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Quinto Sol: October 2009
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009. The Gravity of the Downhill. The decision was made. To evaluate on the course whether or not to chase another BQ. This course has been good to me with two BQs ( 3:12:32. And 3:14:XX), both with HUGE negative splits; I knew the second half was much faster than the first. If I "felt" it, the goal was to run around 1:41:30 for the first half and negative split the second half by two minutes or more. I miss the third mile marker, but I am still running by feel and the pace seems ea...
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Quinto Sol: Race Day - October 1, 2005
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Friday, October 21, 2005. Race Day - October 1, 2005. I was to use this race as a Boston Qualifier. To say the least my expectations were high. I had done the training; I was ready. However, anxiety was getting the best of me and had two consecutive bad nights. Not only were the sleepless nights a bad omen, the lack of sleep made me feel tired before the race. Oh and I did qualify for Boston. Yeah, life is good! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A Whole Lot of Soles. Race Reports of Note.
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Quinto Sol: The Fall in New York
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Sunday, November 08, 2009. The Fall in New York. Fast forward to November 1st. . and my last day on antibiotics. I head to the green corral even though it's supposed to be closed. I am allowed to enter it; I move my way forward as much as possible. It's not nearly as windy as last year. I spot Dean Karnazes; he looks thinner than I remember. I ended up waiting 30 minutes. I don't know. Instinct I guess. Miles 3 and 4 in 16:43. Still feeling good. I was proven right once I entered Manhattan. Mile 22, ...
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Quinto Sol: Rome Marathon - Vini, Vidi, Vinci
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Monday, April 03, 2006. Rome Marathon - Vini, Vidi, Vinci. I had hopes of staying in the city center but lo and behold, when I tried to book a hotel recommended by a friend, it was full. So I ended up staying in a B&B about 5K south of the EUR FERMI station and whose owners are really wonderful people. I was then given a coupon to pick up my book-bag (rather nice) which contained some goodies and a t-shirt. The way the organizers seeded runners was in four corrals. Corral A was for elites, B for bibs...
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Quinto Sol: Flying Bacon - May 2006
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006. Flying Bacon - May 2006. This 'thon was to be the third one in six weeks with Boston being the meat of the sandwich. During my flight to Indy, I seriously considered switching to the half, but I wanted the bigger medal :-). So my plan was to stay with the 3:30 pace group for as long as possible. The cannon booms and we’re off. It takes just over 30 seconds to cross the start. The first mile goes by fairly quickly and the effort seems just about right, 8:09. The fi...I am running wi...
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Quinto Sol: ChiCOWgo and Army 10 - 2004
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Thursday, May 31, 2007. ChiCOWgo and Army 10 - 2004. This was going to be my 26th marathon. Having ran slow times, for me, the last two ‘thons (4:43 and 4:12) I wanted to run around 3:30. I knew I had the speed, but I did not have the training. My longest run consisted of one. 15 miler. So I approached this race as a training run for my upcoming 10 miler. Please don’t let it get bad enough where I’ll have to stop. Half marathon time 1:45:XX, right on target. Or break 3:10 in CIM come December 02, 2007?
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Quinto Sol: The Gravity of the Downhill
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009. The Gravity of the Downhill. The decision was made. To evaluate on the course whether or not to chase another BQ. This course has been good to me with two BQs ( 3:12:32. And 3:14:XX), both with HUGE negative splits; I knew the second half was much faster than the first. If I "felt" it, the goal was to run around 1:41:30 for the first half and negative split the second half by two minutes or more. I miss the third mile marker, but I am still running by feel and the pace seems ea...
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Quinto Sol: What is a Meme?
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Thursday, September 02, 2010. What is a Meme? I had to look that word up. first time I have been memed. I doubt anyone would care to read my answer but I'll go ahead and play. 1 Answer this question: if you had the chance to go back and change one thing in your life, would you and what would it be? 2 The second thing you have to do is, pick 6 people and give them this award. You then have to inform the person that they have gotten this award. 3 TK- Thank you for giving me this award. You described me...
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Quinto Sol: Sundry
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009. I caught the Phantom a couple of weeks ago; it was just as good as I remembered it; or it might have been better as the special effects were definitely improved. Grade: A. On a positive note, it was suggested that the soreness may be due to the low mileage. and Fran just may be spot on. So as he aptly put it: just run! And I will. I intend on running at least six days a week with a mini-taper week before Berlin. You have a nice blog! Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 9:55:00 PM PDT.
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Quinto Sol: ATM- Camp Bondsteel
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Sunday, October 07, 2007. As I started with my warm up, there was this Belgian female soldier running strides. and she was doing them really FAST. I knew she would have a good race. 15 minutes to the start. An American soldier sings the anthem and does a decent job. The start is delayed because we're waiting for a flyover of two blackhawk helicopters. The organizer says: runners - on your marks, get set. GO! Bring it on, CIM! That's what 26/100 of a second looks like. Joseph P. Wood. A Whole Lot of Soles.
