For performers, the desire to move ahead competed with distractions of a nature most had never before confronted.
Cave admits she needs to relax ahead of a race and her unusual preparations see her enjoying a couple of glasses of red wine the night before competing.
When he returned home to Georgia, Nelson said, he continued to train and was "full speed ahead" on competing for another four years.
But as the company rushes to stay ahead of competing services from satellite and electronics companies, AOL Time Warner must also overcome questions about its technology.
But, speaking ahead of competing in today's New York City Marathon, Radcliffe said London officials would be making a 'huge, huge mistake' if that happened.
Two years on from the tripling of fees, the mood is no longer one of fresh optimism or resignation, but a feeling that a long and concerted struggle is ahead between competing visions for education, and competing interests in society.
Talks between European and Chinese officials have failed to resolve the dispute, adding another obstacle to Europe's hopes of challenging the GPS network's global monopoly, just as China and Russia are moving ahead with competing programs of their own.
Mr Kleisterlee also holds monthly lunches to tease ideas out of ambitious younger managers, urging them to think of Philips as an open company with a single overall interest.A good example of how this new approach works in practice is Philips's DVD recorder, launched ahead of competing products last summer.
Selena Roberts SHEA WILL COMPETE: Jim Shea Jr., the United States skeleton squad Olympian whose grandfather, the former speedskating star Jack Shea, died Tuesday at age 91 after an auto accident, said he would go ahead with competing at the Salt Lake Games and now felt less pressure.
