Posted by Zach Bigalke on July 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment
We used to take their dominance for granted. But after the events that unfolded in Shanghai on the opening day of swimming the 2011 FINA World Aquatics Championships, the four-year reign of the American men as the kings of the pool is undisputed no longer. After going undefeated in every relay they had contested since 2007 — at the Olympics, at worlds, in other international competitions and regardless the discipline or distance — the... Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on October 21, 2010 · 3 Comments
Wednesday morning really left me with a lot of time to think, and boy was there plenty to think about. I was up before 4:00 am, waking up to drive my wife to the airport for a week away on business. (Sweetheart that she was, having been up awake all night unable to sleep, she had a cup of coffee in hand for me as soon as I walked in the kitchen.) As I drove home in the pre-dawn fog of a cool autumnal morning, her plane turned northward for the short... Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on October 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By the time this goes up on the site, I’ll be somewhere en route to California to the Bioneers conference in San Rafael. The coffee company my wife’s family owns and operates needed a few extra bodies to man their trio of locations at the event, and so I was conscripted for active duty. It’s funny to think, living as relatively close as I do, but this will be the first time that I will have given northern California more than a... Read More
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