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February 20, 2013

MY PERFECT ADVENTURE

About eight years ago, Boris Mordkovich stumbled upon a travel blog about a man who decided to quit his job, buy a Land Cruiser, find three travel buddies, and circumnavigate the globe. “I couldn’t believe average people were capable of that sort of thing,” the 27-year-old Lithuanian-American told Outside recently. “Leave work for a year? Drive around the world? How was that even possible?” But however crazy the idea seemed, it stuck, and Mordkovich, who moved to the United States from Lithuania when he was 13 years old, eventually gave in to his wanderlust and organized a similar adventure himself. – Read More –

February 20, 2013

ATHLETES THINK FASTER

New research suggests that elite athletes – Olympic medalists in volleyball, for example – perform better than the rest of us in yet another way. These athletes excel not only in their sport of choice but also in how fast their brains take in and respond to new information – cognitive abilities that are important on and off the court. – Read More –

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