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Lead Stories: Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Hershey’s Track & Field Games celebrates 30th year with yesterday’s legends and tomorrow’s rising stars

Posted August 6th, 2007 at 5:09 PM by Jessica Galvano

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Notorious for it’s beloved chocolates, Hershey recently celebrated a thirty-year commitment to youth athletics. At this year’s 30th Hershey’s Track & Field Games, Olympic icons joined 560 youth athletes in an effort to promote active lifestyles among North America’s children and teens.

Originally founded by Dr. Donald P. Cohen, Hershey’s Track & Field Games had an early beginning in 1975. Thirty years later, the event has gained international acclaim; this year, Hershey’s field of over 500 North American youth athletes proudly welcomed 16 of their Chinese peers in competition.

Along with the increasing global interest in the Hershey Games, Olympic athletes have begun to involve themselves in encouraging the world’s youth to embrace fitness as a part of everyday life. Legendary figures of years past to attend to event included Carl Lewis, Bruce Jenner, Michael Johnson, and Rafer Johnson.
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Enjoy the post-race celebration
. . . but skip the bubbly

Posted December 18th, 2006 at 10:00 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: Running & Training, Injury & Rehab, Health & Fitness

A few years ago (while I was living in Florence, Italy) I trained a good friend of mine to run the Rome Marathon.

I paced him throughout the cobble-stone laden course and he crossed the finish line in just over 4 hours; an excellent time for a first-time marathoner.

After the race, as I gleamed with pride over his accomplishment, we went to a restaurant near the Coliseum to stuff our faces and I did what any good friend would do to celebrate such a milestone . . . I ordered a bottle of champagne.

No, alcohol and post-race recovery are not a match made in heaven (especially when so many runners’ stomachs are already in knots), but we were caught up in the aftermath of his glory. We were also in Italy, where alcohol is an important and respected dimension of the culture.
So as they say . . . “When in Rome”!
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