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Job opening for City of Fort Collins, Colorado Bikes Program Manager in Active Expert: Gale Bernhardt
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How to sight during an open water swim and not lose a stroke in Active Expert: Gale Bernhardt
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**WE ARE AVERAGING JUST UNDER 1100 VIEWS OF WEEKEND WARRIORS PER WEEK SINCE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR SO THANK YOU. YOU WILL NOW ALSO NOTICE A PICTURE OF THE WEEK LISTED EACH WEEK. VOTING BY YOURS TRULY SO SUBMIT YOUR BEST (my opinions are final 
). HAVE AN ACTIVE WEEK EVERYONE. Mike
Dean Omori Business Analyst Draper, UT. New High Five PR it the most beautiful city in the world! After a personal best 187 high fives in the NYC marathon, I took the challenge to smash my PR in half the distance at the BMO Vancouver Half marathon last week. Never mind the US-Canadian exchange rate; I garnered a new PR of 305!! The effort was rewarded with this special high five (pictured), along with one from a woman on the corner in a bathrobe, a Veteran in a wheel chair, the bass player and drummer of a band (mid-song!) and a dance with at least one course volunteer! And what was that smell as we entered Yaletown -never mindŠgimme a ³V² for Vancouver! My office transfer request is IN!
Brian Enge, SD office, competed in the ITU Olympic distance race in San Diego alongside a handful of other ActiveX'ers. It was great to see hard core guys like Jeremy Spitzberg and Marc Villanueva ripping up the course. I went 2:18, good enough for 3rd in my age group. I also hung around to watch the pro men with several people from Active including Mike Rouse and Mike Reilly. We witnessed two Americans qualify for the Olympics...very cool and inspiring. Go USA!
Aaron Waldman, Jeremy Spitzberg, Jim Sola, and Marc Villanueva (and others, not pictured) participated in the 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series - San Diego.
On Sunday, Valerie Prestidge, Technical Account Manager for Endurance, ran the Girls on the Run San Diego Sparkle & Shine 5K with her team. As a coach, it's amazing to see the girls build up to run their FIRST 5K & cross the finish line with them. We had our largest event for the San Diego council, with 700+ runners!! Huge kudos to Ashley Peters, Anda Willet & friends Josh Gliko & Christine Davis for volunteering their time at the event.
Anthony Valentino, Senior Account Manager - Sports (San Diego), swam the La Jolla Cove with fellow Active employees on Friday and Saturday. Mother's Day was a day of running with mom starting with the Girls on the Run Sparkle and Shine 5K at Embarcadero Park in downtown San Diego. Anthony's mom ran with his daughter while he ran with his two new buddies from the Linda Vista GOTR program.
MARC LEGLISE (Sr Software Engineer, San Diego) couldn't be with his mother this weekend, so instead he jumped out of a few planes, getting some new pictures to send her. Whether her son is crazier for freefalling or signing up for a triathlon is still up in the air, but she was adamant in her declaration: "pics or it didn't happen."
Amber Martin went to Havasupai, AZ. This trip starts at the Haulapai Hilltop and involves a 10 mile hike to a campground just outside of the Supai Indian Village where there are beautiful waterfalls and swimming holes. The 95 degree weather made the hike just challenging enough and swimming in the pools very rewarding. This was the first backpacking trip with our 10 month old Vizsla puppy.
JR Sherman, Group SVP. Successfully battled the New England "Tough Mudder" last weekend. 10+ Miles up and down Mt. Snow a few times with some nasty obstacles. Hard race, good friends, great time!
Micah Kropp played for the San Diego Old Aztecs in the USA Rugby DII National Playoffs at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista. We defeated the St. Louis Bombers 33-19 in our "Sweet 16" matchup on Saturday. It was my first game following a 6 week layoff due to surgery, so it felt great to return to the pitch. On Sunday we faced off against the Snake River rugby club from Boise that crushed their opponent 66-12 on Saturday. We were down 17-5 at halftime, but were able to score to two late tries to send the game to OT. After an exhausting 120 minutes of rugby, we scored the final try to win in triple overtime. The win allows us to advance to the Final Four in Denver in 3 weeks. Big thanks to fellow Active employees Jason Griffith and Renee Kerouac for cheering us to victory!
PICTURE OF THE WEEK (Micah in Action)
Patti Rosenthal Industry Manager for Cycling. The 6th Annual 12 Hrs of Mesa Verde - 12 Hr mtn bike race & this year's theme was "Disco". The race is held at the famous Phil's World mtn bike trail system in Cortez CO. Race is a sellout every year which starts at 7am & goes until 7pm with over 800 racers with multiple categories. We participated in the 4-women relay team category & placed 14th out of 25 women teams but won best team costume! Always a great time racing with friends & enjoying the post festivities.
Aaron Waldman - Software Engineer SD, Competed and Completed my first Olympic distance triathlon at the ITU World Triathlon San Deigo. This was an amazing event and lived up to the "feel like a pro" atmosphere. Thanks to all the Active volunteers and spectators for their motivation along the way!
Keith Williams, (head of business development) continued his Ironman training with a beautiful english sunny spring day, pumping through 3000ft of climbing on new Tri bike (thanks Active bike scheme, Arch, Greg!). Keith has also had found the IM training balance with the 'Mrs' - where ever she drives, I ride there!
Don Munro of Floral Park, NY, L.I., "Blueberry" doubles tennis tournament. Super Saturday -- 80 degrees and sunny.
Josha Richards, Senior Security Engineer Active Network Information Security recently visited the Outer Banks of North Carolina (OBX) with family and friends. We got to climb several huge dunes at Jockeys Ridge State Park, which is very cool. We went on a night time tour of the Buxton lighthouse (My 2 year old daughter did it too -- all 268 stairs). The rest of the days were filled with kite-boarding (of course), surfing, wake boarding, standup paddle boarding, and relaxing. If you like watersports and haven't checked out the outer banks already, I highly recommend it.
Kristine Vess-Golden (Call Center Manager, Frostburg, MD) and husband Larry Golden (Facilities Assistant, Frostburg, MD) ran the Race Toward The Future 5K to bring an end to the TALO II 5K challenge. It was a beautiful sunny day for the up and back trail run along the Youghiogheny River. This was my first trail run and I finished in second place for my age division. We spent the rest of the day outdoors at Deep Creek Lake, MD and stopped by a local winery to celebrate our run!
David Jones, Account Executive. This past Wednesday evening I raced in the final of a 4 week crit series, Tiger Lane Crits. It is put on by one of the local Memphis racing teams and attracts all of the top riders in the area. There is a Cat 1/2/3, Cat 4, and Cat 5 race; with each race fielding 30+ riders from teams around the Memphis area. I was able to race 3 of the 4 weeks and loved every minute of it. Rubbing tires, hopping curbs, leaning into turns, and avoiding wrecks... all at crazy high speeds was a thrilling experience. This was my first time to race in this particular series and by the fourth week I achieved my goal of placing in the top 10 in Cat 5 (and not breaking any bones). In the picture, I'm wearing the green and black kit.
Cindy Bones Account Manager- Active Faith went Off Road through Beaty Ca, Titus Canyon & Death Valley on Saturday( Day ) then off to Church Saturday Night. Sunday went kayaking again on the same Black canyon as a few weeks ago but, this time hiked through Boy scout canyon. Lots of rope climbs & scrambling and natural hot springs. (Pictured is what I called Booger wall...yes it was HOT boogers! Reminded me of my older sister's bed room wall LOL!) She will kill me for telling you all that 
shhhh she does not work at active.
Meghan Swirski, Department Trainer, Support Active Network. On Saturday morning I made the drive to Mukilteo, WA for the Inspiring Hope 10k race. It was a beautiful, sunny morning, and a good run for a great cause - LOTS of pink everywhere. Finish time of 53:32:4.
Mark Stevens Senior Manager, Learning and Performance. Here is a picture (sorry it's dark, it was EARLY morning) my wife Michele and I joined 100,000 of our closest friends on the Philadelphia Susan G. Komen 5K Walk/Run for the Cure. Our first event ever - it was great fun to play in the street, rather than working above it. Don't look for my time on the Active.com final results site; they only tracked the 800 top runner times. But hey, it was our first time out. Various groups severed as cheerleaders, course guides and the Temple football team helped served the water at the finish line.
Todd Preece "ran/survived" the inaugural 21-mile Rabbit Peak trail race in Borrego Springs, CA. It took 4 hours of constant uphill to reach the summit of Rabbit Peak which was sadly only halfway. The downhill proved to be worse than the ascent as the beating on the loose rocks and sketchy non-existent trail was relentless. The 7+ hour route had frightening sections with sheer 5000 foot drops, cactus that seemed to jump out of nowhere to attack, paralyzing cramps, 100 degree temperatures, and 8000 feet of total climbing. Todd is currently mourning the early death of his brand new trail shoes which were shredded from top to bottom.
Erica Davis Business Analyst reports Greg Roland, Matt Roland, Kyle Dovenbarger hiked Cowles Mountain this weekend sporting their new AXCC tees!
ERIC MA (Product Marketing Lead, CIC) from Xi'an, China - On Saturday, LIN LIN (Senior Recruiter, HR/Admin), SHAWN CUI (Senior Recruiter, HR/Admin) and VERA MA (Manager, MRI) finished their first half marathon in Dalian, they flied 2200 kilometers to the northeast of China to attend the 26th Dalian International Marathon, and all three crossed the finish line before the DNF time, a huge reward for their 6-month training and all the injuries, pains and pressures being through. One of the most excited moments was some 2011 Active China star employees were cheering at the race course from their star trip, overwhelmed with the joy and cheers! On Sunday morning, COLIN LI (Associate Manager, IT) and ERIC did an easy hiking in Mt. Qinling, it was a great trail, fresh air with amazing view, they ran couple of miles, but changed the planned course due to encountered a big snake! Had RouJiaMo at the summit, downhill was epic because of the rain. Worthy doing it again! Sunday afternoon, ERIC went to support the ActiveX soccer team for the fourth league match, unfortunately the opponent gave it up, they auto got a 3-0 win, with the fourth straight win in the group, the team is now ranking 2nd in the league! Then a serious match turned to a friendly, good practice, now planning for the final group game, and think about the quarterfinal match! Meanwhile, the good tidings from the basketball court filled the whole team with joy, they nailed top position of the group!
[China office]55 team members and their managers from four offices in China joined 2012 Active China star trip in Dalian city on the weekend of May 12. We joined cheer leading of Dalian Marathon event on Saturday morning when four employees from Xian joined half marathon race. The group also joined a trip to Dalian SeaWorld and team ice breaking activity over the weekend. Chris Zhang (ActiveWorks), Shelly Yue (China Operations), Hui Ren (ActiveWorks), Jeff Fang (ActiveWorks), Subrina Shen (H&F) and Jean Su (China Operations) took the early morning to do 2.5 hours relaxing and enjoyable hiking on the Dalian coastal mountain hiking route.
Have fun and never bored with friv games in Fueling For Optimal Performance
Posted by mishaola May 8, 2012We stay online many hours daily,working or searching something.But sometimeswe need a break to refresh our mind and boost the energy with funny stuff.Oneof these things which will make you laugh every time is friv online games.Easy to play,without download or registration forms,these gameswill cheer you up fast.
If you are wondering what games can you play for free,here are few of myfavorite.
Air fox is a game with pilots and airplanes,of course.It is year 2215 andthe earth is flooded due to the melting polar ice.You are an Air-fox pilot on amission to protect the floating cities from the enemies.Take advantage of theweapons and extra ships provided but remember enemies are everywhere so youmust destroy everything.You will encounter friendly supply ships that areimpervious to your weapons.
Sniper school is inspired by classic shooting online games where you willlearn to apply precision shooting skills under all conditions.You'll have achance to practice your shooting skills on 3 training games, before embarkingon your first mission.
Catwoman is another funny friv game,bassed on the Warner Bros.Picturesfeature film of the same name.Players will control Halle Berry as Catwoman asthey play the movie, utilizing her unique cat-like skills,senses and cunning todefeat her enemies.
A cool friv game for kids is yepi, made up with basic graphics. In this gameyou've to navigate your little ship through a huge cluster of cubes and avoidcolliding with them.
The aim is to try and reach as far as possible to score the highest points.Thespeed of your ship gradually increases as you keep playing. So, concentratehard enough and try to complete this fun game.Good Luck!
If you want to have fun with your online friends,an interactive friv game isthe perfect choice for that.African Detroit Cop is one of these.You have toguide Eddie make his way through Detroit as a cop. It looks like Eddie is introuble.He isn't used to city life and doesn't understand right from wrong.Help him make judgment calls as he makes his way through Detroit.For everysituation you will be able to choose to talk it out, use force, or dance.
There are thousand of these friv games online and thebest part is that you can choose what you like:action,flash or puzzle,racing orarcade gamesand even games for girls,like Dora cooking games.All you need is aninternet connection and free time.
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Last weekend was the International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Cup event in Huatulco, Mexico. It was a well run event in a beautiful resort city on the south western coast of Mexico. This was the last Team ITU event for 2012 and many of the team members were racing to secure London Olympic starting line spots.
This program was designed to align with the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Solidarity Mission and World Program. One of the goals that the IOC program is aiming for is to organize assistance so those with the greatest needs can gain autonomy. While autonomy is one goal, a fantastic result of the way ITU leadership has organized their particular program is unity.
What I mean by unity is that athletes from different countries, and regions, around the world are united through Team ITU. Athletes (and coaches) in the program support each other in ways that would be impossible if it weren’t for past team events and coaching programs. Of course I could talk about accomplishments in hard numbers (which I’ll likely do at some point) but what I want to emphasize is the intangible results of global programs like this one.
Intangibles include:
- A better understanding for different cultures
- A desire to learn about other countries and lifestyles
- The willingness to help others on the team, though their homes may be half a world away (including sharing of equipment and tips for success)
- The open arms of “once Team ITU, always Team ITU”– so past team members feel welcome and part of the team
- Shared happiness for the success of others and shared disappointment as well
I could go on and on with examples.
When I was on the flight home reflecting on the trip, I wondered if solidarity programs like this one can help unite a world divided by autonomy? While autonomy is a goal, and a good one, I think if you read between the lines of IOC solidarity framework that there is also a goal of unity.
Kudos to ITU leadership for designing a program that helps people be both autonomous and united at the same time.
If only world leaders could accomplish the same.
(More photos are available on my Facebook pages.)
Matthew Clymer, Lead Nurturing went climbing with wife and dogs this past weekend on Mt. Sanitas in Boulder. Great day, awesome weather!! PICTURE OF THE WEEK!!!
Rod Allen finished his second half marathon yesterday. My first was 6 weeks ago. I didn't do as well as I had hoped, but I finished. It just makes me want to work that much harder preparing for my next race. Final time 2:55:30 (0:01:23 faster than my St. Patrick's day race 2:56:53) Pace 13:24/m (6 seconds faster than my St. Patrick's day run) Finished 1068 out of 1100.
Jamie Haaf, Senior Technical Analyst ran her first ever full marathon, the BMO Vancouver Marathon which wound through the city to views of the harbour and mountains. Andrew Chau was also running his first ever marathon and we noticed Active marathon veterans Tony Whelan and Lauren Eder on the course.
Aleyna Perszyk-Dorr, Associate Manager, Market Research & Insights was in the Philippines where I completed a gnarly hike/cliff climb in El Nido on the island of Palawan. I would bet that ropes would have been used in most places for this climb, however not in the Philippines. My hands and legs were bloody and bruised by the end, but the view was more than worth it.
Celia Wang, Online Marketing Analyst reports the weekend activity report from Chengdu office cycling team. Shawn Xu, Daniel Qin, Karen Huang, Jason Gou, Leon Lai and Celia Wang had a wonderful off-road biking time with their friends in this weekend. Not only enjoy the muddy trails across two mountains after rain, but also have fun to pick cherry and loquat. This is the first time that ActiveXers in Chengdu office had a chance to enjoy off-road rain biking together!! They’re going to try it again soon in a beautiful sunny day.
ERIC MA (Product Marketing Lead, CIC) from Xi’an office reported last weekend two ActiveX teams - basketball and soccer teams won 4 games in two days from Gaoxin District League, BRUCE XU (QA Engineer, League One) led the basketball teams achieved 2 wins, boys got the return from every day noon workout! (No photos); While TONY CHEN (QA Engineer, Information Systems) guided team for 2 straight victories from the soccer field, 2-1 and 5-0! Usually there’re Spring and Autumn seasons for two teams, this is definitely the best opening ever for the new season! However, it will be very crucial next weekend, each team need two more wins to get us through to the next round! Add oil!
Kate and Emma Alberga competed in the Itsy Bitsy Division of the Spring Sprint Sunday at Mission Bay in San Diego.
Mike Reilly this weekend at the finish line of Ironman St. George, Utah with Women’s winner Meredith Kessler of San Francisco. It was a brutal day with 5 foot chop in the lake (started about 5 minutes after the start) and 45 mph winds with heat for ride and run. Almost a 30% DNF rate.
I'm happy to report that Margaret Weniger, Sports Sales Manager, and her sister Erin completed the Flying Pig Half Marathon in Cincinnati, OH. It was amazing to see how much the city gets into this event. The course showed off the beautiful parts of the city running along the Ohio river and through downtown. We survived the treacherous hills and enjoyed crossing the "Finish Swine" together!
Barbara Perser from Active Network Faith participated in the Heels and Hills 5K on Sunday. Pictured with Mark “Marathon Man, Iron Man, Motivator” Lindsley! After the 5K, Barbara and her husband Philip went kayaking for 3 hours. What a weekend!
I'm Ruth Sams working in New York City for StarCite/Morgan Stanley. I see your weekend warrior emails every week and would like to contribute some pictures I took of the Five Borough Bike Tour that took place this weekend. These pictures are from my building’s roof deck in Brooklyn Heights. Although I didn't ride this year, my husband is down in the crowd center upper left.
Molly Ercole, Event Planner in Philadelphia, and her husband Josh, completed their fourth Broad Street Run this past Sunday. The Broad Street Run is a 10-mile, point-to-point course, named one of the fastest 10-mile courses in the country by Runner's World. The course is a pleasing run past the varied neighborhoods of Philadelphia and finishes inside the Philadelphia Navy Yard. This year saw 40,000 runners and definitely the best group of spectators so far!
Kate Kunert (left), with the RTP-Interactive group in Avon, participated in the Spartan Military Sprint race at Fort Carson army base in Colorado Springs, CO with friends. Just less than 5 miles of 20+ muddy obstacle goodness on a hot 85-degree day... awesome.
Tony Whelan (Burnaby, Senior Project Consultant), ran the Vancouver marathon on Sunday. A new course this year, it seemed pretty hilly for the first 30 Km and I think I paid a price for that at the end. The last 10 Km required frequent walk breaks to quiet a barking hamstring and quad, so I missed my goal time, but made it around. It was a beautiful day, running through a beautiful city.
Toby Guillette, Social Media Specialist, San Diego -- cashed in the epic ActiveX PTO day to attempt a "new" run in Joshua Tree National Park. My crew of ultra-running buddies and I ran the 37-mile California Riding and Hiking Trail in 7hrs49min. We also used Reserve America to book the campsite!
Gretchen Zimmerle, Account Support Assistant Boulder, CO and her 17 year old daughter ran the Spartan Race this last Sat. It was brutal! And I do mean brutal! I have attached a picture of us at the end.
On Sunday Kyle Rose and Justin Gritzmacher from the Boulder office participated in the Spartan Adventure Race at Fort Carson, Colorado Springs. The race consisted of 22 obstacles spread out over 4.5 miles. As first timers we had no idea what to expect….and may have been a bit under prepared J Carrying a 60lb pack up a 1/4 mile hill and crawling for 100yds through mud can be managed….but when you have to carry another 50lb sand bag up a steep incline and then drag a cinder block up and down a 25yrd hill….we started to wonder what we had gotten ourselves into. When we then had to throw a javelin and swim through 50yds of covered mud pits….we finally realized we should have trained more. Crossing the finish line would have been a welcome relief, except you had to go through two Spartans with jousting sticks trying to knock you to the ground. All that being said…..can’t wait til next year!
Scott Noblit (Interaction Designer in the UX group) and I did the 5 Boros bike ride in New York this past weekend. The 5 boros is 42 miles through all five boroughs of NYC. It ends on Staten Island after a ride over the Verrazano Bridge.
Linda Heck, Human Resources Generalist. Attached is a picture of our TALO group completing their 5km run in the Starbuck’s Hazel 5km Run which is part of the annual Mississauga Marathon held this past weekend. Participants are Olga Ovdiyenko, Steve Sherwood, Tanya Grishnin, Joy Boire, Marc Feudo, Ammara Ul-haq and Carlo Costanzo.
Teresa Kliegerman, Senior Business Systems Analyst Development. Last ski day for Colorado ski resorts was Sunday, May 6, with the closing of Arapahoe Basin. Took a couple of runs in the a.m. before the crazies in their tutus and ukuleles (yes, really) took over.
Justin Moser (Marketing, Outdoors) and Whitney Lawrence (Account Manager- Business Solutions) completed the beautiful Colorado Marathon and Colorado Half Marathon in Ft. Collins, Colorado, this weekend, along with buddy Jared Davis. Whitney clocked in a new PR by five seconds in the half, while me, doing the full (3:11:59), made my goal of not getting injured and seeing some beautiful scenery in Poudre Canyon.
Stacey Johnson, Senior Account Manager. My 61-year-old mom called me up on Saturday afternoon and said: “Hey Stace, you wanna run a half marathon tomorrow??” (I want to be like my mom when I grow up. J) Of course I did! We ran the Safari Park Half yesterday, and it was awesome. When most people think of San Diego, they think of our beautiful beaches. This race was a tour of our beautiful countryside… wineries, farmland, valleys, some killer hills, and even roaming horses, cows, and camels… and a great ending inside the Safari Park, complete with cheetahs and elephants just a fence (thank you) away. The best part was watching my rockstar mom cross the finish line!
Janean Nation, Account Manager –Communities, ran in the Safari Park Half Marathon on Sunday. The weather cooperated quite nicely and stayed cool and cloudy until the race was done. It was a rolling course through the San Pasqual Valley, ending right by the cheetahs in the Park. Some amazing views, and a couple killer hills, but one of the coolest finisher medals I’ve received made it all worthwhile.
Ben Weinbaum and Evan Bricker from the San Diego office both completed our first half-ironman this weekend at the Wildflower Triathlon in Lake San Antonio, CA. Battling 80 degree heat and some SERIOUS hills both finished with great times of 6:30:12 and 6:49:48!
Mike MacDonald and his wife Autumn went camping near Lake Cuyamaca in San Diego County with a group of friends. On Saturday we ventured out to Three Sisters waterfall, which was a bit more intense of a hike than we had anticipated. We had a friend with us that is 5-months pregnant but she made it look easy. Parts of the hill were near vertical and extremely slick with dust. The hike ended up being 1500 vertical feet of climb, most of which happened within a very short distance. Well worth it though!
On Saturday, a group of Active employees & friends participated in the 6th Annual Cinco de Mayo Trail Run in Poway. Austin Braaten, Jen White, Ryan Scanlon & Valerie Prestidge took on the 10K, a grueling out-and-back course with constant up-and-down terrain, into Blue Sky with a quad-burning +10% climb to the Ramona Dam. Anda Willett & Tyler Jump crushed the challenging 5K, running to the finish with smiles as their friends cheered them on. Overall wonderful event that challenged the entire group AND did we mention, this was Anda’s FIRST 5K?!?! Way to push the envelope & conquer that first 5K!!
Jamie Snow, Product Marketing Manager, Associate participated in the 2012 SDYC Yachting Cup this past weekend. It is one of the largest sailing regattas of the year. Among the boats that participate are Farr 40’s J120’s and J105’s. I sailed on a Flying Tiger which is a 30ft race boat made for speed. There is a fleet of about 10 Flying Tigers here in San Diego and 6 made it out this year. It could have been windier (it always can be windier in San Diego!). All in all it was a great couple of days on the water.
Georgiana Foletta, Business Solutions, and daughter Madison participated in the Pacific Grove Just Run Kids 3k.
Eric. Olson (GM, SMB Business Solutions) kicked off the season at St Anthony's triathlon in Florida. It was awesome to do this iconic race -- and even better to do it with my wife Mary Beth, who raced in a stacked pro field as a tune up for upcoming key races at St Croix 70.3 and Ironman Texas.
Frank Michaelis reports for his volunteer day, planned out the trail building day with IMBA and Parks Canada representative. Pictures are from the trail building day. 50 people volunteer to work on 5 projects to improve the condition and safety of the trails.
Moira Clark, Account Executive, Rob Powell, Alan Deicas, Moira Clark, David Eisler, &Jeff Wilson ran the La Jolla Half Marathon this weekend in perfect raceconditions. Jeff Wilson PR'd with a1:38:12 on the hilly course.
Don Munro reports another chilly weekend in NY, but my Active Network jacket kept me warm on the tennis courts!
Anh Wetzel, Technical Specialist reports it was a perfect weather for riding bike. I went on a 20 miles bike ride; exploring the Wissahickon Trail in Philadelphia. The park is a serene trailway, giving an out of the world peace of mind experience from the hustle-&-bustle life of living in a city. Riding my bike along the creek is so relaxing. I find it hard to believe that I'm still in the city.
Sharon Arosemena (Sales Coordinator) participated in her first 5K run to benefit an after school program that she volunteers with called Kids Beach Clubs. With her in the picture are her two mentees, Trinity and Tristen Harris. The girls did the 1 mile fun run and Sharon ran the 5K.
Heather West (Levine), Project Coordinator did the American River Parkway Half Marathon on Saturday. The race was on the beautiful American River bike trail in Sacramento and the proceeds from the race benefitted the trail as well. My parents also walked the race...this is the only half marathon to have a separate course for walkers. The weather was pretty good, and I got a new PR - 2:53! I'm gettin' faster! Here’s a picture of me (on the left) and my race buddy basking in the glow of another PR.
Zach Panther (Software Engineer, Bothell) ran the Hero’s Half in Everett, WA with his wife Shannon and good friends Brad and Becky. This Hero’s Half is dedicated to raising funds for a very special cause, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. St. Jude helps make a difference in the lives of children fighting cancer and other life-threatening illnesses in communities everywhere. Zach ran the 10k version of the race while Shannon did the true half marathon in preparation for her first full Ironman in Coeur d’Alene, ID this summer. We had a great time and would definitely recommend the event.
Cindy Bones Account Manager - Active Faith went "RAMBones" on Saturday morning at the local gun range, then attended Saturday night "rock & roll" Church Services at Green Valley Christian. Sunday flying to Dallas for our annual DC12 Dynamic Church Conference can’t wait to meet our Church customers & eat BBQ with my co- workers.
JONATHAN SPOONER and MARC LEGLISE (San Diego) ventured up to Mammoth with a group of friends to catch some end-of-the-season snow. The crowds were light and the weather was beautiful. Even without fresh powder, there's something to be said for bombing hills in springtime heat, avoiding the rocks on the way down.
Phil Graham, out of our Draper, UT office, rode around the White Rim trail Saturday. The White Rim trail is close to Moab, UT in the Canyon Lands National Park where the Green River and the Colorado River meet. It's an epic mountain bike ride 100 of miles, 6,500' of climbing and when riding unsupported about 8.5 hours in total. Fortunately the weather cooperated staying a sunny 65-70 degrees with a cool breeze. Photos are mid trail at some amazing rock formations.
Christine Crosby, Sr. Account Executive for Faith, ran the La Jolla Half Marathon this weekend. It was a beautiful day in San Diego to run a half marathon. We ran the challenging course from Del Mar, up Torrey Pines and through La Jolla. It was difficult, fun, and rewarding all at the same time!
Sarah Giacalone brought her Ragnar Team out for Round 2- at the La Jolla Half Marathon. Beautiful run, great company, ended with a big BBQ J can’t think of a more perfect Sunday!!
Michael McDermott, Dir. Sales Resorts registered his 7 year old daughter, Elizabeth, for her first run in the Cherry Creek Sneak in Denver. She ran the 1.5 mile sprint with my wife Paula and me. We finished as a family in 12 minutes. This is now her personal best record.
Lisa Woll - Archipelago 40 mile mountain bike ride from La Costa to Sorrento Valley on dirt through San Diego back country. Mr. Archipelago (Rich Julien ) puts this great event together every year. Jeremy McGrath even showed up.
MICHAEL STRICKLAND (Senior Copywriter) took his daughter Molly on her first hike last weekend on Palomar Mountain. Obviously she has lots of room to grow into her baby backpack, so there's plenty of more hiking in our future!
eteamz PLUS members: build your Tournament Brackets with us! in eteamz - the blog
Posted by Active_Chanson Apr 27, 2012You probably already know that eteamz offers a Tournament Bracket builder tool to our PLUS members, but have you seen all the cool enhancements we’ve made to it lately?
Make it your own
For starters, each bracket type (Double Elimination, Single Elimination, LLB DoubleElimination, Pool Play and Round Robin) now has advanced customization capabilities.
Change colors, font types and sizes, add images or text – you name it! All customizations are displayed when the bracket is printed, published or previewed!
Locations, Locations,Locations!
eteamz Locations are now integrated in the brackets, so you can choose from locations that already exist in your eteamz site. OR, you can enter a new location on the fly!
Locations now link to Google Maps. Enter a full address for a location (either in the Locations folder in eteamz OR the locations field on the tournament bracket), so users can easily get a map to the game!
Date, Time and Location can now be copied to avoid time-consuming data entry. Click the new copy icon to copy data from the first line to all subsequent lines.
Flexibility and Ease of Use
TBA is now displayed when a game time is not entered. What you don’t know now, you can update later.
Modify game numbers – no longer are you stuck with the game numbers you entered originally. Use the dropdown to modify the numbers.
Sort by game numbers – sometimes we need a different view. Switch between sorting between game number and bracket/round whenever you feel like it.
From the Publish pop up, you can now:
- Delete a bracket from your site
- Specify the order of items on your site
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