By mid-afternoon on a typical day in Alabama, Claudia Bartolome has just finished her array of online classes and is nearing the end of a near-daily run. These days, she is not only trying to keep pace athletically, but also with the nearly endless barrage of text messages and calls from her teammates, family and coaches.
If she does dare to glance at her phone at the end of a workout, another wave of check-in messages surely awaits her, coming from all parts of the globe.