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Tuesday May 10, 2011 #
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A couple more items on the publicity front....
Ali said she just did an interview with someone form the women's sports section of ESPN.
And an old friend of mine (John Stifler) who writes regularly about the running scene locally and throughout New England was at the race, so I introduced him to the Ski-O stars and said he absolutely had to interview them. And I'm pretty sure that will happen before long.
Step by step....
Ali said she just did an interview with someone form the women's sports section of ESPN.
And an old friend of mine (John Stifler) who writes regularly about the running scene locally and throughout New England was at the race, so I introduced him to the Ski-O stars and said he absolutely had to interview them. And I'm pretty sure that will happen before long.
Step by step....
6 PM
trail running 11:45 1.31 mi (8:58 / mi) +36ft 8:45 / mi
ahr:127 max:144 rhr:51 weight:133lbs shoes: pegasus
A little warm-up, out to check if the muddy part of the course was still muddy (it wasn't).
trail running race 21:35 3.09 mi (6:59 / mi) +187ft 6:36 / mi
ahr:162 max:172 shoes: x-talon 212 #2
Northampton 5K XC. Excellent run.
Ran it two weeks ago in 22:15, so this was 40 seconds faster. Maybe half of that I'll attribute to lighter shoes, pulled out my racing shoes for the first time this year. The other half? Maybe just a day the legs were better. I know I was consciously trying to breathe harder (deeper, actually), maybe that helps. But the result was a very nice surprise. Pretty close to what I did two years ago (21:27), though that was in heavier shoes.
Splits: 6:54, 6:48, 7:13, 40
Two weeks ago: 7:01, 7:01, 7:32, 40.
Ran it two weeks ago in 22:15, so this was 40 seconds faster. Maybe half of that I'll attribute to lighter shoes, pulled out my racing shoes for the first time this year. The other half? Maybe just a day the legs were better. I know I was consciously trying to breathe harder (deeper, actually), maybe that helps. But the result was a very nice surprise. Pretty close to what I did two years ago (21:27), though that was in heavier shoes.
Splits: 6:54, 6:48, 7:13, 40
Two weeks ago: 7:01, 7:01, 7:32, 40.
trail running 10:05 1.01 mi (9:59 / mi) +72ft 9:21 / mi
ahr:134 max:147 shoes: x-talon 212 #2
A little cool-down with Carl Fey. And then a very pleasant dinner afterwards at Fresh Pasta in Northampton with Carl and Alex and Ali, talking some about Carl's new job as dean of an English-language business school in China (he's on a ten-day trip in the USA, visiting 10 different universities, setting up exchange programs).
And also talking about ski-O stuff (Carl's been doing ski-O forever, was the IOF senior event advisor at the Ski-WOC in March in Sweden). Including that the 2012 World Cup has been approved for the USA (late January, early February in the Lake Tahoe region). And also including a little bit about what might be done to encourage a few donations to the Ski-O team, which hopefully people will consider given how awesomely the team did.
Just a real nice evening.
And also talking about ski-O stuff (Carl's been doing ski-O forever, was the IOF senior event advisor at the Ski-WOC in March in Sweden). Including that the 2012 World Cup has been approved for the USA (late January, early February in the Lake Tahoe region). And also including a little bit about what might be done to encourage a few donations to the Ski-O team, which hopefully people will consider given how awesomely the team did.
Just a real nice evening.