Outdoors

City to host triathlon next Sunday
Can’t make it to London? Then cheer on the racers who will swim, bike, and then run at the Marlborough Triathlon next Sunday. Athletes taking part in the race can pick up their packets at the main entrance of Marlborough High School starting Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. Registration for the three-part race closes Sunday at 8:20 a.m. There ... (Globe Correspondent, 12 a.m.)
Mass. program draws women to great outdoors
Title IX, signed into law 40 years ago next month, put women on the playing field, forever changing the way we think about athletics in this country. What Christine Thomas started a couple of decades later wasn’t quite as monumental, but for many American women, it also opened up a new world: the great outdoors and its abundant sporting opportunities. (Globe Staff, 5/20/12)
Late burst pushes Brown to upset of Harvard
WORCESTER - For Brown, the 2,000 meters of the Eastern Sprints provided a perfect snapshot of the crew’s spring season. (Globe Correspondent, 5/14/12)
Getting started in rock climbing near Boston
Information about rock and ice climbing in the Boston area. (Globe Correspondent, 5/13/12)
At the Quincy quarries, climbers find challenge and community
Shashank Rathore clung to a sheer face of rock at the Quincy quarries, one toe planted on a tiny half-inch ledge, the other one groping fruitlessly for a foothold. He swung his leg side to side, brushing his toes in vain against the rock. Fellow climbers called out suggestions from the ground below. One thing seemed to be on everyone’s mind: Would this novice’s grip give out before he found a spot, sending him plummeting to the ground? (Globe Correspondent, 5/13/12)
