I was supposed to be in England, but due to unforeseen events I flew back from England the night before in to Boston and ended up going to Fenway both days and pretty much last second decided to run the course. I actually didn’t bring any of my race gear with me on Saturday and raced in the wrong sneakers and jeans and a button down shirt one. • Registration and Festival: The registration area was just across the street from Fenway and this was a smart decision as it kept large amount of people off the streets and way from the one closed city block set up for the venue booths and sponsors. The festival area at a place like Fenway is not as simple to set up as other venues as Spartan could not provide the finisher beer in the stadium or on the closed street and racers had to go to a local bar. They also couldn’t have booths selling products inside the stadium so they had some booths in doors, but most outside. Considering the challenges, Spartan did a really good …show more content…
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The next obstacle was two sections of bungee cords to crawl/roll under. The course now went on a really long sprint throughout the entire stadium and eventually made its way to the heavy rope jump-rope obstacle/challenge. It came time again for a longer sprint and the next obstacle up was a water jug carry (two jugs for the men and one for the women), which went for a nice and short distance and wasn’t the much of a challenge. It should be noted that the carry distance was changed on Sunday and made shorter and
The multi-purpose arena that I have chosen to evaluate is Boston University’s Agganis Arena. This arena is considered to be the next generation of Boston sports and entertainment by incorporating the latest multimedia technologies and providing the finest possible sight lines and views of the action. The arena is located within Boston University's new $225 million John Hancock Student Village, a 10-acre hub of activity designed to be the thriving center of student life and athletics, Agganis Arena is a state-of-the-art, multipurpose sports and entertainment center scheduled to open in January 2005. A 290,000-square-foot premier venue with 6,300 seats for hockey and ice shows, the Arena is expandable to over 7,200 seats for concerts, sporting events, and family shows.
The building and naming of Fenway Park goes back to 1912 with the help of John Taylor. Fenway Park was built by a wealthy man named John Taylor. He was the owner of the Boston Braves at the time and needed a ballpark to play in while the Boston Braves' was under construction. He found a small piece of land called "The Fens" at the time and decided it would be perfect, "The new ballpark was constructed for the 1912 season and was named by then Red Sox owner John I. Taylor. He said, 'It's in t...
Prior to the current stadium, the Cowboys’ home was one of the most recognizable professional sports stadiums of its time. According to Stadiums of Pro Football, “Texas Stadium, seated nearly 66,000 fans and was known for its partial roof where weather conditions could play a factor in each game,” (Page 1). Stated in the official Irving, Texas fact sheet pertaining to Texas Stadium “the stadium was constructed at a cost of 35 million and lasted from its opening date in 1971 until it was closed in December of 2008,” (Page 2). The new stadium built to replace Texas Stadium in 2009 named Cowboys Stadium, is luxurious to say the least, not to mention it is practically brand new. Altough 4 years later reported by Star Telegram, “Cowboys Stadium would now be known as AT&T Stadium under a multimillion-dollar naming-rights deal between the iconic football team and the Dallas-based ...
Many people don't understand the point in playing baseball. Why would someone swing a stick, hit a ball, and try to get back to where they started before the ball returns? What pleasure is there in that? Why not participate in a sport like wrestling or track where there is an obvious level of individual improvement and therefore pleasure. Well, I play baseball because of the love I have for the sport, and because of the feeling that overwhelms me every time I walk onto a baseball field. When I walk onto a field I am given the desire to better myself not only as an athlete, but also as a person. The thoughts and feelings I get drive me to work hard towards my goals and to be a better person. The most relevant example of these feelings is when I stepped on the field at Runyon Complex in Pueblo, Colorado during our high school state playoffs in 2003. This baseball field will always be an important place to me.
When many people think of a baseball field, they think about the grass in the outfield, the sand in the diamond, but many do not think about the structures on the baseball field specifically, the dugout. With the most recent renovations to the actual field, it is time to also improve the dugouts in which the players sit. I believe that installing new dugouts for the baseball field would substantially increase the appearance and functionality of not only the field, but the entire complex as a whole.
During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Major League Baseball, much like the majority of other American institutions, was racially segregated. A color barrier was implemented during baseball’s infancy in order to separate people of different race to cater to the white American players. The color barrier was an unofficial “rule” that hindered those with dark skin from playing baseball for Major League teams. The color barrier was enforced by preventing any teams with a colored player from competing at the professional level. Many team owners, umpires, and players justified their opposition to allowing blacks to play by declaring that only whites could uphold the "gentlemanly character" of professional baseball. Others argued that excluding blacks would prevent future racial resentment between the ethnicities, as players of different races would be competing for the same job opportunities.
The rest of practice was pretty normal. I even shaved thirty second off of my five mile time! Which would’ve been great if I didn’t have this major pain in my chest the whole time. Weird. . .
The first time in which baseball was referred to as “the National Pastime” came from a New York newspaper titled the New York Mercury in 1856. But, this title for baseball came a bit early. Baseball during the time was a New York game played mostly by immigrants. People who were new to America adopted the game as their own, making new baseball clubs, while the Knickerbockers continued to thrive...
From the sandlot to stadiums seating over fifty thousand people, the game of baseball has provided people of all ages with a
My sophomore year eager to begin baseball season, I've have so much detonation and disappointment from the prior year. The team and i had been preparing our butts off this off season. We were determined to break the curse of the baseball team. Out of the past teams no one never made it passed the fourth round and we were willing to do anything to change that. This was the year that we told our self's that were we going to make it the distance and nothing was going stand before us. We needed to be the team to recall as the ones who broke the condemnation and made it to state.
I stood at the front gate of Fenway park, home of the Boston Red Sox, where the Green Monster stands tall, the year of 2013. As soon as I walked in through the front gate, the warm smell of hot buttery popcorn made my mouth water with comfort. This familiar smell brought me back to the times I went to baseball games with my Dad and grandfather. The spots of spilled soda stains stick and sizzle on the cold hard concrete floors surrounding the stadium. The steam of a freshly boiled hot dog fills my nostrils with delight. A few moments later the umpire had a scratchy voice that emitted through the stadium and announced, “Play Ball”. Then the fans all seated waiting for the game to begin. After a few minutes the 1st inning began and one of the most
The original ballparks were made out of wood and they were extremely dangerous because of the fire hazard they created. But, in 1909 the first steel ballpark was created. These ballparks were usually extremely expensive and elaborate. Some ballparks were said to replicate a palace. However, the ballparks that the organized game of baseball were played in had some drawbacks, mainly in their placement. The ballparks were found in middle-class urban neighborhoods, miles from the major cities. Spectators had to take a thirty to forty minute trolley ride to arrive at the ballparks. Also, the ballparks were usually oddly shaped in order to fit within the neighborhood that they were placed in. Baseball had an organized way to play the game but, they did not have fields that were a particular shape and size until the late twentieth
There was really no way to know which drill was next, they were all randomized to keep each player on their toes. Not every drill is a drill that shows a player’s skill or how good they are. The coaches would do drills where they would give us game-like situations and see how we would react to see how we would perform in a live game. At the end of each week, the head coach would sit down and talk with every player. At the end of week one the coach told me that he could tell I was very nervous and that I needed to relax because he knew I had the talent and skill for varsity baseball I just needed to show it.
AT&T Stadium (formerly known as Cowboys Stadium) was introduced to the world on May 27, 2009, when country singer and Texas-own George Strait performed in front of 60,188 fans. A few months later, on September 20th, and 4 years to the day after the stadium ground was broken, the Cowboys played their first regular season game versus the New York Giants. The attendance on this historic night was 105,121. Although AT&T Stadium’s listed capacity is 80,000 people, the standing room only areas on the east and west side of the stadium referred to as Party Passes ($29) gives the stadium the potential to hold up to 105,000.
Going into the first race we had not expected much since Susan and I had never run this type of race. There were so many crucial things that we had to remember. It wasn't just to get out of the blocks and burn up the track; there was a baton involved, a certain amount of steps to take, and even a certain way to hold the baton.