Date:         Sat, 5 Jun 2010 14:53:27 -0400
Reply-To:     Discussion of Topics for Soccer Referees
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From:         Charlie Westerfield <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      World Cup referees outrun players
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Good article talks about the physical conditioning required and tests that
have to be passed.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/06/04/world.cup.referees.fitness/index.html?hpt=C1

For two years leading up to the World Cup, Brian Hall exercised four hours
almost every day.

He lifted weights, jogged, did interval training and monitored his heart
rate while holding a day job. And years before that, he squeezed in workouts
while working 8-to-7 office job as a vice president for procurement at Visa
and a software director.

Hall had one goal: to make it to the World Cup as a referee.