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{ Monthly Archives } October 2007

Marine Corps Marathon Results

Just a quick post on yesterdays run. Results are as follows:
Chip Time: 3:31:29
Clock Time: 3:33:57
Overall place: 1373/20667
Gender place: 1194/12610
Division place: 234/2263
Age Grade: 59.3%
I don’t really understand the age grade number. There’s a blurb on what it means, but the only interesting aspect of it is 60% is the minimum level for a “local level” performance. [...]

Not exactly the inspiration I was hoping for…

I was reading the book “PRE” by Tom Jordan on the flight into Washington DC last night and ventured upon a short commentary by Mary Decker. If the name isn’t familiar, she’s known as Mary Slaney these days. Of course having spent a little bit of time on the track in the early 80’s, it [...]

I have great friends…

‘nuf said.
Possibly related posts:Captain Pickard says…Once more into the breach, dear friendsUSA Triathlon clinic in Iowa

$67.90

That’s the remaining dollar cost average negative balance on the shares of Yahoo! that I own. I can not tell you how many times I swore that if I ever got “even steven” on that stock I was going to sell, Sell, SELL!
But it’s been on a real run lately, so I’m waffling which should [...]

USA Triathlon clinic in Iowa

Taken from the USA Triathlon Newswire which arrived in email this morning:
The USA Triathlon (USAT) Certified Training Center at the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, Iowa will be offering a Cycling Clinic on Saturday, October 13 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
This one-day clinic is designed for both competitive cyclists and those [...]

Katherine Kersten reveals the depth of her selfishness

In an article in the local fish wrap, Kersten attempts to explain the political agenda of Critical Mass by citing research into protest movements over the last century or so. Her premise in doing so is to suggest that participants in Critical Mass are power hungry narcissists. I can get behind that statement if [...]

Links from 2007-10-05

The following is a collection of recent links associated with biking in Minneapolis. They are the results of a Google alert for the terms bicycle accident ‘twin cities’ OR Minneapolis OR ‘Saint Paul’ OR ‘critical mass’.

September 17, 2007

Mark Cohen of the Minnesota Lawyer Blog notes increasing occurrences of stories where cyclists are injured.
Getting a handle [...]

Links from 2007-10-02

The following is a collection of recent links associated with biking in Minneapolis. They are the results of a Google alert for the terms bicycle accident ‘twin cities’ OR Minneapolis OR ‘Saint Paul’ OR ‘critical mass’.

Monday, October 1, 2007

Article on the Seattle Critical Mass and debate after a cyclist was struck and killed earlier in [...]

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