It must be the warmer weather and its resultant skimpier clothing: one of several issues about which the Internet’s think piece-industrial complex has been especially vocal lately is school dress codes. Here, as elsewhere, America seems to be liberalizing, and […]
Category: Column
Body Transformation Challenge, Local News
BTC alumni news: Cristina Kumka runs 104 miles
On Sunday, May 31, Cristina Kumka a previous Body Transformation Challenge participant from Pittsford, ran 104 miles in 48 hour as part of the Endurance Society’s Infinitus challenge. Participants ran a figure-eight loop around Goshen, Moosalamoo and Silver Lake out […]
The Movie Diary
Double trouble
By Dom Cioffi Margreet Zelle knew how to get attention. Born into an affluent family in the Netherlands in the latter 1800s, Margreet was accustomed to the finer things that wealth and privilege had to offer. However, when her father’s […]
Body Transformation Challenge
Coach’s corner: Etiquette
By Kyle Finneron Welcome to the gym. This may be your first time in the weight room or you may be a seasoned pro. Unfortunately, people tend to forget that the gym and the weight room are shared spaces. This […]
Body Transformation Challenge
Participant reflections, week 2
Barb Wood I’ve really started to hit a groove. I am trying to work out four or five nights a week. When I can’t make it to the gym, I try to pick up the pace wherever I might be. I […]
Body Transformation Challenge
Coaches Corner: Overcoming obstacles everyday
By Beth Roberts When first meeting with a client, I ask them to define any obstacles they feel they must overcome to achieve their goals. Time is almost always in the top three. We all lead busy lives but there […]
VT Beers
Vt. Beers: Tasting the Difference
Editor’s note: This is the inaugural edition of a bi-weekly Mountain Times column, in which writer Paul Kowalski chats with members of our region’s beer and brewing community about Vermont-made beers. Every two weeks, he’ll visit with a different member […]
Altitude Sickness
Altitude Sickness: Cathartic exersize, of love and loss
My rest period theory was incorrect. The rest was welcome and I popped off several shorter uphill/downhill runs at record paces, but when I went for a longer run (up Killington Road and up Killington Peak to the top […]
Looking Back
School is out…now what?
When I was a kid in the 50s there was a phrase I often heard chanted at this time of year, “No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers’ dirty looks!” I really liked school, so that chant didn’t […]
The Outside Story
The Outside Story: Sea Lamprey, scary looking, but good for the river
By David Deen Most people do not like sea lampreys even though they have never even seen one. The fish have a bad reputation as an invasive species in Lake Champlain. Their appearance is also alarming. These are the fish […]