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Welcome to the Northshore Youth Soccer Association on 8/17/2018 at 9:21 pm.
This site is brought to you through the efforts of all the volunteers that make up the NYSA. The purpose of this Association is exclusively charitable and educational and NYSA's objective is to teach, govern, and promote the game of soccer for youth players in our area.
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Greater Seattle Surf Club is the sole premier soccer club chartered by Washington Youth Soccer to represent the South Snohomish County and Northshore Youth Soccer associations at the highest level of club play in Washington, the RCL (Regional Club League). This is the most advanced program within NYSA. GSS provides high-level professional coaching for players U9 to U19.
Northshore Select Club provides soccer programs to players U10 to U19 who are seeking a more competitive environment than Recreational soccer with less of a time commitment and lower cost than Premier soccer. NSC operates with licensed volunteer coaches and teams participate in the NPSL (North Puget Sound League).
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Family Home Evening Downloads of games, activities, and ideas to make your Family Home Evenings fun for young children, toddlers, teenagers, and family of all ages.
Being 'Beary' Honest -Black & White
This fun and creative game teaches the importance of being honest and not to cheat. It is perfect for Young Women when teaching integrity and for Primary aged children when teaching honesty. It is also a great activity for Family Home Evening. Players answer questions that test their honesty and compete spell the word "honest" BEFORE the spell the word "cheat".
Being 'Beary' Honest
Tic Tac Testimony
Tic Tac Testimony is a fun game played as a group such as a family or a primary class. Teach about how sharing our testimony helps our faith grow. For each correct answer they can add an X or O to the board.
Conference Activity Book #2
Keep the kids involved and quiet during General Conference with the Conference Activity Fun Book. Create this fun book with 10 black and white activity and coloring pages with your choice of a colored or black and white cover. Pages include the following activities: maze, crossword puzzle, color by number, word search, dot to dot numbers, and other coloring pages.
Conference Activity Book #3
"Bee" Smart Choose The Right!
Be the first team to find eight "Bee" Strips that have good choices written on them. Create your own presentatoin concerning the importance of listening to the living prophets and what they teach us concerning making right choices.
"Bee" Smart Choose The Right! - B&W
Book of Mormon Reading Charts And Bookmarks
This cute chart and bookmark pack makes keeping track of your daily scripture reading fun! Daily boxes in a calendar formation makes keeping track easy. This chart is perfect for young children and Primary aged readers. Also includes another fun Reading Chart to color as you complete the Book of Mormon. And finally some cute Book of Mormon bookmarks have fun pictures of Lehi, the Tree of Life, the Book of Mormon and Nephi. These make great handouts or gifts for young children to encourage them to read their scriptures and mark their pages.
Book of Mormon Reading Charts And Bookmarks B/W
Commandment Keepers
Have fun reviewing th ways we can Keep the Commandments and show our love for Jesus Christ.
Commandment Keepers - B/W
Count Your Blessings
Have fun remembering ways we are blessed! Each team competes to come up with the most blessings that begins with the chosen letter.
Count Your Blessings B/W
Family Fun Activity
This fun family activity can be used in many ways. It is a fun way to race to the finish by putting together each family member. Use it as a way to keep track of who answered the most questions!
Family Fun Activity B/W
Fill The Font
Create your own presentation about baptism with "Fill The Font!". This is a fun Family Home Evening Game that can also be used as a Sharing Time Help or Primary Lesson Help.
Fill The Font BW
Funny Food Bingo
This is a game that is fun to play anytime. Children love to
play Bingo! This will help children develop visual discrimination and familiarity with different foods.
Funny Food Bingo B/W
Growing and Knowing
"Growing and Knowing" is a fun game in which teams compete to create their flower by matching images of the creation. This is a fun Family Home Evening Game that can also be used as a Sharing Time Help or Primary Lesson Help.
Growing and Knowing B/W
I Belong to the Church of Jesus Christ Puzzle
Create a presentation around the topic "I Belong to the Church of Jesus Christ"
I Belong to the Church of Jesus Christ Puzzle B/W
Create a presentation around the topic "I Belong to the Church of Jesus Christ" Black & White Version
I Will Honor His Name Puzzle
Create a presentation around the topic "I Will Honor His Name"
I Will Honor His Name Puzzle B/W
Kind Kids!
"Kind Kids" is a fun game in which teams compete to create kid by answering questions about kindness. This is a fun Family Home Evening Game that can also be used as a Sharing Time Help or Primary Lesson Help.
Kind Kids! B/W
My Gospel Garden
Create your own presentation about "I share the gospel with others". This is a fun Family Home Evening Game that can also be used as a Sharing Time Help or Primary Lesson Help.
My Gospel Garden B/W
Families Are Forever Game
This is a fun visual discrimination game that reinforces the importance of each and every family member and how we are forever together as a family. It is great for young children who are not reading yet as well as older children. Perfect for family home evening, young Primary classes or a Sunday activity.
Families Are Forever Game B/W
Happy Family Visuals
These four family faces can be used over and over again for a variety of lessons or presentations. Children will love using them as stick puppets and tell their own family stories! Song leaders will use them for songs about families and teachers can use them in story telling and lesson presentions.
The Holy Ghost Lesson Presentation
Find four ways the Holy Ghost hleps us. Use this Holy Ghost Presentation in Sharing Time Presentations, primary lessons, and Family Home Evening lessons about the Holy Ghost.
The Holy Ghost Lesson Presentation - B/W
Being Just Like Jesus BINGO - Presentation
Teach and prepare a presentation about how we can follow Jesus' example and the things we can do to Be Just Like Jesus.
Love One Another
This is a great game to use for Primary Sharing time and Primary classroom use. Children choose love hearts from the "Love One Another" basket visual and learn about ways we can show love to each other. Divide into teams and earn points. This would also be a fun Family Home Evening activity.
A Mighty Missionary
A mighty missionary helps you teach the ways in which we can be great missionaries. Great for primary, FHE, or Sunday School!
A Mighty Missionary - Black & White
My Choice is Church
Create a presentation teaching ways of worshipping on Sunday.
My Choice is Church -B/W
CTR B Leson 28: Obey Today
Suppliment your lesson with this activity when teaching to "Obey the Commandments".
CTR B Leson 28: Obey Today - B/W
Pass The Sacrament
Suppliment your lesson with this activity when teaching to "Remember Jesus Christ during the Sacrament".
Pass The Sacrament - B/W
Prayerful People
Create a presentation on the topic of the Prayer.
Prayerful People - B/W
Learn the principle of repentance and the four steps of Repentance.
Repentance - B/W
Sunny Singers
This is a fun Primary Singing time activity. Set up the thermometer and arrow. As the children sing the song, you can move the arrow according to their participation. The better they sing....the higher up you can place the arrow. A great way to encourage them to sing in a positive way.
Sunny Singers BW
Temple Worthy Workers
Create a presentation around the topic "Forever Families and being Prepared for the Temple".
Temple Worthy Workers - B/W
Tic Tac Testimony B/W
Tic Tac Tithing Group Game
Tic Tac Tithing is a fun game played as a group such as a family or a primary class. Teach about how we show love for Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ when we pay tithing.
Tic Tac Tithing Group Game - B/W
Time To Serve
Teach your Primary Class that as children of Heavenly Father we should serve family and others to show our love for Him.
Time To Serve B/W
My Forever Family Game
"My Forever Family" is a game that helps families come closer together better in a fun way! The object is to be the team that collects the most "family member" cards. They do this by answering questions or performing actions. It's a very fun FHE activity!
My Forever Family Game B/W
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The 2013 UCSB women's volleyball opened the 2013 season by hosting No. 3 Stanford in the Thunderdome on Friday. The Gauchos competed in tightly contested sets, but would fall to the Cardinal 3-0.
The match was Nicole Lantagne Welch's first at the helm for UCSB, marking the start of new era in Gaucho women's volleyball. Stanford took the first point, but UCSB responded with Britton Taylor and Ali Spindt combining for a block to give the Gauchos their first point of the season. With that play, the new era had officially begun.
The two members of UCSB's top-ranked 2013 recruiting class played big roles in their debut.
Freshman outside hitter Ali Spindt led Santa Barbara with 11 kills, going along with her four digs and three total blocks.
At middle blocker, freshman Phoebe Grunt made four kills and had two total blocks, one solo. She didn't have to wait long to nab her first collegiate kill when she connected on her first attack of the match to give UCSB a 2-1 lead in the first.
The Cardinal's defense was prepared for outside hitter Leah Sully, who set the UCSB record for most kill attempts last season, and limited her to four kills. However, the senior showed her prowess on the other side of the ball and led the Gauchos on defense with 12 digs.
After missing last season, Hanna Nielson made her return to the floor by starting at setter and recording 23 assists.
Though the match ended in a sweep, the Gauchos kept the score close, especially in the second set.
After falling in the first 25-17, the teams traded off points early on to a 10-10 score. Stanford broke the tie with a 4-0 run triggered by a Brittany Howard kill. The Gauchos battled back, though, and thanks to a pair of Stanford errors and a kill from Elizabeth Meddaugh, UCSB lowered the deficit down to one.
Stanford regained control and eventually found itself with a set point chance with a 24-20 lead. UCSB, however, refused to let the Cardinal walk away from the set so easily.
To keep the set alive, Hanna Nielson found Phoebe Grunt for her fourth kill of the day. Continuing the effort, Spindt registered another kill to make the score 24-23, forcing Stanford to call a timeout.
The Cardinal, with their fifth consecutive try for set point, was able to put the second set away thanks to a kill from Howard.
In the third set, UCSB picked up where they left off and kept a tight score between themselves and the NCAA powerhouse. On two occasions, the Gauchos held a three-point advantage over the Cardinal.
Stanford's efficiency on offense proved too much for UCSB, and the Cardinal took the third and final set 25-20.
UCSB will continue their opening weekend on the road in Berkeley, Calif. where they will compete against Nevada and New Mexico State, respectively, at the Cal Molten Classic. They will tipoff with the Wolf Pack at 12:00 p.m. and will later face the Aggies at 7:00 p.m.
The Gauchos will return to the Thunderdome on Sept. 27 to open Big West play against Long Beach State.


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they're hailing it as ""a discussion of a new kind of unified &
inclusive antiwar movement that can challenge the wars abroad and at
home". As is usually the case with left wing antiwar organizations this
one too comes with their social agenda as part of the package. On their
website they state that part of the discussion is to be about ""a
massive movement to bring the war $$, troops, and mercenaries home now,
rebuilding our cities, providing jobs, schools and health care that we
all have a right to". Bringing the troops and mercenaries home sounds
great. It is the part about then using the money saved to finance the
government's spending on social programs the is a problem for the
liberty minded. Given these realities the question has to be asked, is
this really an inclusive antiwar movement?
No doubt that by now progressive readers are rolling their eyes
wondering how this crazy libertarian can be against spending money on
health care and education. This isn't the time or place to engage in a
debate about these subjects, we can do that later after we end the wars.
Now is the time to agree to disagree on some things and unite to stop
the wars and oppression.
Libertarians are reaching out to the left to stand together for peace. (See "Organizing a Left-Right Alliance Against the War Parties ") This author approached the organizers of the October 16, 2010 peace rally in Philadelphia (See "Raising Eyebrows at a Peace Rally")
at their planning meeting a few days before the event. There I was
politely, but firmly, told that they were completely unwilling to change
their agenda for future rallies to accommodate other points of view.
When the left tacks on a social agenda to their antiwar coalitions that
the liberty minded can not endorse they tell us we're not welcome. We're
not asking any of the organizations and individuals that are part of
IAC or similar groups to change their advocacy. Their speakers can
advocate all the same things they have before. Same with the signs they
carry. All we ask is that the antiwar coalitions themselves be
politically neutral so we can all join them in good conscience.
Imagine the strength of a truly united and inclusive peace movement. We
can do it. All it takes is a little tolerance and understanding.


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January 28, 2013 18:48 ET
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 28, 2013) - Epic Data International Inc. (TSX VENTURE:EKD), a provider of manufacturing execution systems (MES), a provider of manufacturing operations management and real-time data collection solutions, today announced the results of operations for the three months and year ended September 30, 2012.
Highlights for the year:
Results of Operations for the year ended September 30, 2012 compared with 2011
Revenue for the year ended September 30, 2012 increased $10,778 or 0.3% to $4,213,752 compared with $4,202,974 in the prior year. The increase in revenue was due to revenue from the start-up operations in China.
Gross Margin
The gross margin for the year ended September 30, 2012 decreased $348,706 or 17% to $1,771,770 as compared with $2,120,476 in the prior year. The decrease was due to the start-up operations in China where a number of projects are in progress, however certain conditions necessary to allow revenue recognition have not yet been met.
General and administration
General and administration expenses for the year ended September 30, 2012 increased $621,290 or 34% to $2,435,705 compared with $1,814,415 in the prior year. The increase is principally due to the start up operations in China, which were for $605,834.
Sales and marketing
Sales and marketing expenses for the year ended September 30, 2012 increased $864,512 or 87% to $1,852,273 compared with $987,761 in the prior year. The increase is primarily due to the start-up operations in China which accounted for $324,132 and compensation and sales consulting related costs to new personnel, including the hiring of a new vice president of sales, totaling for $461,388.
Product development
Product development expenses for the year ended September 30, 2012 increased $938,280 or 148% to $1,570,417 compared with $632,137 in the prior year. We have development teams in Richmond, Canada and Wuhan, China. The increase in spending was comprised of the new development team in Wuhan, which accounted for $300,178 of the increase and the balance of the increase of $638,102 was incurred in Richmond. The increase is due to the development of the UniView, our new rugged shop floor terminal that supports browser-based web applications and high security and the release of IntegraMES 6.4, our newly architected, web-enabled MES platform.
Net finance charges
Net finance charges for the year ended September 30, 2012 increased $319,831 or 57% to $473,213 compared with $153,382 in the prior year. The increase is due to the interest accretion of $292,534, which was primarily related to the repayment of debt in the year, and to the interest charged on the debt.
Net loss
Net loss for the year ended September 30, 2012 increased $3,066,047 or 221% to $4,450,491 compared with $1,384,444 in the prior year. The significant components are the start-up operations in China, which had a loss of 1,583,760 and the increased product development.
Results of operations for the fourth quarter
Revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2012 increased $20,639 or 2% to $956,508 compared with $935,869 in the same period of the prior year. The increase was due to project work in the fourth quarter. Cost of sales however increased by $258,700 as a result of the operations in China, which had a number of projects in progress, however certain conditions necessary to allow revenue recognition have not yet been met.
Expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2012 increased $424,670 or 55% to $1,452,679 compared with $1,028,009 in the same period of the prior year. In general the expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2012 are higher than last year due mainly to the operations in China.
Net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2012 increased $662,731 to a loss of $1,213,196 compared with a loss of $550,465 in the same period of the prior year.
Loan Financing
The Company announces that it has received a term loan of $555,000 from Hua Zhuo Lin, a minority shareholder of the Company. The proceeds of the loan will be used to complete the Company's registered capital obligation for its 51% investment in Epic-Hust Technology (Wuhan) Co. Ltd ("Epic-Hust JV) in China. The principal amount of the loan is due on January 31, 2016 and will bear interest at the rate of 5% per annum payable semi-annually. In connection with this loan, the Company has granted a security against the Company's equity interest in Epic-Hust JV.
About Epic Data
Epic Data International Inc. has produced manufacturing execution and warehouse management solutions for 36 years. Epic Data solutions synchronize supply chain and production activities to achieve real-time visibility of manufacturing metrics that reduces cycle times and costs, optimizes production planning and control, and boosts quality and efficiency. The solutions are easily implemented either by module or as a completely integrated solution suite across the global enterprise. Customers include Lockheed Martin, Bell Helicopter, Komatsu, Hawker Beechcraft, Bombardier Learjet, CAE Inc., Kingfisher (B&Q) plc, Joy Mining Machinery, Cobham Defence Communications Ltd., GE Aircraft Engine, Contour Premium Aircraft Seating, McBride plc, Phoenix Contact, Rolls-Royce and Volvo.
More information about Epic Data is available at www.epicdata.com.
Caution Regarding Forward-looking Statements
In this document and in other documents filed with Canadian regulatory authorities or in other communications, the Company may from time to time make written or oral forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities legislation, including statements regarding the Company's business plans and financial objectives. These statements typically use words such as prospects, believe, estimate, forecast, project, expect, anticipate, plan, may, should, could and would, or the negative of these terms, variations thereof or similar terminology. By their very nature, forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and involve inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific in nature. It is therefore possible that the forecasts, projections and other forward-looking statements will not be achieved or will prove inaccurate. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it provides no assurance that these expectations will prove to have been correct. The Company cautions readers against placing undue reliance on forward-looking statements when making decisions, as the actual results could differ considerably from the opinions, plans, objectives, expectations, forecasts, estimates and intentions expressed in such forward-looking statements due to various material factors. Among other things, these factors include fiscal and economic policies, changes in interest and foreign exchange rates, and general economic conditions, legislative and regulatory developments, competition and access to capital. The Company further cautions that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. For more information on the risks, uncertainties and assumptions that would cause the Company's actual results to differ from current expectations, please also refer to the Company's public filings available at www.sedar.com. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements, whether oral or written, made by itself or on its behalf, except to the extent required by securities regulations.
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The services of Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer and Night Prayer for today, yesterday and the next four weeks are available on this site to help you find time for God during your day. Church House Publishing have produced a new, free Daily Prayer app to make it even easier to access Daily Prayer wherever you are.
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I-40 backed up
Traffic is backed up on westbound Interstate 40 on Wednesday near the 135 mile marker following a car crash.
The wreck occurred shortly before 1:30 p.m. near the interstate overpass. According the Catawba County emergency workers, the passengers in the car complained of neck pain, but there were no serious injuries.


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$3 bowl worth $2 million? Tag sale find goes for $2.225 million
A $3 bowl just sold for $2.225 million at Sotheby's in New York. The last time it changed hands, this 1,000-year-old Chinese bowl was sold at a tag sale for $3.
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When's the last time you made a million-fold return on investment? A rare Chinese bowl, bought at a tag sale for $3, has sold at a New York City auction for more than $2.2 million.
The 1,000-year-old bowl was part of the opening session of Sotheby's fine Chinese ceramics and works of art auction Tuesday.
Sotheby's says it was sold to a London dealer for $2.225 million, far above the presale estimate of $200,000 to $300,000.
The person who put the bowl up for auction bought it at a tag sale in 2007 and displayed it in the living room for several years before becoming curious about its origins and having it examined.
The bowl is white in color and from the Northern Song Dynasty.


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Getting vaccines can be stressful for kids -- and their parents. But with a new needle-free patch, getting your kid his shots may soon be easy and painless. Researchers at universities, government labs, and drug companies are all working to make needle-free vaccines in the form of a patch, NBC News reports.
Needle-free vaccines have been used before, like nasal sprays and oral, but patches are a new frontier. Today's technology makes creating needle-free vaccines easier than ever, and the Food and Drug Administration has permitted some researchers to begin testing their vaccines on people, NBC New reports.
Plus: A Parent's Guide to Vaccines
Infectious Disease Research Institute President Dr. Steven Reed says that the patch device, which is covered with miniature blades that scratch and pierce the first layer of skin, "is incredibly small. You can't even see it. You just feel a little pressure — nothing else." The vaccine is delivered to dendritic cells that then distribute the vaccine throughout the body. The device is applied to the skin with a needle-free syringe that is easy enough to use at home. This means that parents could potentially receive their children's vaccines in the mail and administer themselves.
Georgia Tech is working now to create polio and flu vaccines in the form of a patch, which dissolves after use. These needle-free vaccines would cost less and be easier to make than traditional flu vaccines, which take months to produce. Doctors also believe that the ease of needle-free vaccines will encourage more parents to vaccinate their children.
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In today's NYT: Roberta Smith liked the Hélio Oiticica show at MFAH!
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Rainey Knudson is the founder and publisher of Glasstire. After working on a print magazine about Texas art, Knudson launched Glasstire in 2001 as one of the earliest web-only arts journals in the country. She has spoken or written about arts journalism at Emory University, the USC Annenberg School, the National Endowment for the Arts, and other places. She has a degree in literature from Rice University and an MBA in entrepreneurship from the University of Texas at Austin. She lives in Houston.


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County officials say Keef, 17, has been taken to Cook County's juvenile detention center until his next court appearance, which will be Thursday.
Keef, real name Keith Cozart, is on probation for pointing a gun at Chicago police officers.
Judge Carl Anthony Walker found Cozart showed a "willful disregard" of the court and ordered him held until Thursday when the judge will conduct a sentencing hearing.
Prosecutors said Cozart violated his probation in June when he visited a gun range in New York. He was prohibited by the judge from having any contact with firearms. His attorney Dennis Berkson argued Cozart fired a rifle on private property as part of a promotional video. He said that didn't violate the spirit of the judge's order.
But Walker said it was no different than if Cozart handled a gun in a home. In that situation, he would have violated Cozart's parole, the judge said. Cozart, who was sentenced to 18 months probation in January 2012 for pointing a gun at Chicago cops, was handcuffed behind his back and taken out of the court Tuesday.
Cozart, who wore camouflage pants, a black-hooded sweatshirt and Timberland boots, did not address the judge or testify during the two-hour hearing.
In December, Cozart released a new album, "Finally Rich." He was in the news last summer after another Chicago rapper, Joseph "Lil JoJo" Coleman, was shot to death on the South Side.
Coleman and Cozart, who were affiliated with rival gangs, were engaged in a war of words on the Internet at the time.
Cozart hasn't been accused of any wrongdoing in connection with Coleman's killing.
The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.


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World Series Game 3 in Philadelphia will feature a match-up between two southpaws, Cole Hamels and Andy Pettitte. A fair assessment of the pitchers reveals that Hamels has been much better than his statistics have shown and Pettitte has been slightly better, as the two have an xFIP (per The Hardball Times) of 3.75 and 4.59 compared to ERA's of 4.32 and 4.94 respectively.
If I were to check out BetUS sports betting, I would smile at the -175 line the Yankees currently are enjoying, as the two pitchers are quite similar with their batted ball distributions:
We know what Cole Hamels has to offer: 60% fastballs, 30% change-ups, 10% curve balls.
What should we expect from Andy Pettitte? His post-season trend says we should expect about two out of every five pitches (40%) to be four- and two-seam fastballs. Other than that, we don't really know as Pettitte has changed his pitch selection from game to game. We can expect anywhere from 40-60% sliders and cutters, and selective use of the cut fastball and change-up.
Pettitte's curve, and cutter have been his most effective pitches with RAA/100 averages of 1.08, and 2.50 respectively. His fastball has been slightly below average at -0.34 and his change-up has been ineffective at -1.53.
Andy does not have a significant platoon split: lefties have hit him slightly better than right-handers, .717 to .730 in terms of OPS this season. Over his career, that split is .728 to .711 in favor of right-handers.
Expectedly, as Pettitte has grown older, he has become more hittable. Since 2005, hitters have been swinging less and less at pitches Pettitte throws in the strike zone, yet their contact on pitches in the zone have hovered in the 90% range, the highest in Pettitte's career dating back to 2002, as far back as the data goes. Coupled with that is a career low percentage of pitches thrown in the strike zone, 45.6% compared to his average 52%.
The Phillies are one of the best teams at being disciplined at the plate. Five of the eight regulars had walk rates at 10% or higher according to FanGraphs.
If the Phillies approach Pettitte the way they approached C.C. Sabathia — work counts and force him to throw fastballs — there should be no problem despite Andy's post-season history. By the way, don't sleep on Ryan Howard, who struck out four times in four at-bats in Game 2, with the left-on-left match-up: he loves him some sliders.
Check out the BetUS.com MLB World Series odds by clicking here.
Be sure to check in with Rob Neyer at Sweetspot and Jason Rosenberg at It's About the Money, Stupid! for more World Series coverage.


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Evolving Dreams
Although almost a month has passed since my storybook 5000m race at the US Olympic Trials in Eugene, in some ways the time, ensuing travel and Olympic preparation phase has helped provide me with a fuller perspective on the events of the Trials as well as the road that took me to the night at Hayward Field.
In the press conference following the race I told reporters that the experience was "more than a dream come true." My intention was not to convey that I didn't believe I could make the team, since I doubt anyone makes an Olympic Team by accident. Approaching the 5000m final I had my head wrapped around doing what I needed to do to put myself in a positon to qualifty. By "the dream" I was referring to the entire journey I've been on in the last four years.
In 2008 I set a goal of running at the Olympic Trials; not the Olympic Games, the US Trials. Flash forward to the morning of June 28th, 2012. I went out on my morning shakeout run feeling as happy as I had ever felt. Normally there's a sense of apprehension on race morning, but this day was different. I remember smiling throughout my run and at one point thinking to myself "I'm here. This is what I dreamed of four years ago, and now not only am I here, but I'm going to go seriously contend for a spot". In that moment I was happy to know that not only had I achieved that initial dream, but that in the process I'd surpassed what I'd initially set out to do and allowed the dream to evolve.
For those that have followed my blog, you can probably appreciate this. In my first blog post last July I talked about the reservations I had about pursuing post-collegiate running and how I had decided that even if I never "made it" as a professional runner, I could still dedicate a few years of my life to doing something that I love while seeing world in the process. Six months later I wrote about my decision to step back from coaching and fully commit to being a professional runner. Even at that point I didn't feel comfortable saying, even to myself, "I'm training to make the Olympic team." I was simply trying to be the best I could be, and in the spirit of the Olympic year it seemed appropriate to step back from other obligations and fully focus on training. A grant from the Sacramento Running Association was going to allow me to give up my coaching income, and so I figured I'd spend six months being the best athlete I could be every day and toe the line at the Olympic Trials with no regrets about how I had prepared for that day.
As I moved into the spring season and started to have some good results on the track, I realized that making the team wasn't out of the question. Not probable, but also not impossible. That mentality took me clear into the finals of the Olympic Trials on June 28th. On paper I was still a long shot. I didn't have the Olympic A standard of 15:20 (my time from Mt. SAC was 15:24), and I still had to beat several women who had run faster than I in order to finish in the top three. But beating them was possible, and shaving five seconds off my PR was also possible, I just had to put myself in the best postion to accomplish both objectives in one race. Given the shape of the field in the final, my race strategy was to go to the lead from the beginning to set an honest pace. A championships race almost always starts conservatively and finishes very fast, which is the style of racing I had rehearsed and trained for, so I didn't necessarily want the the pace too fast from the get go, but I also needed the A standard to remain attainable.
From the gun I went to the lead to keep it faster than tempo pace, but I also tried to stay as relaxed as if I were sitting back in the pack. It was a balancing act, and I didn't handle it perfectly. By the time we were 3000m into the race we were several seconds slower than I had envisioned in the worst case scenario. At that point, I thought the A standard was out of reach, and for a moment I thought my Olympic hopes were dashed. I fell out of contention for a while but soon regrouped. Olympic team or not, it would have been shameful not to leave my heart out the track at that point. If not for myself then at least for my coach, my family and all the people that have supported me over the last three years. And so for the last 500m I was driven not by the quest to make the team, but simply to give the race everything I had to justify the years of work I had put into getting to that moment, as well as to honor the people in my life that had pushed me and loved me and helped me get there.
In a way it's fitting, because the journey was never just about making an Olympic team, it was about becoming the best runner I could be, and in those last moments of the race all I wanted was to run the greatest race I had in me and not give up. It was almost as if the entire three year journey culminated in the final 150m and created an extraoridnary will to chase that third spot. My path to the podium hasn't been a direct or easy one, and I never would have made it there without my support network pushing me and believing in me. I owed them more than settling into a 5th place position.
After spending week back home in California my schedule took me to Europe for a pair of races to help tune-up. A week ago I arrived in Birmingham England, where Team USA Track & Field is holding camp, and as more athletes, staff and coaches arrive to comprise our group here, I continue to gain an appreciation for what it means to be a part of such a special group of athletes. The stories exchanged over meals and on the bus about people's paths to this point are diverse and remarkable, and as I watch my new teammates training at the Alexander Park Track or run with fellow women's distance runners, I am convinced now more than ever that anything is possible if your belief and your effort are strong and true enough. In July 2011, coming off a decent, but by no means impressive US Championship race in the 5000m, I wrote about how as a competitive runner I'm never willing to settle for the status quo and that goals must always evolve. At that point competing on the Olympic stage represented the ceiling of what I could reasonably dream about, but now that I am here I hope the experience will continue to expand my horizons and allow me to develop a new framework for what is possible in the four years to come.
Final Pieces
I've been in Tahoe for the last two weeks for another short altitude stint before the Olympic Trials. The nice thing about Tahoe is that it is very easy to descend to lower elevations to get in track workouts so that I can continue race specific work. Last week I went to Reno to do a workout at the University of Nevada Reno (~4000ft) and on Saturday I went to Auburn to do a workout at Placer High School (~1500ft). Both workouts were great and overall my training cycle here has gone really well. I've been staying at a condo in Northstar and most days traveling to Burton Creek State Park on the north shore of Lake Tahoe. It has a lot of gently rolling, very runnable trails and is definitely the best discovery of this trip. North Tahoe High School with their all-weather track sits on the edge of it which works out perfectly for strides or anything "extra" after a run.
On Wednesday I'm heading from here to Oregon where I will remain through the Olympic Trials at the end of June. The first stop is Portland for the Portland Track Festival where I will pace four miles of the 10k on Friday night and then come back and race the 1500 on Saturday night. This is my third year running at the Portland Track Festival and it has always served as a great tune up for USA's and seems to attract more athletes every year. From there I'll go to Corvallis for the final two weeks leading up to the trials.
I am greatly looking forward to toeing the line this weekend and racing once more before the big show in Eugene. The sense of excitement I have for the Olympic Trials is building every day and I can't wait to get to Oregon and into the home stretch for this spring season!
Altitude Camp at La Loma
Often times when I tell people that I am going to Mexico to train for a month I get reactions that are a mix of surprise and concern. After all, there are plenty of places within the US to train at altitude. On the surface, a training camp in Mexico seems complicated. You're talking about international travel, a different currency, a language barrier. Is it safe? Can you eat the food? I'm fortunate enough to have many people in my life that care about me, and as such I've had to field and deflect these questions a number of times.
The reality is that where we come to live and train, at La Loma Centro Deportivo in San Luis Potosi, is anything but complicated. The set up here packages together state of the art training facilities, healthy meals prepared for us, and apartments attached to the training center. It allows for a very simple routine where all we have to do is run, eat, and sleep (and we mostly sleep!). On top of that, the park where we do our daily runs, Parque Tangamanga is an easy five minute drive away and the weather is pleasant and predicable. Everyday has had a high between 80 and 84 degrees. It makes the lifestyle here easy and allows us to make the most of the one thing we came here to do: run.
So far my training has been going really well and I am continuing to make progress. I've been doing a mix of on and off track work. At La Loma there is a mondo track with a one mile dirt loop around the complex that is marked every 100m and allows for blending on and off track work in one session. There is also another, softer track a few minutes away, and Parque Tangamanga has several different loops that are marked every 1000m for longer pace work. I've taken full advantage of all of these and appreciate that there is easy access to a variety of options for workouts. There is also a physical therapist on site who I've been seeing weekly to help ensure that I continue to be able to make the most of all the training options!
Overall, I couldn't be happier with the way things are going here. Of course, I am eager to return home and have the track season begin, but for now since I have to be patient and keep training I am happy to be doing it in a beautiful climate in the company of friends and other elite athletes from around the world.
A glimpse of the mile loop at La Loma
Treadmills and cross training options
Emerald City Opener
It has been one week since I returned to the track for my first race since the Pan Am Games. After a long base period I chose to lace up the spikes in the 3000m at UW's Husky Classic, and I'm very satisfied with the way it went for a season opener. After some debate with Drew about how to approach the winter racing season, we ended up agreeing that despite the fact that I love to race, the best course was to keep my sights focused primarily on training with a view on the big picture of the outdoor season and Olympic Trials. With that in mind, we decided to come up for air only one time and race an indoor 3k at Dempsey, mostly to get a measure of fitness and to break up the training.
Over the course of the winter, even though virtually all my workouts have been strength-related and off the track, I have spent a lot of time thinking about aspects that I need to work on in order to become a more effective track racer. Historically I am terrible about exercising patience, sitting tight on the rail in a pack, and I tend to spend a lot of time in lanes 2 and 3 during packed races. Drew and I had agreed that I would make a point of finding my way to lane 1 and staying there for at least a mile at Dempsey. As far as strategy was concerned, I definitely wanted to run to win, either by sitting and kicking or by biding my time and then moving with three laps to go. The entire field came through 1k much slower than I had hoped, and I got antsy when faced with the decision of what to do next. I ended up opting to move a lot earlier than I was supposed to, but I felt like it was a calculated risk rather than one made simply on impulse. From that point on I tried to balance squeezing the pace down while staying within myself since I was doing work a bit before I had planned. I wanted to have something in the tank to cover a move if someone tried to pass me or made a surge late in the race. When all was said and done, I was able to meet my goal and sneak under 9:00 for the first time in my life. Going into the race I had estimated my fitness to be somewhere in the 8:55-9:00 range, so I was happy to have that affirmed in my only track race of the winter.
Saturday evening I enjoyed dinner in Seattle and some time with coaching and running friends. I went for a beautiful Sunday run in Seattle, from the arboretum to Green Lake, via Ravenna Park. This week, following the race, I have begun a hill phase as I transition from base work and prepare for an upcoming altitude stint. Thus far I have had a very hilly long run at home in Santa Rosa on Wednesday and two great hill workouts this week. Racing last weekend was a little bit of a tease. It got me very excited for the track season, but now I have to put my head back down and keep laying down work for several weeks before racing again in April. Luckily, my trip to Mexico to train at altitude will provide a change of scenery and some great training partners for the month of March. Be sure to check back for updates on that trip in a couple of weeks.
Pieces of the Puzzle
This week marks the third week that I have enjoyed the freedom to focus more on my own running without the pressure to spend too many hours in the office working behind the scenes as a coach. I still enjoy going to practice and picking my office hours more selectively, but I have also been able to dedicate more time to the aspects of being an athlete that extend beyond merely training.
In my last blog I mentioned the Sacramento Running Association and the great financial support they are giving me as part of their new elite team. In addition to funding a handful of athletes, SRA is also partnering with companies in the Sacramento area to help provide elite runners with necssary tools for success. So far, the most important component for me has been the relationship with Dr. Justin Lau at Elite Spinal and Sports Care. I have been working with Dr. Lau every other week for four months now, and we have developed a routine for general body maintence to keep me healthy and training at a high level. Based on the anecdotal evidence so far, this strategy it is paying off. My training has been completely uninterrupted since starting back after a break in November, and the quality of everything I do, from normal daily runs, to workouts, to long runs far surpasses the type of training I was doing six months ago, let alone last year at this time. The sessions with Dr Lau aren't always enjoyable; in fact they can be very painful, and sometimes that's hard to wrap my head around when I'm not even injured. But, as Dr. Lau likes to say, it's important to "troubleshoot" for any tightness or weakness that may lead to a problem down the road so that we can avoid setbacks and continue to build consistency.
In addition to Dr. Lau, SRA just announced our latest partnership, U.S. Cryotherapy. U.S. Cryotherapy is a facility in Roseville, CA that offers cold therapy treatment for the purpose of recovery and injury treatment. They offer cold chambers for total body recovery and localized treatments for specific injuries. Next week the SRA team is going to meet with the manager to tour the facility and learn more about the amenities offered there. I'm looking forward to finding ways to incorporate this new aspect of recovery into my training.
The SRA elite team is in it's early stages but I am very excited about the support they are offering to athletes in the area and look forward to helping the team grow. I'll be proud to put on our uniform for the first time on February 11th when I race the 3k at the Husky Classic in Seattle. As all athletes know, but sometimes forget to mention, it truly takes a team of support to get an athlete to the line, fully prepared when the gun goes off. Over the past two and a half years, since leaving the college setting, I have grown more acutely aware of the need to adopt a active approach with regard to all forms of recovery and rejuvenation in order to run my best every day and on race day. I consider myself fortunate to have superb resources and support in my path as a professional runner and look forward to representing Sacramento Running Association as I reap the rewards of the hard work that so many have invested on my behalf.
Choosing Excellence
The UC Davis cross country and track & field program has evolved a great deal since my collegiate career ended in 2009. I take great satisfaction from helping motivate current Aggies to match and surpass training markers and race efforts from my early years in the program, and the depth of talent and strong commitment sometimes make me wonder what it would have been like to train in and amongst such a talented group 5-6 years ago. Part of the buy-in that our coaching staff strives to create is the willingness of each runner to give 100% on any given day while also going all-in in the pursuit of personal goals. Sometimes that means athletes are faced with difficult choices because there are so many opportunities available to students in college, and they can't do everything and run to the best of their ability. When athletes are willing to simplify their lives in the pursuit of maximizing their academic and athletic potential, we call it "choosing excellence".
Over the course of the fall I began to feel frustrated with the choices I was or wasn't making to be excellent, as both an athlete and coach. There were days when I was engrossed in coaching duties and wasn't making the right choices for training and recovery, and it frustrated me to think that my competitors were spending their days in ways that would give them an advantage over me. Then on days when I did make selfish decisions that would allow me to invest more time into my own training and recovery, I felt like I wasn't being the best coach I could be. I constantly felt torn between wanting to do both jobs well, and never quite feeling like I was doing either well enough.
In the past Drew and I had talked in an abstract way about one day going back to being a volunteer so that I could fully focus on my own running, but it was more in the sense of "one day when I'm sponsored" or "when I begin my first marathon build up", both of which were in the future but without a specific timetable in place to get there. Over the summer, however, the Sacramento Running Association put the wheels in motion to begin sponsoring a group of elite local runners. I applied, and ultimately was offered a generous grant that changed the timeline for how and when I could step back from coaching. After some more discussion with Drew, we decided that I would transition from my paid postition in January, after the cross country season was over but well in time for the beginning of the track season and my preparation for the Olympic Trials.
The decision certainly wasn't an easy one: I love coaching, I am very invested in our team, and I don't want to walk away from the relationships I have with our athletes.
As a volunteer coach, I will continue to be at practices and meets that fit with my own training and competition schedule so that I can continue to play a role with the team. At the same time, I'm now free to make all the right choices to train and recover the way I need to on a daily basis, as well as travel during the year for training camps when I want. With this structure I feel like I will be more effective at becoming the best athlete I can be, and some part of that makes me feel that I am making a better coaching decision as well. It's one thing to talk about going "all-in" or "choosing excellence," but it's not always easy to live out the very expectations we put out there for others. I hope that my decision allows our athletes to gain a better understanding of those concepts and inspires them to also make the difficult choices that will make them better runners.
Back in Business!
Somehow I didn't get back on the blogging bandwagon once my time off from running concluded and I resumed training seven weeks ago. I suppose that the arrival of the new year is as good a time as any to re-initiate the blog and update everyone on the latest news from base training and preparation for the upcoming Olympic year.
After Pan Ams I took a short break from running. It had been over a year since I'd had more than a few days off during brief in-season breaks, so I knew it was time to give my body a chance to recuperate. In the weeks since then I have steadily built training and I am feeling fit and fully back in the swing of things. I have also used these weeks to be a little more relaxed in my routines and have some fun between training.
Highlights from the past month include a trip to Seattle for a weekend in December to visit friends, the USTFCCCA national coaches convention in San Antonio, and more recently a week spent at home in Santa Rosa over Christmas. The weekend in Seattle coincided with the USATF Club Championships, and I enjoyed being able to catch up with friends from across the country who had come to race. While I admit it was a little hard to watch the race and not be a part of it, it was fun to watch Brie Felnagle win on home turf, as she was one of the primary people I had come to Seattle to spend time with. She was also a good sport about getting up the morning after the race to accompany me on the first half of a sixteen-mile run on the Cedar River Trail. I loved exploring the trails and putting in some great running efforts in that area of Washington and connecting with other runners for a few days.
The day after returning from the Pacific Northwest, the entire UC Davis XC/Track & Field staff had an early morning departure for San Antonio, where the national coaches convention was held at the JW Marriott Hill Country. Although one of my favorite aspects of the resort is the chance to run on the rolling golf courses there, it was also great to take in the coaching symposiums, see the Bowerman Award presented, and hang out with college coaches. I may be biased, but I thought that Scott Abbott, from Sac State, stole the show with his presentation on middle-distance running on the first day. On our first night there Lea Wallace drove over from Austin and it was great to catch up with her for the first time since her move to Texas. I returned from San Antonio well-fed and with my head full of training ideas and excited about coaching and training.
Christmas in Santa Rosa provided some time to unplug and relax. I mostly spent time with family, but was also able to connect with several friends from my high school cross country days. We try to make a point to get together every Christmas, but it seems harder every year to get everyone in town on the same day. I was able to meet my HS coach, Val Sell, at the start of training runs in Annadel State Park, and she is currently hard at work prepping for the Carlsbad 5k in April.
Now I am back in Sacramento and looking forward to the New Year. My plans are to go to bed early on New Year's eve before knocking out a solid long run on Sunday morning. It's a fitting plan to ring in 2012, as it is an Olympic year, and the next six months will be entirely dedicated to becoming the most-prepared athlete I can when I toe the line at the Trials in Eugene. The plan for this winter is to race 3000m indoors, and my coach and I are currently in the process of planning an altitude camp for the month of March before opening the outdoor season.
Patience may not be my strongest suit, but I am excited to race indoors, return to San Luis Potosí, and then prepare to race fast over 5000 and 10,000m in the spring.
Flying through the month of October
The month of October was a busy one for me. It started with the US 10k road championships in Boston. Last year was my first year running that race, and I absolutely loved the experience. Boston is a beautiful city, and the entire race environment has amazing energy. The night before the race there is a dinner where the elite athletes get to meet race sponsors and organizers, as well as a distinguished group of women who have run the race every year since its inception in 1977. I thoroughly enjoyed hearing their stories and gaining an appreciation of their commitment to the event. I finished third this year, and while I went in with slightly higher hopes for myself, I realize that it is progress from last year (when I finished 6th) and another step forward for me as I seek to progress in the sport.
After the weekend in Boston, I returned to Sacramento, but quickly turned around again to head to Indiana for the Pre-Nationals meet in Terre Haute. That was a good weekend, and our women's team finished 6th overall, representing our highest finish ever in that meet. Coming off that race, they knew they would be the team to beat at conference.
The following weekend the time to prepare and head to the Pan Am Games arrived. On the Saturday I flew from Sacramento to Houston for team processing, which consisted of a brief meeting, picking up a bunch of USOC apparel for the games, having pictures taken, a great dinner and an early bedtime before heading to Guadalajara the following day. On Sunday we flew as a group of about one hundred team members, a large portion of which consisted of Track and Field athletes, but also included U.S. team members from Judo, Fencing, Weight-lifting, and Diving.
After we arrived at the athlete village we had another brief meeting with the US Olympic Committee staff, a meeting with the US Track and Field staff, and then settled into our apartments. From that point until race day the daily plan consisted of a pretty simple routine involving breakfast, training, lunch, massage/Normatec/ice bath or some other kind of therapy, laying low in the afternoon, dinner, hanging out in the athlete lounge, watching events that had gone on throughout the day on TV, and then bed. The days became predicable and somewhat uneventful, but I enjoyed every minute of it. Even though we hadn't competed on the same team since my freshman year in HS, it was also good to catch up with fellow Montgomery alum Sara Hall, who ended up winning the 3000m steeplechase race at Pan Ams.
The 5000m race itself was tough, and I struggled mightily in last mile. Despite the fact that I entered the meet without the advantage of altitude acclimation, it still was not the way I had envisioned the end of my season. Overall, my time in Guadalajara was a great learning experience. The support from both the USOC and USA Track and Field was outstanding and extremely well organized. Putting on the US singlet is a huge honor and I feel very fortunate to have been given the opportunity to compete in that arena.
The morning after the Pan Ams race I flew straight from Guadalajara to Riverside, CA to coach at the Big West Conference Championships. The meet capped off a great week as the UC Davis women brought home their first conference title. "Conference Champions" is a distinction we have been seeking for a number of years now, and I can't describe how good it felt to finally watch them hold up the championship trophy.
Although I've promised myself that I will never complain about the amount of travel I get to do, I have to admit I felt relieved when I got home after conference knowing that it would be several weeks before I was on a plane again. I took ten days off from running, but I am very eager to get back to work. As always, I am excited about what lies ahead, for both the training and racing that will take place, but also the places that training and racing will take me over the course of the months to come.
Reflecting on the 5k Championships and looking forward
On the heels of my race at Falmouth this past August, Kevin Selby from Flotrack came to Davis to talk with me about the progress I have made in my running career over the past couple of years. At some point during the interview he asked me point blank if I hesitate in races rather than thrusting myself into certain competitive situations. My immediate response was that I don't. I think of myself as someone that takes risks and likes to lay it on the line. But as the days passed after he left and I spent some time reflecting on the interview, his question started nagging at me. I couldn't figure out why he would even ask that question without some underlying reasoning. I may think I lay it out there every time, but perhaps he has seen something that I don't? I realize that sometimes athletes perceive themselves in a certain light, and a coach may have to challenge them to expand their horizons to make them better athletes. So, back in August, weeks before there was any indication of who would or would not be running at the US 5k road championships, I decided that I had to run to win, simply to prove to myself that I don't hesitate in races or think "maybe I shouldn't be up there," as Kevin put it.
Two weeks have elapsed since the 5k championships and I'm still not sure I can fully answer Kevin's question. Did I run to win like I intended? In the moment, I thought so. The race strung out very early, with Julie Culley (the eventual winner) running up front, me giving chase, and a pack hot on my heels. From as early as a half mile into the race we were all already in our finish order. I made a push half way through the race to close the gap, but I was never able to catch Julie. In the aftermath, I wondered if perhaps I did hesitate early on and I should have closed the gap immediately or gone with Julie. On the whole though, I feel good about the effort I gave. I'm happy with runner-up finish, but also find that it has left me hungry to achieve more.
Luckily, "more" is right around the corner in the form of the US 10k Road Championships (Tufts Heath Plan 10k for Women) in Boston on October 10th. I am very excited about returning to Boston and running this race again. Tufts puts on a great event in a city that I have come to like a great deal in trips there. Last year I finished 6th overall and was fortunate to be selected to represent the US at the Chiba Ekiden relay in Japan. It was very exciting time for me; I felt like I was finally doing what I had dreamed of when I graduated college and chose to pursue a career in running. I associate Boston and the Tufts 10k with that big step forward and I'm hoping that my experience this year can represent continued growth.
I love to train hard and compete all out, but perhaps the answer to Kevin's question is one that will always remain somewhat elusive, since I also continually seek a higher and more desirable level on which to achieve. For now, I look forward to one final race on the roads as fall arrives in New England. I can't wait for noon on Columbus Day at the Boston Commons!
Laying the Foundation for Success at Cross Country Camp
I spent last week at Point Reyes National Seashore, in West Marin Country, at the UC Davis Cross Country camp. This was my eighth year attending camp. There are some traditions that are exactly as they were when I attended my first camp as a freshman and others that have changed greatly over the years. Some of those changes are simply due to changes in logistics, but others have changed as the blend of personalities in the program shift. In some ways camp is always the same, but because the personality of the team changes from year to year, it is also always different. Out of the eight years that I have spent in the program as an athlete and now as a coach, this year was definitely my favorite camp thus far.
Last year we introduced a run that quickly became dubbed "the monster long run". It begins at the trailhead for Sky Trail and immediately climbs a mile into dense forest. The trail narrows and is often very muddy in spots, and after the fairly long uphill out of the parking lot, it makes for a tough start. After the initial ascent, Sky Trail drops dramatically down to Coast Trail, which runs along the cliffs above the water. Once on Coast Trail you can finally get rolling into a nice rhythm all the way back to the hostel where we stay. For athletes not ready to bite off the full loop, they stop there after approximately 13 miles. The rest of the group embarks on a two-mile, grinding climb from the hostel back up to the vans at the start of Sky Trail. In all in the loop is only 15 miles, but it takes me over an hour and fifty minutes, which is slow going compared to type of training we get done in Davis and Sacramento. Last season the run felt like an epic adventure. For a number of people it was the longest they had ever spent on their feet in one run. There were some wrong turns made, some bonking, and one person literally crawled in. Some people loved how hard it was; some hated it. Needless to say, there was a high level of anticipation for the run this year. Everyone seemed to be looking forward to the challenge, but no one was underestimating the task that was before him or her. As a result, the run turned out to be almost anticlimactic. Everyone got the job done, but there was nothing dramatic or epic about the experience. We just ran. And when we were done we refueled, stretched, got back in the vans, and spent the day relaxing. I won't say it was easy, but it certainly didn't fit with the memory everyone had built up after the previous year's long run.
In a lot of ways the essence of the entire trip was embodied in that run.
In past years I have felt like camp has taken a lot of energy (as a coach and an athlete) but this year was easy. The teams worked hard, but in general the routine wasn't dramatically different from how we have become accustomed to training and living at home, and by the end of the week it didn't feel like anyone was ready to go home. In general the week ran very smoothly and I credit it to the great dynamic this group of athletes has. In the time that I have been an Aggie I've been able to witness the program evolve tremendously. In the past three years, specifically, the team has developed a culture in which enjoyment is found in discipline, consistent work, and most importantly, being successful. As a coach in the program and as an athlete that has continued to compete at a high level, I know I have contributed in building this culture, but the energy I gain from being immersed in such an environment far surpasses the energy I put into helping create it. What I do on a daily basis suddenly doesn't seem as big a deal as I could make it out to be, when there are 36 athletes around me, training with their own purposes, holding each other accountable to goals, and making each other better every single day. While my races and goals are different than theirs, I feed off their collective energy and together we lay down work, day upon day, week upon week, year upon year, in our quest for success. As much as I am looking forward to the races I have ahead of me this fall, I am equally eager for the cross-country season to unfold and to witness the fruition of the work the Aggies are putting in now.


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Age: 39
Residence: Essex
Family: Husband, Chris; daughters Ellie (9) and Kate (3)
Occupation: Stay at home mother
Primary sport: Running
It's been quite the trajectory for Jeannie Quintin from an un-athletic childhood to qualifying for (and running) the Boston Marathon. Now running is so much a part of her life that it's part of her e-mail address and she considers Vermont City Marathon day to be one of her two favorite days of the year.
VS: When did you start running?
JQ: I started running in 2002 because after I got married in 2000 I gained 25 pounds. I needed something to help me lose weight. At the time, I could barely run a quarter of a mile so my goal was simply to do 30 minutes on a treadmill. It took me a few months but I managed it and then I signed up for a 5K race that August. I kept looking behind me the entire time, praying that I wouldn't be last. I finished in 27:58 and I was so excited that it was under a 9-minute mile so I signed up for another one that fall and ran a similar time.
VS: It's a big jump from 5Ks to marathons, isn't it?
JQ: After my second 5K I got a book called The Non-Runner's Marathon Training Guide which said that if you could run three miles, you could run a marathon so I signed up for my first VCM. Running those 5Ks was something I was really proud of because it was totally mine; it wasn't part of a team or a family but just me. Even my training was all by myself, reflecting and thinking about the commitment.
I ran the VCM in 2003 and I cried the last quarter mile because I was so proud of myself. I wasn't an athlete in high school so this was something new. I ran it in 4:31 and I was hooked. Then we moved to Essex and I met some women from the neighborhood who also ran. I had never experienced running with others before and I loved it. We would get up early and run to train for the 2004 VCM. Now I love meeting new people for running and setting them up with other running partners. We have a great community of runners here.
VS: Have you run the VCM every year?
JQ: I ran it in 2004 but I skipped the following year because I had Ellie. I ran again in 2006 and I was hoping to qualify for Boston but that was the year it was 85 degrees so I didn't make it, but it was still my first sub-4 hour mile. After that race I hired someone to write a training program for me so I could qualify for Boston. I did the NYC marathon that fall and I qualified then.
VS: So did you run Boston?
JQ: At first I kept putting it off. In 2007 I ran the VCM instead and then 2008 was the 15-year anniversary of VCM and I couldn't miss that. It was my best year ever. I ran it in 3:19 and was third in my age group and 25th among all women. That was an amazing year for me and for VCM and I was so happy I decided not to run Boston. I finally went to Boston in 2009 and because I knew I was going to have another baby I also did the VCM that year but not competitively. That was one of the most fun years I've ever had because I did it casually. I met people on the bike path and ran with them and it was really fun.
VS: Did you keep running after the birth of your second daughter?
JQ: The year I had Kate I just did a three-mile leg for a relay team and since then I've had a bunch of injuries so in 2011 I did three miles again and in 2012 and 2013 I did a half marathon. This year I'm signed up for the full marathon again. I'm throwing myself out there. I have a goal of running Boston when I'm 40 so I'm really excited for this year.
VS: Why do you keep coming back to the VCM?
JQ: I just think this race is the best marathon. I've run in Boston, New York, San Francisco and Philadelphia but the community aspect of this race, the spectators and the organization is by far better than any of those. I really love the part through the neighborhoods because the people bring out their music and water hoses and oranges and bananas and cheer for people they don't even know. That's such an amazing part of the race.
If you asked any of my friends they'd tell you that my two favorite days of the year are the VCM and my birthday. I couldn't imagine planning something on the Memorial Day weekend. It wouldn't cross my mind. The VCM is scheduled on my calendar 364 days in advance. It's such a class act.
VS: What other sports do you do?
JQ: I'm really just a runner. I hadn't skied in 13 years and did this year and it was fun. I hadn't been skiing because I had been afraid of getting hurt and not being able to run. My husband golfs so I did that a little bit when we were dating but I'm very competitive and it takes a long time to be good at golf.
VS: Do you run outdoors in winter?
JQ: I try to run outdoors as much as possible but with Kate it's hard and this year we've had a lot of ice. I belong to The Sports and Fitness Edge and do track workouts twice a week but I get outside as much as possible. I try to run at least five days a week and if I don't, I think a part of me is missing.
VS: Do you have any advice for prospective marathoners?
JQ: I never thought I could run this fast when I started but I have come to believe that so much of running is believing in yourself. When people ask me if I think they can do it I ask if they think they can. You can do anything you want if you work hard for it and believe in yourself. So much of it is mental.


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Quote from: "jayryan";p="44372"I run 17's year round so do i. But i am ready to put the summer tires on.. just wonding if we are going to have that 1 big storm.
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Marine deserter hides out in woman's body
The Daily Mail has the story of poor Elizabeth/Donald Tremblay who deserted from the Marine Corps because she/he "couldn't take it anymore and he fled to his home state of Maine" 31 years ago. Here's the link, but don't click it unless you think you can live with the image for the rest of your life. Don't say I didn't warn you, dickweed.
Now, even though much has changed in the past 31 years since Donald left the military- most notably her sex change- but that [doesn't] mean that the charges have been dropped.
She was already arrested once for the charge four months ago and she was forced to spend two-and-a-half days in jail, but she is still awaiting the official verdict from the Marines Corps.
'The only thing they have on me is desertion. Other than that, I was a good Marine. I didn't get in trouble or anything,' Elizabeth told local paper Lewiston-Auburn Sun Journal.
Elizabeth, 57, says that it is not so much the fact that the Marine Corps came calling after her because she went absent without leave, but the timing of it all.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure they don't want it back. Mail it it's discharge and forget it ever happened.
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3, the mobile operator with the dubious brand name, has teamed up with Yahoo to finally allow its users to access the web via mobile handsets.
The telecoms group today announced a global agreement with Yahoo to demolish its ill-advised 'walled garden'.
Despite being the first mobile operator to roll-out a 3G network in the UK, 3 users haven't been able to visit websites of their own choosing, instead being force-fed a diet of 3-approved websites and services.
Now, in mid-2006, the company has changed its tune and will integrate various Yahoo services into its mobile web offering, including Yahoo! Search, Yahoo! Mobile Web, Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Mail, and Yahoo! Go for Mobile.
3 said: "This agreement breaks new ground in the convergence of the online and mobile experience by bringing some of the world's most popular online content and services to mobile broadband handsets."
How exactly is this "breaking new ground"? T-Mobile's Web'n'Walk offering works perfectly well and has allowed me to access the web without imposing 3-esque restrictions. And what's all this about "mobile broadband"?
But wait, there's more flowery PR statements in the press release: "For 3, this is another step in a series of landmark deals that will open up a range of no-nonsense Internet-based services to its global customers and will drive customer acquisition, usage and traffic on 3's mobile networks."
I guess partnering with Yahoo can be described as a landmark deal, but as ever it is 3's focus on customer acquisition that is most troubling. Customer retention should be the company's priority, in my view.
God knows what customer churn is like at 3, if my experience as a consumer is anything to go by. I spent the first six months trying to explain to customer services that I was unable to send a text message on my shiny new 3G handset. Rubbish.
I racked up about 30 hours of telephone calls in that timeframe (with no successful outcome until head office was contacted) and have a mortal loathing of Norah Jones as a result (3's choice of non-soothing hold music). Not what I expected from my first 3G experience. And since 3 occupies the unfortunate position of being one of the most-hated brands in the UK we can assume that I'm not alone.
Roll forward a couple of years and it looks like these are desperate times for 3. James Bashford of Enders Analysis told the Sunday Times last month that he believes churn rates could be running at "more than 50%".
More broadly, the company does not appear to be in good shape, and like many struggling companies 3 seems blinded by a desire to acquire yet more customers, rather than trying to keep existing ones happy.
Think of all those expensive, weird TV and press ads, and the low-rent subscription rates and the free handsets 3 gives away to lure new customers, not to mention the fees it pays out to a number of unethical third party sales houses to randomly contact / annoy consumers by giving them the hard-sell. When the hell did I opt in to that sort of marketing? And how do I opt out?
You can only wonder how much 3 spends on customer acquisition. But unless it learns how to hold onto customers for (much) longer it might as well not bother.
Customer retention and growing average customer lifetime value is of paramount importance if 3 ever expects to generate a return on investment for Li-Ka-shing, the billionaire chairman of parent company Hutchison Whampoa.
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Visitors can explore the Zoo by car, bike, electric safari cart or on foot. For a real zoofari adventure, we recommend getting out of the car and exploring the Zoo on foot, bike or cart. Bikes and electric carts are available for hire and a fun way to get around, but visitors are also welcome to use their own cars or bikes.
**Please note due to safety guidelines scooters and skateboards are not permitted to be used on the zoo circuit.
Getting around by car
The Zoo features a 5.3km one-way circuit, with animal exhibits and picnic grounds situated along the way. Most exhibits can be seen from the road, but a few require you to walk a short distance. The Zoo circuit is a sealed road and road rules apply at all times.
If you are towing a caravan or trailer please stop at the designated parking area on the right after you drive through the main entry gate. Please unhook and park your trailer or caravan in this area as these are unable to be taken onto the Zoo circuit.
Around the circuit there is plenty of parking so you can leave your car and explore our paths and trails on foot.
Getting around by cart
For the ultimate zoofari experience, hire an electric cart. Our carts are a fun way to journey around the Zoo and are easy to park and hop on and off at the different exhibits, with parking available around the circuit.
Electric carts are $69 per three hour hire. Drivers must be over the age of 21 with full driver's licence. Carts can be hired from the Hire Centre on arrival (no pre-booking). Subject to availability.
It is important to remember that the Zoo circuit is a sealed road and road rules apply at all times.
*Please note a $200 bond via credit card imprint is required upon hire of an electric cart.
*If your child requires a child restraint / car seat please be advised that the zoo does not provide these and to please provide your own.
Getting around by bike
Exploring the Zoo by bike is a great way to see the animals as you can easily traverse some of the paths and trails off the main circuit.
Bikes are available for hire from the Zoo's Hire Centre, but visitors are also welcome to bring their own. While the Zoo also provides helmets, it is recommended that visitors bring their own where possible.
You can arrange your bike hire at the Hire Centre on arrival, subject to availability.
The Zoo circuit is a sealed road and road rules apply at all times. The first half of the Zoo circuit has a slight incline, but otherwise it is reasonably flat.
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Margot McMillen - The Golden Lane: How Missouri Women Gained the Vote and Changed History
Margot McMillen, author of The Golden Lane, explores how a protest by thousands of women at the 1916 Democratic National Convention in St. Louis changed minds and helped make voting rights for women a reality. Her presentation coincides with Women's Empowerment Week.
McMillen is an adjunct instructor of English at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, and farms in rural Callaway County.
This event is co-sponsored by the Missouri Women's Leadership Coalition, the Greater Kansas City Women's Political Caucus, and The League of Women Voters: Kansas City, Jackson County, Platte County.