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Since 8/10/2007
 Mina Elnaccash
"Why aren't you signed up for the 401K?" "I'd never be able to run that far." - Dilbert (Scott Adams) Challenge me on Nike+! User ID: running4beer
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Cape Cod annual Memorial Day road race in Hyannis
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"Why aren't you signed up for the 401K?"
"I'd never be able to run that far."
- Dilbert (Scott Adams)
Challenge me on Nike+! User ID: running4beer ...
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Sunday, 03/30/2008 — Cambridge, MA |
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A slow start, as expected for these kind of events, didn't contribute as much to my time as my early morning fatigue (I'm not usually AWAKE at the time I had to pick up my bib!), being out of practice and my inability to run in the heat when my body's accustomed to running in Boston winter.
I forgot the ShotBloks I meant to bring with me (slowly melting on the dash of my rental car) so Domino's Pizza was actually as much of a motivator as the Ballast Point kegs. Really, I just do it for the clean t-shirt : )
A fun event, and I remained consistent for the most part even though the end felt more brutal on my legs and knees than I would have liked. If Super Sunday wasn't short, then this course was definitely long.
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A better run than I thought with my aching knees (PT with Brian is starting to help my CP, but I've got a waaaaaays to go) although, truth be told, I'm pretty sure this course was a little short.
I know the Nike+ calibration is not perfect by any means, but my legs were telling me that it wasn't quite a full 10 kilometers. I had to run all the way up to the beer past the mat because, aside from the fact that it was all the Harpoon you could drink and bowls of hot Legal chowdah on such a cold morrning -- I wanted my Nike+ run to log a full 10k and I was short when I clocked in after the second lap.
Still, maybe I'm wrong and the course was perfect. However, I think we lost some yards on both of the 5k loops. Either way, I don't mind claiming a solid 10min/mi 10k on bad knees. Give me a couple months of rehab and I'll be picking up the pace, but until then I'm very proud of this one.
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This one's an amusing article about running the Bordeaux's Médoc Marathon.
It sounds beautiful, but red win...
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Another good one from Ray's "Y24k" blog... it explains why Nike+ is so appealing to me. (PS- I won my first ch...
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This is one of several good posts from Ray's blog, "Y42k?"
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As the snow began to fall fast on the Greater Boston area, to reach 8.5" of accumulated powder later that evening, I couldn't not run. I was in the middle of a Nike+ challenge, damnit! Nike+... meet Yaktrax. Yaktrax... meet Nike+. I think you'll make fast friends.
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Nike+ lets you listen to tunes while you track your progress on your Nano. I don't use the Nike+ shoes, but instead have the sensor attached on ...
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Thursday, 03/16/2006 — Somerville, MA |
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