Luck favors the prepared, supposedly. So when cousins Tanya and Jamie Fischer, who train together, were paired in the random draw, they immediately were among the favored teams in the ESPN Great Outdoor Games Mixed Doubles Boom Run.
Hoeschler Boom Runs to gold
Judy Hoeschler was shocked to hear what came out of her daughter's mouth after the women's boom run practice. "She said, 'Mom, I'm going to win this thing,'" Judy recalled. Sixteen-year-old Abi Hoeschler then went on to win the Boom Run gold medal.
Rematch: Fischer wins Boom Run
The problem with racing Jamie Fischer in the Boom Run - and everyone says this - is that he's too fast across the logs to outrun.
You need the guy to fall. Which, normally, shouldn't be a problem on the pitching, heaving timbers.
Salzman rolls with the punches
Right about now, J.R. Salzman is probably running himself raw in the highest altitudes he can find in the northern nub of Idaho.He's there with his sister, fellow logroller Tina Bosworth, hoping to simulate Reno's 6,000-foot elevation.
