| In his infectious enthusiasm for the event, Mayor Rybak purchased roller skis to practice off-season for the City of Lakes Loppet. |
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| He signaled to the coach that during off-season he wanted to get better and to do so in a deliberate way. |
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| Each year the Babe would report for spring training hugely overweight after an off-season indulging in food, booze and women. |
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| But with a tumultuous off-season looming, Bateer's return to Denver is far from a sure thing. |
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| Helio spent the off-season playing tennis with presidents, among other things. |
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| We wish our fans and fellow racers a happy and healthy off-season and wonderful start to the new year. |
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| During the off-season I usually train abs three times a week, with at least one day of rest in between. |
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| The holiday I'm about to describe should be taken annually, off-season, with large doses of sloth and solitude. |
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| Churchill officials expect the suites to be used off-season for meetings, weddings, and receptions. |
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| Rest assured that as the off-season looms, I will continue to get my life in tip-top shape for next year. |
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| Without this premium, it is clear that no producer could justify supplying milk off-season. |
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| I agree, hotel prices there are astronomical off-season which I think is odd. |
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| To ensure that she was bringing her own best, Holdsclaw, 25, decided to spend part of the off-season playing overseas in Korea. |
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| He has spent his off-season clearing out all those either not good enough or not willing enough to play for Newcastle. |
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| The general manager went into the off-season looking for a leadoff hitter, cleanup hitter and closer. |
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| Toronto has a Blue Jay Caravan that in the off-season goes across Canada putting on baseball clinics. |
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| Most major beer companies plan their seasonal promotions a full year in advance and they focus on off-season holidays as well as the big ones. |
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| The company has expanded its vegetable line of products to take advantage of the off-season market in the European Union. |
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| During off-season dealings, when home loans are in less demand, lenders are more likely to waive some of the fees they typically charge. |
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| Prices in season can often be Manhattan-high, with hotel rooms going for double and triple their off-season rate. |
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| It is a major off-season boost for the town's hospitality trade and underlines the ever growing importance of the college to the area's economy. |
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| This means studying before and after class as well as spending part of the summer and off-season preparing for the next semester. |
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| Facilities open next month, but if you contact them before May 1, you can get off-season rates per person or group. |
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| And, research your travel destination thoroughly to determine if traveling in the off-season makes sense. |
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| The camp could also boost revenues by adding off-season weekend sessions and leasing camp facilities to religious and nonprofit groups. |
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| The festival is part of the same process, attracting visitors off-season and introducing them to the delights of the area. |
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| Many of these products are not commonly available, are grown off-season to US production, or are more cheaply produced overseas. |
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| Many fish harvesters, in fact, must continue to supplement their fishing income with off-season trade employment. |
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| I get exactly 316 grams of protein a day, a bit more than 1 gram per pound of bodyweight off-season. |
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| For their part, travel companies are slashing their already low off-season rates. |
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| None of the milk was transported off the island and it was often thrown away when demand dipped off-season. |
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| Once upon a time, the resident camp directors spent the off-season preparing for a few intensive summer months. |
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| Overnight rates collapse and bargain offers abound off-season, and the weather disadvantage is not so great. |
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| These you can make yourself or pick up at yard sales or clearance sales off-season. |
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| We follow Bell as he winds up his first losing season ever, to the intense recruiting off-season. |
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| Usually we went there off-season when the water was too cold for swimming and the boardwalk attractions in Point Pleasant had closed. |
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| It's not so bad off-season but sadly known as a place frequented from time to time by car thieves. |
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| Perhaps because they were hiking off-season, with no rangers to check their progress, the boys did not sign the Goat Haunt registration book. |
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| They needed part-time help, and I needed a part-time off-season job. |
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| The Society is offering an off-season sales bargain for about 20 days. |
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| Before his trip to the States, the only clothing Alex could find to fit his massive body when his weight went up off-season was from stores catering to the obese. |
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| But unlike most, who spend a good deal of the off-season binging on their favorite treats, his preparation doesn't include much more than a little fine-tuning. |
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| The old facility will be replaced with an insulated curling rink that will accommodate off-season events, including dances and trade shows. |
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| Are off-season conditioning programs and individual training regimens preventing injuries or contributing to them? |
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| At first, he tended to summer at Moorside and stay at the Farm in off-season. |
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| Temporary work migration, especially in the agricultural off-season, is an important incomeearning strategy for many households. |
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| Although in most cases combined with relatively low spending, such activities can help to mitigate the negative effects of off-season low demand. |
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| There are also plans to enhance the built heritage, develop parks and create off-season activities to extend the tourist season. |
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| You have seen an advertisement for a house to let for a week at the seaside off-season. |
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| The season is different from the off-season, which is different from spring training. |
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| Ruth, too, was famous for performing vaudevillian shenanigans on the off-season barnstorming tours he frequently headlined. |
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| In the meantime, Ramsden may return to All Blacks during the Knights' off-season to keep in condition. |
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| Advances in thermal transfer agents and demonstration of off-season thermal storage could accelerate the wider adoption of thermal storage. |
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| But when you go there off-season, there's almost nobody there. |
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| Sadly, Lovato seems to have been Rowland's classmate in that Reality TV 101 course during the off-season. |
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| But following off-season surgery to his wrist and shoulder, he feels ready for the physical demands of Super League. |
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| It is hugely popular among hunters who want an off-season practice gun to complement their big-game rifles. |
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| In the off-season try to work to improve yourself, because self-improvement is greatly appreciated by the coaches. |
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| Cover crops included crimson clover, generally planted in the off-season to protect the soil. |
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| During the off-season or when domestic supplies fail, imports can be essential to keep shelves stocked. |
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| He smoked some recreational dope and he sniffed a bit of coke in the off-season when he had nothing better to do. |
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| He was at the helm for less than two years and only had one off-season to make trades and sign free agents. |
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| Sunday's appearance was a vital first step towards full match fitness for the Bulls' prize off-season signing Logan Swann. |
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| It guides tourists to the hill station not only in summer but also during the off-season. |
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| Imagine the Scottish curling or swimming championships taking place here, in the off-season for golf. |
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| Among things they do share, though, is an off-season conditioning program so demanding that few ballplayers work harder. |
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| Iowa players squawked all off-season about a lack of respect after last year's success. |
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| We were both just out of college, she worked part time at a commercial greenhouse, and I worked in the off-season for a remodeler. |
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| Do not mow weedy sites or dismantle woodpiles, which provide them safe shelter in the off-season. |
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| During the off-season, you have to work on your muscles to prevent wastage. |
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| Teams look all over for potential talent, and the Indianapolis Colts have certainly been doing that this off-season. |
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| Before the move, the community had high levels of educational attainment, because in the off-season, the community studied at the school. |
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| Rovers win should not surprise as they have built up a very strong forward line over the off-season. |
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| Ten female and 5 male competitive soccer players, divided into 2 groups, completed 12 weeks of tri-weekly training during their off-season. |
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| The winter of 2002-2003 has been an especially busy off-season for me. |
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| There is a myth that teams spend the off-season resting or on vacation. |
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| I love how Jamison came to Dallas in the off-season expecting to be a starter, moved to the bench following the trade for Walker, and hasn't complained one bit. |
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| Since it will be hosted in October, the event will serve as a nice off-season boost for the area and is an occasion that should create huge local interest. |
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| Visitor numbers were already sliding at the Minster, in common with other cathedrals, and it remains to be seen how low the figures will sink in the quieter off-season period. |
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| Serving also for off-season training, the dog's harness outfit works for many other joring sports, such as hike joring, jog joring or dog scootering. |
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| She plays flag football and rugby during the pro football off-season. |
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| He spent part of the off-season lifting weights to gain muscle so he could get off the line with less struggle. |
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| In one photograph, a young man turns away into a blue-gray, liquescent atmosphere that is, to a fare-thee-well, off-season Venice. |
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| Gehrig had an off-season and was in fact a year from retirement. |
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| Cantaloupe production for export to the North Eastern United States during their off-season was expanded. |
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| This measure is designed to prevent Zermatt becoming a ghost town during the off-season. |
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| A lazy off-season afternoon in Palmer's house is like being trapped in a Rube Goldberg cartoon. |
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| One can only hope that his ego gets the best of his common sense this off-season, compelling him to exercise his free agent rights and sign with another team. |
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| These lower-intensity off-season rides provide a great opportunity to incorporate drills to improve road bike handling skills. |
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| In the off-season, my main focus is sponsorship and suite sates, but what I enjoy most is putting together our promotional event calendar. |
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| As the green houses help produce off-season vegetables, the prices will go up like other off-season vegetables, he added. |
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| Choi has expressed a desire to continue her lessons by video conference during the off-season. |
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| Affected trees showed symptoms of proliferation, enlarged stipules, off-season blooming, poorly coloured fruits, and reduction of fruit size. |
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| Food supplies continue to be reinforced by the harvests of rice, off-season crops, and flood recessional crops. |
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| The team acquired two superstar hitters during the off-season. |
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| It provides more negotiating power when you're buying equipment, you can take advantage of off-season bargains, and your savings could be more than what you would have paid out in taxes or on pre-paid purchases. |
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| They increasingly spend longer periods in tourist destinations considered to provide pleasant living conditions, in particular in the South and off-season. |
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| The focus is on developing the economic potential of the sector, for example through the use of new information technologies, the development of off-season tourism and global promotion of Europe as a tourism destination. |
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| One possible interpretation of this is that workers who have filed numerous claims in the past tend to have a low level of job-search intensity because they are seasonal workers who do not search during the off-season. |
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| The form of exercise in the off-season is dictated by the weather. |
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| Furthermore, off-season fruit and vegetables are selling less. |
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| Water table management may facilitate denitrification in the off-season. |
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| From an off-season ski-training activity, then called ski-walking or ski-striding, Nordic walking has evolved into a year-round activity in its own right. |
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| For Americans with a taste for overseas destinations, cheapie off-season flights to Europe and bargain hotels often seem like the easiest and most obvious way to go. |
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| But since they must endure the stress of forced bloom and off-season transplanting, they need special handling to make the transition from hothouse to garden. |
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| The impasse of the conflict also provoked the uprising of non-native fishermen who believe that the Micmac fishermen should not have the right to commercially fish for lobster in the off-season. |
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| The determination of the Porcupine Warriors to make amends is not far-fetched as they matched the Phobians squarely in two off-season matches. |
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| While some mushers train their teams over the summer or the off-season with wheeled rigs or all-terrain vehicles, most wait until September or October. |
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| Rodriguez says he is in good shape after an off-season spent repairing and reconditioning his body, and his timing at the plate is good so far and he has shown flashes of power. |
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| Yet the off-season losses of Tony Boselli, Kevin Hardy and Keenan McCardell have been delt with comfortably in the early games of the year. |
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| In addition, some of the country's largest sugar mills have contracts with the government to supply bioelectricity year-round using bagasse during sugarcane season and fuelwood derived from eucalyptus during the off-season. |
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| Local commentators still refuse to believe that the Quakes will fail to make the playoffs, but even the most optimistic of fans are resigned to an early off-season, nurturing and coiffing their new Chia Pets. |
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| The 15 pounds he lost in the off-season to improve his mobility and endurance have helped him all season, but being lighter on one's feet is particularly useful on clay, where shifting direction is more of a challenge. |
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| That's why, starting this winter, North American Whitetail Television is doing more to reflect the serious deer enthusiast's off-season interests and activities. |
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| In decommissioning, all processing equipment should be thoroughly cleaned and lubricated as appropriate and protected from water, dust and debris during the off-season. |
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| The Lions never lifted after their initial salvo, however off-season recruits Allen Christensen, Mitch Robinson and Beams impressed for the outclassed visitors. |
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| On the other hand, regional extended benefits imply that UI is more generous in less economically favourable areas and subsidizes seasonal industries by tiding workers over in the off-season. |
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| During the off-season, he would pack away his clubs and instead of practicing, would play with his kids and tinker in the garage with his collection of hot rods. |
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| The quarterback hit the weight room, never missed one of the Patriots' 60 off-season workouts and filled out his 6-foot-4 frame with 15 pounds to tip the scales at 200 pounds. |
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| Alternating off-season and precontest cycles in bodybuilding over a period of years will result in the relatively quick development of a championship physique. |
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| In addition, the upland area will be repaired and improved for use by vehicular traffic during the fishing season and for boat storage in the off-season. |
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| A two-time Olympian and Canada's only World Cup silver medallist in luge, the 28-year-old Lauscher begins the 2008 season on the comeback trail after having surgery on both of her shoulders during the off-season. |
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| Research in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas, for example, identified solutions, such as hybrid off-season corn, that conserve soil and water while increasing family incomes. |
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| This off-season, the Jets did not merely toss off the security blanket. |
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| He believes there's no better way to stay motivated during the off-season than to incorporate something you love to do into your weekly exercise routine. |
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| One of the buildings in the park is used as a cooperage for a local entrepreneur who sells his wares in the summer, but in the off-season it is used as a business incubation centre. |
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| With the track surface having been relaid in the off-season, the teams are having to work hard to set the machine up to the new character of the asphalt, especially as regards the bike's front-end settings. |
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