Distance Learning
As the health benefits of outdoor activities during the pandemic become clearer, running is experiencing a huge surge in popularity
January 27, 2021 by Steve Palopoli
FOOT HIGH: It seems that more of us than ever are running in the pandemic and it may be boosting our resistance to Covid-19.
If our lives have been defined by Covid-19 over the last year, our health has been defined by what s become known as Covid-15 a joking reference to the pounds that many people have put on while living with quarantine, working from home and generally social distancing since last March.
But for Iraj Zarrinnaal of San Jose, it s more like Covid-13.1 as in 13.1 miles considering the number of half-marathons he ran last year. Zarinnaal did 28 in all, including 17 consecutive weekends of them, on his way to running a total of 2,020 miles in 2020.
When and why you started boxing:
I started boxing when I was eight or nine. Ever since I was little I’d always wanted to box. My dad, Ronnie Shinkwin, was a pro in the ‘80s and ‘90s.
Favourite all-time fighter:
Best fight you’ve seen:
I was there for Michael Katsidis vs Graham Earl at Wembley Arena. I was also there for Dudley O’Shaughnessy vs Erick Ochieng at York Hall in the London ABA final.
Personal career highlight:
Winning a silver medal at the Junior Olympics in 2002 and becoming the Southern Area lightweight champion in 2013 [with a points victory over Ryan Taylor].
NEW YORK – January 20, 2021 – Exciting welterweight prospect Janelson Figueroa Bocachica will meet fellow undefeated Mark Reyes, Jr., in a ShoBox: The New Generation main event bout Wednesday, February 17 live on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET/PT from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. Bocachica vs. Reyes headlines a four-fight card featuring eight compelling prospects with a combined record of 119-4-1, five of whom are undefeated.
Detroit’s Figueroa Bocachica (16-0, 11 KOs) is following up on his dominating performance in his ShoBox debut in October when he faces the power-punching Reyes (14-0, 12 KOs) from Tampa, Fla., in a 10-round welterweight bout. The co-main event will feature unbeaten Russian and Detroit-trained Vladimir Shishkin (11-0, 7 KOs) taking on Ghana’s Sena Agbeko (23-1, 18 KOs) in a 10-round super middleweight matchup. In addition, Alejandro Guerrero (12-0, 9 KOs) of Irving, Texas, returns to ShoBox and faces Mexico’s Abraham Montoya (19-2-1, 14 KOs) in an eig
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Carl Beckstrom
LOUISVILLE, Colo. Carl Robert Beckstrom, 50, lost his battle with COVID-19 on Dec. 16, 2020, at Avista Adventist Hospital in Louisville, Colo. with his loving family at his side.
Carl was born Nov. 21, 1970, in Green Bay, Wis. to Robert and Karen Beckstrom. He married Jenelle Halm on Aug. 16, 2003, in LeRoy, Ill.
Carl is survived by his wife, Jenelle; daughter, Ella of Grand Island, Neb.; his parents, Robert and Karen Beckstrom of Oshkosh, Wis.; sister, Sonja Voeller (Tim) and nephew, Henry Voeller of Cedarburg, Wis.; uncle, Gerald W. McMullen and many cousins from Spokane, Wash., along with the family dogs, Riggs, Tar and Charlie.