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Haven’t had too much time to post anything of note the past week or so - the usual story of being busy at work and lots going on at home too. However, today marks my one year anniversary of running at least 2 miles every day, so I figured I’d take a couple of minutes […]

Installation instructions for the Whalen Shift Machine on my MINI Cooper S Convertible:

Remove existing shift knob from the shift lever.
Line up the plastic locating pin in the new knob with the slot in the shift lever.
Slide the locking collar up, and hold it against spring pressure, while sliding the knob down onto the lever, bottoming […]

Quick post before our Thanksgiving celebrations begin. Ran the Turkey Trot 10k this morning in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was cold, wet and windy but there was still a good turnout - many local runners, but also a good deal of runners from out of town (presumably visiting relatives for Thanksgiving).
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To save money, I typically buy Hammer Gel in the 26-serving jugs, although recently for the sake of convenience, I’ve been taking advantage of the single serving pouches. I’ve often wondered how long I could keep one of the jugs in the refrigerator once it’s been opened. This was posted yesterday on the Yahoo! endurancelist […]

Just noticed on the Garmin web site, there’s a software update available for the Garmin Forerunner 305 (effective November 17th, 2006).
Changes made from version 2.70 to 2.90:

Improved ability to acquire a satellite fix while moving around warming up and stretching.
Improved satellite tracking reliability for multi-hour activities.

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With the Holiday’s fast approaching, it’s time for the 3rd annual MotoringFile MINI Gift Guide. This year Gabe (Motoring File Founder/Editor/Designer) has changed the format and ditched the PDF document - the web is the medium of choice for 2006. The gift guide is split into five sections - Interior, Exterior, Performance, Accessories/Books etc. and […]

Lance Armstrong, who described his maiden marathon earlier this month as “the hardest thing I’ve ever done”, has already decided to run the 26.2-mile (42.16-km) race again.
“I’m going back next year; I’ve decided I’m going back,” the 35-year-old cycling great told Reuters in a recent telephone interview from his hometown of Austin, Texas.
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A spicy sausage known as the Welsh Dragon will have to be renamed after trading standards’ officers warned the manufacturers that they could face prosecution because it does not contain dragon.
The sausages will now have to be labelled Welsh Dragon Pork Sausages to avoid any confusion among customers.
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Welsh websites could soon choose a .cym address rather than .uk or .com, if a campaign backed by assembly members succeeds.
The dotCYM campaign claims to have support from people in commerce, design, publishing and the legal sectors, but needs to persuade the international body responsible, ICANN, that there is widespread demand for the right to […]

Tough race at Fort Story today. Went into it thinking (hoping) I could hold 6:10 pace for a 1:01:40, and if things went really well , pull off 6:08 pace for a 1:01:20 finish time. Both would be comfortably under my current best time for a 10 mile race. Conditions were pretty good on race […]