square before heading to Central Park for five loops. They witnessed a potentially historic day for American marathon running. Hall, a 25-year-old who had never raced the distance before April, established himself as a contender in Beijing, with a trials record time of 2 hours, 9 minutes and 2 seconds. He was followed by Dathan Ritzenhein (2:11:07) and Brian Sell (2:11:40), who will join him in China. Meb Keflezighi, the 2004 Olympic silver medalist, was hobbled by cramps in both calves and fell back to eighth. But back about 5Ѕ miles into the race Shay had collapsed. He was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival at 8:46 a.m., according to New York City police. "He was a tremendous champion who was here today to pursue his dreams," said Craig Masback, CEO of USA Track & Field. "The Olympic trials is traditionally a day of celebration, but we are heartbroken." No immediate cause of death was announced, and the medical examiner's office said an autopsy will be performed Sunday. Shay's coach, Joe Vigil, said he wasn't aware of any health problems. "He was the epitome of athleticism," Vigil said. "I don't know what caused it." A recreational runner died during last month's Chicago Marathon, the warmest in that event's history. But the death of an elite athlete during a major competition is a rare and startling occurrence. On Friday, Hall and his wife, Sara, and Shay and his wife, Alicia, went for a run in Central Park. Shay seemed fine, Sara Hall said. "I've had a few downs -- since 2004, I've had injuries here and there, but I've come back and I've been able to get in the training that I feel I need," he said at a news conference. "This is the best U.S. marathon field we've had in a long time, but I guess that's why you run the race -- to see who has it in the end." Saturday, Shay hit the ground near the Central Park boathouse, a popular Manhattan tourist spot. New York Road Runners president Mary Wittenberg, whose organization hosted the event, said Shay received immediate medical attention but would not elaborate on what steps were taken. A statement from USA Track & Field said Shay immediately received CPR. "He crossed right in front of me and stepped off the course," said runner Marc Jeuland of Chapel Hill, N.C., who did not see Shay collapse. "He nearly tripped me. He would not have been taxed at that point." Shay was born May 4, 1979, in Ann Arbor, Mich., one of eight children in a running family. His parents are the cross country and track coaches at Michigan's Central Lake High School. Joe and Susan Shay were not in New York on Saturday, because they had two runners competing in the Michigan cross country state championships, said Central Lake athletic director Quinn Barry. At Notre Dame, Shay earned the school's first national individual track title with his victory in the NCAA 10,000 meters. There, he often ran with Wittenberg, who was attending law school. Shay went on to become a five-time national road racing champion, winning the 2003 U.S. marathon, 2003 and 2004 half-marathon, 2004 20k and 2005 15k. He trained in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., with the Halls, Keflezighi and Kastor before moving to Flagstaff, Ariz. "If you probably asked him if there was any way he wanted to go, it was out on the race course," said Terrence Mahon, who coached him in Mammoth. Abdi Abdirahman, who dropped out of the marathon because of injury, trained with Shay for the past 3Ѕ months in Flagstaff. "I'm speechless. I still don't believe it," he said. "I probably was the last person to talk to him. We ate breakfast together, we ate lunch together, went to bed at the same time." The post-race news conference with the three Olympic qualifiers was a surreal experience for Hall. He started to say something about Shay, not realizing the death hadn't been announced, and was cut off by an official. After several questions about the race, a shaken Wittenberg finally interrupted to announce Shay's death. For Hall, Saturday culminated a reluctant route to the marathon. Neither Hall nor the second-place finisher, 24-year-old Ritzenhein, had run a marathon as of a year ago. Saturday marked the second career race at the distance for both. Hall broke away from the leading pack of five runners at about the 17th mile Saturday. He looked relaxed and fresh the entire race and was pumping his fist and bellowing over the final miles. Too soon, those bellows became hushed words of shock and sympathy. Back in Michigan, the Central Lake athletic director's voice cracked over the phone as he reminisced. "This is a little town," Barry said. "People really rally around people like Ryan. ... He did things the right way for the right reasons." Subcribe on latest information about this in the reader  Subscribe in a readerAdd This Page to YOUR's bookmarks olympic marathon trial, olympic marathon, olympic marathon trials 2007, brandon leslie, 2008 olympic marathon trials results |
| New York City Marathon NYC 2007 Posted: 04 Nov 2007 05:56 AM CST I add this page to MY bookmarks new york marathon route, new york marathon map, small sunfish, cantillate, spherical bacteriaNew York City Marathon NYC 2007 Long Island Chiropractor, Dr. John Gehnrich, practicing in Rockville Centre, reminded me earlier today that the ING New York City Marathon is tomorrow morning (Sunday) beginning in Staten Island, and ending in midtown Manhattan. There are dozens of chiropractors on hand in New York City, participating in this year's event, and there are cheering zones stationed around mile markers 8, 14, and 22 for those not running the course. According to a 2007 course map, the marathon begins at the Verazano-Narrows Bridge in Staten Island and the course will pass through Dyker Heights, Bay Ridge, Sunset Park, Carroll Gardens, Clinton Hill, and other parts of Brooklyn, up until about mile 13. Runners will also pass through Long Island City in Queens, crossing the East River along the Queensboro Bridge around mile 16. Athletes will head up through the upper East side of Manhattan and into the Bronx around mile 20, through Harlem around mile 22, and into Central Park for mile 23 through mile 26 and to the finish line. I love running! I was in San Francisco just couple of weeks ago for the Nike Women's marathon. I searched two marathon related articles on Planet Chiropractic, one was from 2006 LA Marathon, and the other included some of my thoughts on goal setting and motivational training when running. I also noticed that the Adidas locations I mentioned for foot orthotic scanning included a store in New York ( 610 Broadway, New York, NY 10012 ) but you may want to head over there during a non-marathon day if you're going to get scanned for custom shoes. For chiropractic care, there is a growing list page of DCs in New York. All the best to everyone participating in this year's 2007 New York City Marathon. Subcribe on latest information about this in the reader Subscribe in a readerAdd This Page to YOUR's bookmarks new york marathon route, new york marathon map, small sunfish, cantillate, spherical bacteria |
| Posted: 04 Nov 2007 05:58 AM CST I add this page to MY bookmarks hawaii news, guantanamo, honolulu weather, australian weather, confederation bridgeHawaii Weather People are always asking us at The Aloha Insider what the best time to visit Hawaii is. Frankly, we think Hawaii is a great place to visit any time of year! But here are some things to consider: Although Hawaii's busiest tourist season is during winter (December to February), this has more to do with the weather elsewhere, since many visitors are snowbirds escaping cold winters back home. If cost is a major factor for you, think about visiting in the relative off-season of summer or early fall, since April through mid-December is when hotel prices are at their lowest. Average temperatures differ very little from winter to summer. June through October is the hottest period, while rainfall is heaviest between December and March -- but neither extreme is worth worrying over. Daily temperatures in Honolulu average a high of 84F (29C) and a low of 70F (22C). If you're a surfer, you won't want to miss the Christmas-time action around Oahu's North Shore, but if windsurfing or diving is more your thing, you'll find the waters at their calmest in July and August. Subcribe on latest information about this in the reader Subscribe in a readerAdd This Page to YOUR's bookmarks hawaii news, guantanamo, honolulu weather, australian weather, confederation bridge |
| Posted: 04 Nov 2007 06:00 AM CST I add this page to MY bookmarks pandemic imdb, pandemic, road to perdition, tiffani thiessen, about a boyPandemic movie reveiw his is a made-for-television movie my Mom taped off the Hallmark Channel several months ago and we only just now got around to watching (we often will record movies like this and then wait to watch them until we're together — by the way, Mom, I have a sci-fi disaster one with Dale Midkiff waiting for the next time you come to MY house!). Anyway, we didn't have super-high hopes for it — deadly virus movies are a dime a dozen, after all, and we've seen them all, I'm sure. But, despite its numerous problems (for one, it's three hours long and really needed to only be two), we found it surprisingly watchable. The movie opens with a pair of surfers on a beach in Australia, one of whom covers his mouth with his hand to cough, and then uses the same hand to pat his pal on the back and say goodbye. The pal heads to the airport and gets on a plane, where he too begins to cough, sending infected droplets plane-wide. And then he begins to bleed from the mouth. And then he dies. Man, I hate it when that happens. The CDC is called in to quarantine the passengers on the plane, but, of course, you can't have a virus movie called Pandemic that's about a successful quarantine, so instead, one arrogant butthead sneaks out and hails a cab, spreading the germ to the cabbie, who spreads it to his next passenger, who spreads it to, etc. etc. etc. This storyline alone would've been enough to make a relatively solid, if unoriginal, movie, but because they needed to fill that third hour, the writers decided to add in an extra twist: one of the airplane passengers also just so happens to be a Dastardly Villain in federal custody. He and the cop he's cuffed to both get taken to quarantine, where the cop promptly becomes sick and has to be isolated. Meanwhile, Dastardly Villain's pals begin working on a plot to bust him out, which we viewers know will mean even more spread of the germ. See above, re: Hate it when that happens. Despite the fact it had too many superfluous subplots and not enough science, this movie was still what I would describe as "entertaining enough." The mysterious bug is a derivative of H5N1, the infamous "bird flu," so that lent it an air of timely paranoia, and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by Tiffani Thiessen, who I mostly know as "Moonface" (as my sister and I called her) from Beverly Hills 90210. She carries the movie quite well, supported as she is by Faye Dunaway, playing the governor of California, and Eric Roberts as the mayor of Los Angeles. All in all, we were entertained. Enough, anyway. Subcribe on latest information about this in the reader Subscribe in a readerpandemic imdb, pandemic, road to perdition, tiffani thiessen, about a boyAdd This Page to YOUR's bookmarks pandemic imdb, pandemic, road to perdition, tiffani thiessen, about a boy |
| Sharkwater Movie Trailer [Digg] Posted: 01 Nov 2007 11:31 PM CDT Sharks have gotten a poor reputation from the movies, so it seems only right that marine biologist Rob Stewart made a film to correct the record. In the time it takes to watch his movie, 15,000 sharks will be killed to supply the growing market for their fins. Help the sharks, don't eat fin soup. |
| Movies Not To Be Missed! [Digg] Posted: 30 Oct 2007 12:14 AM CDT I love to watch movies but sometimes I don't have time to watch them in the movie house, so I buy dvd copies instead and watch them at home. And I want to share my compilation of movie list that interests me because I love those movies that is easy to watch to, and ofcourse has something to do with fashion and beauty. Hope you like my choices... |
| Katie Holmes to Run NYC Marathon on Sunday, November 3rd [Digg] Posted: 29 Oct 2007 01:29 AM CDT Actress Katie Holmes will run the 2007 New York City Marathon and is "determined to complete the race and make [husband Tom Cruise] proud." The NYC Marathon is set to begin on the morning of Sunday, November 3, 2007. |
| Posted: 02 Oct 2007 12:26 PM CDT Tropical Storm Noel is rapidly gaining strength in the Gulf of Mexico and headed WNW at 10 knots from the tropical storm low 100 miles WSW of Key West. Here is a satellite view of Tropical Storm Noel showing the storm system already covering an area the size of Florida. The storm will dump massive amounts of rain on Louisiana and Texas by Friday... |
| Posted: 20 Sep 2007 05:23 PM CDT Tropical Storm Jerry isn't even a tropical depression yet, but could grow exponentially into Hurricane Jerry due to the warm Gulf waters and favorable upper-level winds. What could quickly become Tropical Storm Jerry is currently 115 miles SSW (South SouthWest) of St. Petersburg Florida. Satellite photos and latest storm track information are here. |
| Breaking: 8.2 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Sumatra; Tsunami Alert Issued Posted: 12 Sep 2007 01:07 PM CDT A powerful earthquake centered near the Indonesian island of Sumatra toppled buildings on Wednesday and set off a tsunami alert for the Indian Ocean. At least seven people were killed and 100 injured, The Associated Press reported, quoting local news accounts. |
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