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Smaller By The Day
Some of the spring halfs seem to wait until the last minute. The Holy Half at Notre Dame waited until 6 weeks before the race to open registration. The annual marathons seems to open ASAP. Monumental actually opened registration on New Years Day.
Weight 100 pounds lost
5K 31:02 Sept. 2012 / 23:36 Sept. 2013 (Same Course)
10K 48:59 April 2013
HM 2:03:56 Nov. 2012 / 1:46:50 March 2013
MARATHON 3:57:33 Nov. 2013
I have a dilemma, this October there are NOW two races I am considering but I think it would be a good idea to choose one and not both. I have been planning on registering for the Evansville Half marathon this year (registrations aren't open yet), but now my heart is pulling towards the Annual Indianapolis Half Marathon on October 19. Honestly I want to register for both but as I think the Evansville will be either on the 6th or 13th, that would be a week or 2 weeks before the Indianapolis race. And then of course I go back to Indy for the Monumental Half on November 2nd. I figure I should ask for other runners' opinions
*Do It For Yourself, Do It Because They Said It Was Impossible, Do It Because They Said You Were Incapable*
5k - 24:15 (7:49 min/mile pace)
10k - 51:47 (8:16 min/mile pace)
15k -1:18:09 (8:24 min/mile pace)
13.1 - 1:53:12 (8:39 min/mile pace)
26.2 - (Debut) - 4:48:10
Hmm... maybe it was New Years Day, I can't remember dang it. I just know I registered on the very day that registrations opened
Go figure
Trying to find some more hay to restock the barn
Hmm... maybe it was New Years Day, I can't remember dang it. I just know I registered on the very day that registrations opened
If you registered for the HM, and paid $50 it was before Jan. 3rd. It was their "Resolution Special". Then, it went up $$15.
Hopefully it won't happen to you, but once you've swallowed a race fee or two due to injury, registering early becomes a lot less attractive. I wait as long as possible now to register.
It's happened......... twice I think. 2010 I registered for the Evansville Half and it would have been my first but I injured myself. Then last year I was going to run the Indy Monumental Half a month after the Evansville Half, but after limping my way across the finish line at that one I decided to swallow the fee and recover. I honestly don't mind if it happens, I just tell myself it was a donation, it's easier if I don't have the shirt. Last Hearts on Fire 5k (2012) I dropped out before the first mile, I hadn't ran for over a month before the race, gained 10-15 lbs (pregnant) and was not acclimated to the cold. I have the shirt but I hardly wear it.
If you registered for the HM, and paid $50 it was before Jan. 3rd. It was their "Resolution Special". Then, it went up $$15.
Hmmm.... I do think it was $50.... I will check real quick.
Edited: Yep, I registered on the 1st of January.
Freesoul - More importantly, where do you eat in Indy? There are some pretty good choices, but we only planned a one night stay last year. So, we drove down after work, and had to go for Rock Bottom. If Rock Bottom is your last resort, you're doing pretty darn good...lol This year we're going to stay an extra night, and I'm taking Friday off of work to get their early. I want a relaxed Friday, and post race party on Saturday.
My plans are to leave Friday afternoon and head up there, so I am probably going to have to reserve a hotel this weekend. We'll stay until Sunday night. Hopefully get there around 4 p.m on Friday, go find the YMCA to pick up my packet then we'll go eat somewhere nice, run the race Saturday and either relax the rest of the day or go somewhere and then eat out that evening, Sunday might either be a stay in the hotel most of the day and chill.
Last year, Monumental put some pretty good hotel deals on their website. We stayed at the Hyatt Regency for $165. Once you've been there, it seems like a pretty darn good deal. We're waiting for the hotels to hit the sight again. I want to go to St. Elmo's this year, but that has to be post-race. I can't eat a huge steak the night before my first marathon...lol
Good Grief!
wcrunner2 - where do you live that lets you race without having to go too far? I'll be running in St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati this year, all over 200 miles from me but we're making it a mini vacation also so it isn't huge deal. Next year I am looking at races ranging from Missouri, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and northern Indiana.
I live in the Philadelphia suburbs. Winter races can be hard to find every weekend, but from April through November I usually have multiple choices every weekend. Most of them are 5Ks, but if I want to run a longer race I can usually find one. I might have to drive as much as an hour and a half on rare occasions. I'm close enough to Wilmington, DE that it is also a possibility as is the Lancaster area if I stretch it a little.
2018 Goals: taking suggestions2018 Races: D3 50K, Nun Run 5K, Rundle's Revenge 25K, NC 24
I've already got my HMs lined up for the year, but I'm a bit dismayed at Tough Mudder this year. They want my money for registration in the 2013 NorCal events, but they haven't determined a venue...WTF? You want my money, won't offer a refund, yet you won't tell me where it's gonna be held? Excuse me? I ain't offering up any cash if'n it ain't a challenge, capiche? If it's Squaw...I'm there. NorthStar? Not so much (too easy). Gimme 10,000ft altitude and 13 plus miles of granite BAYBAY...or go home! **grin**
+1 I don't like to register for more than 2 at a time as a result. I have 1 in the morning and the following Sunday. Then I assess and go from there. My running club picks 2 races a month, but also keeps tabs on when they fill or not.
+2 This has happened to me a few times and it stinks. I wait at least a month out now and for small races I usually register the day of.
Running is my mental-Ctrl-Alt-Del.
Ball of Fury
When we race in Indy, we always eat at the Weber Grill the night before...it's our tradition!
PRs: 5K 22:59, 10K 46:54,HM: 1:51:15


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Victoria College tutoring center offers study tips for an A+ Christmas
Dec. 10, 2011 at 6:10 a.m.
Updated Dec. 11, 2011 at 6:11 a.m.
A force more powerful than the Grinch, more dastardly than Scrooge, each year threatens to stand in the way of a holly jolly Christmas for students: final exams.
No doubt, Christmastime is even more stressful for the students who have procrastinated their studying as long as they've procrastinated buying their sibling's gift.
"Unfortunately, if you haven't studied throughout the semester, I'm not really sure a last ditch effort is going to save you," Margaret Bell put it bluntly.
But for students of all caliber searching for some reprieve from finals frets this year, Bell, an associate professor of biology at Victoria College, offered some tips.
She, along with members of VC's tutoring center and its international honor society Phi Theta Kappa, reflected on techniques that have helped them approach final exams with holiday cheer.
Consider it their gift to students this finals season.
1. Explain the material to a child.
Ventura Gobellan, PTK's secretary of public relations, said he goes over important chapters in his textbooks, then tries to see if he understands the material well enough to explain it to his 8-year-old son. Tell anyone, tell a video camera, Gobellan said. Just make sure you grasp the material well enough to explain in your own words.
2. Read questions carefully, circling keywords.
Explain, define, give an example, list - how many? Circle these keywords on short answer or essay questions, so you know how to frame your response. If a teacher provides possible essay questions before an exam, write the essays and have a tutor or teacher look over them.
3. Stay on campus.
For college students, resist the urge to head home during a break between classes. Instead, find one of the many hidden nooks on campus to curl up and study in. Get involved with school activities, and know the resources - like the tutoring center - available to students.
4. Study at Skillets.
Grab a corner booth, a boat of fries, and set up shop in a late-night diner. Bell said the light foot traffic and repetitive, non-distracting activity will provide the perfect backdrop for study time. "You get all that white noise, not too much distraction, but just enough to where you won't get fatigued," she said.
5. Avoid surprises.
Half the battle is finding out what to study. Write down what was on midterm exams, quizzes and end-of-chapter reviews. If you see a topic more than once, it's important. If your teacher mentions it, too, bet it will be on the final exam, said Brandy Garrett, president of PTK.
6. Be resourceful.
Study with classmates who are performing well, and ask former students how a teacher tests, but don't expect them to spill the questions. "Tutors have been in the trenches. By the end of class (they've) sized up the instructor," VC tutoring coordinator Betty East said.
7. Take good notes.
The key is to not only take down what a teacher says, but to review it later. Leave sticky notes where you have holes or questions you need answered. Rewrite them in an outline style. Paste in pictures or draw your own for things like biology or anatomy.
8. Study how to study.
Some students rewrite notes and repeat key terms out loud. Others make note cards. Some swear by highlighters, and others curse them. Know which techniques work best for you. "You have to learn to study. You have to look online, ask somebody," said Toni Marek, PTK's vice president of scholarship. "It's not a stupid question - "How do you study?"

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A person who claims to have stolen $800 from a Michigan store 30 years ago has repaid the money in cash - with interest.
The story began with a letter that arrived in the newsroom of NBC affiliate WOOD Monday morning.
It bore no signature and no return address.
"I'm asking for help in locating a man that I owe the money," an anonymous person wrote in the letter.
In the letter addressed the WOOD News staff and Sheriff, the writer admitted to breaking into what was then the Middle Mart on M-37 just north of Middleville about 30 years ago.
The self-proclaimed burglar didn't specify motive, only admitting to stealing cash from the store.
"It was around $800 or so," the letter specifies.
The letter also doesn't say what the money was used for.
But the anonymous writer did something those in the reporting business call burying the lead:
"I sent some intrist [interest] that's why it's 1200 I sent to the sheriff [sic]," the burglar wrote about halfway through the note.
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A Umatilla woman was arrested Friday by Marion County sheriff's detectives on a warrant for adoption fraud and grand theft after authorities say she sought and received money from several agencies representing adoptive families.
UMATILLA — A Umatilla woman was arrested Friday by Marion County sheriff's detectives on a warrant for adoption fraud and grand theft after authorities say she sought and received money from several agencies representing adoptive families.
Authorities say Deana Marie Day, 33, agreed through a South Florida law firm to give her child up for adoption while the firm paid her for living expenses, and at the same time she allegedly was contacting other agencies and receiving money from them for the same services.
Booked into the Marion County Jail at 1:52 p.m. Friday, Day was released on $4,000 bond at 7:32 p.m.
Day could not be reached for comment.
Amy Hickman, an attorney with Hausmann & Hickman, located in Palm Beach County and whose website says they specialize in representing adoptive families, said in an interview with the Star-Banner that Day "took advantage of our services," and "took advantage of my clients."
Hickman said Day had met her clients and they were assisting her so she would have a healthy pregnancy.
On Feb. 8, Detective TJ Watts received the signed agreement, money transfers and checks written to Day from the law firm.
Talking with a representative from the company, Watts was told that the firm began working with Day in August 2012 as the adoption entity for the proposed adoption placement of a child who she was due to deliver in February 2013.
The agreement stated the office would proceed with the adoption placement, and they would choose the prospective adoptive couple. The agreement also said Day would be paid for her living expenses.
The representative told the detective that Day received $6,718.52 for living expenses.
The agreement was terminated, detectives say, when the firm discovered that Day was accepting cash from other adoption entities at the same time she was receiving money from them.
Hickman told the Star-Banner they knew of five other adoption agencies that Day had contacted, one of which was in California and another in New York. She said while Day didn't receive money from all the agencies, they knew of at least two agencies that gave Day at least $2,000 while she had an agreement with them.
Each adoption agency has an agreement that stipulates it is a crime for the mother giving her child up for adoption to work with more than one adoption plan at the same time.
The day before Valentine's Day, Watts and Detective Ollue Myers visited Day at her Umatilla residence and she admitted she had an agreement with the Palm Beach law firm to put her child up for adoption, She said, however, that she had fired the firm because she no longer wanted to go through with the plan. She also said she had dealt with several agencies. However, she said they were not being dealt with at the same time.
Watts told her about an agreement she had signed with Little Angels Adoption Agency in Avon Park in December 2012 where she had received $800. During that same time period, the Palm Beach firm had sent Day two checks totaling $400, which she cashed, authorities said. The checks were sent to different addresses in Marion County.
Day said she had cashed the checks and it was wrong, but did so because her husband was incarcerated, authorities said.
Day said she had another child, which was given up for adoption, and didn't want her current child to go through a similar fate. The child that she was to give up for adoption has since been born.
Hickman would not reveal the gender of the child, but said the child is in Day's care. She also said it was their first time dealing with Day.
"It's a shame," she said.
A warrant was obtained for Day on Friday and she was taken into custody.


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The Snow Lions were once again made to pay for the wastefulness in front of goal as the midfielder struck in the final minute of regulation time to snatch all three points.
United Sikkim are in dire straits second from bottom of the table and as such, this game represented a virtual 'must win' for Nathan Hall's side.
Unsurprisingly, it was the hosts who were quickest off the blocks and created the first real opening on six minutes. Lineker Machado sent in a beautiful cross into the box after some nice build-up play, the ball fell to Sikkim's Spanish frontman Pablo Aracil but his shot missed the target. After that squandered opportunity they continued to pile on the pressure but could not affect the scoreline.
At the other end the visitors nearly made them pay with their first chance in the 14th minute. A sweeping counter-attack resulted in a shot on goal but Sikkim keeper Monotosh Ghosh ensured the scoreboard remained blank.
It seemed that scare was just what the Snow Lions needed and following it their pressure was constant and the chances came thick and fast. On 19 minutes, Machado was it again and another pinpoint cross this time picked out Nurudeen Salau but his spectacular effort on the volley rebounded off the post. Then, there were two more guilt-edged opportunities in quick succession but both Machado and defender Sandesh Jhingan fluffed their lines.
The final chance of the half fell the way of Salau but he headed just over from a corner. On the balance of play, ONGC were very lucky to go into the break with no damage done, while the north east outfit had only themselves to blame for not making the most of their chances.
Following the breather the Snow Lions looked to have picked up from where they had left off and created the first opening of the period in the 53rd minute. After a dangerous looking attack from the right, full-back Abhishek Das carved out an accurate cross which left Salau with a free header, but he mistimed his jump and skied the attempt.
Four minutes later ONGC stopper Robin Gurung received a caution as he hauled down a marauding Das. The resulting free-kick taken by Steve Hayes took a deflection off the onrushing Ashish Chetri and flashed dangerously across the face of goal and out for a throw-in.
On 64 minutes a rare counter-attack from Santosh Kashyap's men saw in-form Japanese midfielder Katsumi Yusa left one-on-one with the goalkeeper but his shot blazed way over the bar.
Thereafter the home side kept barraging the Oilmen's goal but still could not find the back of the net and they were made to pay for their wastefulness in front of goal when Eric Brown struck for the visitors in the final minute of regulation time, sending the home support into stunned silence.
Another flowing counter-attack saw Yusa pick out Eric Brown with a precise pass and he made no mistake smashing the ball past Monotosh into an empty net.
The result means ONGC continue their impressive progress under Kashyap and they are in seventh place with 24 points. Meanwhile, you have to wonder whether the dye has already been cast for Nathan Hall's side, as they remain stuck at the wrong end of the table with a mere 12 points from 20 outings.
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She was born June 2, 1935, in Cawker City, Kan., to the late George Wright and Erma Burch. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by two grandchildren, Joey Fowler and Jeremy Delrio.
Mrs. Kelley is survived by her husband, Clinton Kelley; three daughters, Sue Talkington and husband, Ottie, of Alma, Sheila Ragsdale of Lamar and Sandra McEntire and husband, Tim, of North Carolina; two sons, Steve Stewart of Ozone and Kevin Kelley of Hartman; two stepdaughters, Jennifer Wyatt and Krista Weldon, both of Oklahoma City, Okla.; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
There will be a graveside service at 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, at Bethlehem Cemetery, with Bro. John Griffin officiating.
Arrangements are under the direction of Roller-Cox Funeral Home 754-2201. Online guest book www.rollerfuneralhomes.com