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Posts Tagged ‘8k’


Last Week Last Year: Doping Charges, Playing Chicken, and Workout Types

Once again, I seemed to miss a week for looking back. Last week last year was busy, with quite a few news notes, training tips, and discussions on research findings. I discussed some research on the merits of tempo workouts vs. interval workouts. Personally, I prefer a good mix of different types of workouts in [...]

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Sheri Piers and Kristin Barry Qualify for Olympic Marathon Trials

Dirigo RC had a good showing this weekend with strong performances in the Philadelphia Marathon and the New England Cross Country Championships. Sheri Piers and Kristin Barry both ran very strong marathons in Philadelphia, starting and finishing together in 2:45:36! They were 59th and 60th overall, placing 8th and 9th for the women’s race. There [...]

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This Week Last Year: New York City Results

After a few days off from the site to run the marathon (during which time I got a lot of traffic, surprisingly enough), I wrote up my thoughts and experiences from New York City while Scott began the next month’s topic on injuries. The first thing to note about New York City was that the [...]

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This Week Last Year: Marathon Strategy, Vitamins and Head Lamps

This week last year I was getting ready for the New York City marathon, although that did not keep me from racing. I had not quite started tapering yet, though. I planned out my NYC race strategy, since I would be pacing a friend through his first one. Our race almost exactly mimicked the race [...]

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Men’s 8k Championship in Central Park

The Men’s 8k went off this morning but not without a few hitches. The race was originally scheduled for yesterday morning, but the snow caused the race to be delayed for a day. The course was also changed to use the 1.7 mile lower loop, which was cleared of snow and left the road with [...]

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RIT places third at NCAA regional meet

The RIT men’s cross country team is well on its way to prominence, placing 3rd in the NCAA district qualifying meet for next week’s race. Jesse Williamson led the way in 25:35 with a second place finish to Plattsburgh‘s Matt DeShane. DeShane won the race in an impressive 25:10. NYU won the meet with 67 [...]

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Dirigo wins Physical Therapy 8k (2006)

The Physical Therapy 8k in Brunswick, Maine went off this morning at 9:00. The weather was on the cool side, but it was a beautiful day for running. There were some breezes along the course, especially early in the race, but the headwinds were not too strong. There were 164 finishers. Dirigo beat out PR [...]

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