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Ty Segall, Black Lips, Ariel Pink, Thee Oh Sees, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Witch, King Khan & Bbq Show, Nick Waterhouse, The Garden, Tennis, Shannon & The Clams, Travis Scott, The Mr. T Experience, J Mascis & many, many more…
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First off, the name thing—get it out of the way right up top—while not particularly cool or clever, does not bother me on the level it does some others apparently. (I would only add to the conversation the point that "official history" tends to evolve, elevating and depreciating certain aspects of past events, wars in particular, as time passes, as befits the victors.) There's a lot more to read online about if you want to seek it out and contribute clicks and eyeballs to the debate. Moving on.
Viet Cong, four bros, half of whom were in the similarly unGoogleable, relatively decent band Women, from the great white north (Calgary, specifically) took the stage at a packed Echoplex last Friday night. Right away, upon entrance, they dispel any of the darkness or austerity that their music and artwork gives off, with singer/bassist/ostensible leader Matt Flegel greeting his public rather jovially, a little loose with drink, perhaps, with an ill conceived comedy bit to give away random items from their backstage rider. It's hard to blame the bros for having a good time, riding the wave of new found success. (The sold out show was bumped up from an original booking at The Echo down to the 'Plex to accommodate more bodies.) But a little bit of an aura of mystery and seriousness is always welcome with the rock, when the tunes justify it. (As is a little style–T-shirts just don't cut it.) They would have been better served just launching straight into the music. Which of course they eventually do. [Continue reading. . .]
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Star Magazine's 'Hollywood Rocks' Party – April 4, 2013
Nadia attended Star Magazine's 'Hollywood Rocks' event held at Playhouse Nightclub on April 4, 2013 in Hollywood, California.
Nadia attended Star Magazine's 'Hollywood Rocks' event held at Playhouse Nightclub on April 4, 2013 in Hollywood, California.
Nadia attended the Fire and Ice Gala Benefiting Fresh2o held at the Lexington Social House on March 28, 2013 in Hollywood, California.
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No one gives poor Chloe a break. She's probably one of the only characters – the only female, at least! – who hasn't tried to murder anybody, poison anybody or any of that. Chloe does everything out of love and people give her so much crap.
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When Chloe was in Salem last, she was so weak. Now, she has come back stronger and I like that. She has found more of her self and sense of self. Chloe is not going to let anyone mess with her.
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I like the fact that Patrika [Darbo] is coming back. There were so many unanswered questions as to why Chloe's family wasn't really around during her lowest point in her life. And now it kind of helps explains it a little bit. She's coming back to be supportive of her daughter and help with Parker. It kind of explains a little bit more as to why her parents weren't around.
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They're (the fans) rooting for Daniel and Chloe to be together, no matter what kind of crazy things Chloe is doing right now. There are people who are not giving up hope, and Chloe is not either. I mean, Daniel's her baby daddy.
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I think Chloe is not a malicious person. She has a lot of love to give and share, but she sometimes makes really quick, irrational decisions to support her
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Chloe's so well-intentioned, but she does keep digging herself deeper and deeper. She has the best intentions, of course. I think she makes really impulsive decisions, obviously out of love. I think she's starting to kind of lose sight of what's really important because she just has her eye on the prize, and the it's so important to her because she really wants to give her son the life she never had growing up.
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The film Divorce Invitation, starring Nadia Bjorlin, Jonathan Bennett, and Jamie-Lyn Sigler will make its US premiere at the Miami Jewish Film Festival on February 3-4, 2013. Visit Miami Jewish Film Festival for show times and to purchase tickets.
New publicity photos from Days of our Lives – photos by Chris Haston/NBC.
That's right, folks! Nadia is now airing on Days of our Lives.
Here is an EXCLUSIVE LOOK into Chloe's return to Salem!
Here is an excerpt from Nadia's September 2012 interview with Michael Logan from TV Guide:
TV Guide Magazine: Your return to Days has been rumored for months! Last February, it was reported in a magazine that talks between you and the show had hit a "stalemate." Then in April, we read your return was "imminent." What was all that hoo-hah about?
Bjorlin: [Laughs] I find out a lot about myself through reading magazines. Most of the time I'm, like, "Uh…really?" There was a little bit of talk throughout the year. "Would you ever be interested in returning?" That sort of thing. But never anything concrete. I never put much thought into it so nothing was ever "imminent" and there was certainly no "stalemate." Now the timing is right. It's been a year since we've seen Chloe. [Laughs] Hopefully, the audience has forgotten what she was up to.
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Kolkata: The Congress on Tuesday alleged that the ruling Trinamool Congress was using terror tactics during filing of nominations by opposition candidates for the three phase panchayat polls in West Bengal.
"We have been receiving reports of attacks on our party candidates in East and West Midnapore, Bankura, Purulia, Bardhaman and many other districts where the administration is inert," WBPCC president Pradip Bhattacharjee said.
"Democracy is in peril as the state government has unleashed a reign of terror before the panchayat polls," Bhattacharjee alleged and claimed that the state government was not making the required security force available even after the direction of the Calcutta High Court.
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In order to insert a replacement toner dam in an assembled toner cartridge, the opposing sides of the toner cartridge are caused to move towards each other so as to deform the cartridge and cause openings to appear at opposing ends thereof. A pair of web spring carriers are inserted into and through the openings so they exit from one opening. A new toner dam is inserted between web spring carriers at the portion thereof that exits from the opening. The web spring carriers are then withdrawn until the replacement toner dam is in a proper position. The dam is then held in position and the web spring carriers are freely withdrawn. This method thereby enables replacement of the toner dam without injury to seals at either end of the toner cartridge. Various non-adhesive bearing toner dam structures are shown, each of which has a flexible portion that engages a toner bottle flange and thereby enables a toner seal to be achieved without use of adhesive. Additional methods are described which require disassembly of a used toner cartridge and replacement of certain parts thereof.
1. A toner dam for an elongated-dimension toner cartridge having relatively narrow ends, said toner cartridge comprising a toner bottle and bottle cover, both toner bottle and bottle cover having flanges encompassing openings therein and a gasket positioned between said flanges, said flanges and gasket adherent to each other along said elongated dimension so as to align said openings in said toner bottle and bottle cover, said relatively narrow ends each having a resilient seal positioned therein, said toner dam comprising:
a planar, rigid sheet having two major planar surfaces, said rigid sheet sized to completely cover and seal said aligned openings when inserted between said toner bottle and bottle cover, said rigid sheet including resilient means, said resilient means extending from one said major planar surface thereof and positioned to directly engage and seal against a proximate flange surface upon insertion of said planar rigid sheet therebetween, said resilient means further comprising an enclosed, flexible channel about a periphery thereof, said enclosed flexible channel communicating with a compressible fluid-filled reservoir via a passage having a breakable seal positioned therein, and further including means for compressing said fluid-filled reservoir to increase fluid pressure therein to a point where said breakable seal is ruptured and said fluid is forced from said reservoir into said flexible channel, thereby causing an expansion thereof to create said resilient means.
2. The toner dam as recited in claim 1, wherein said means for compressing said fluid-filled reservoir includes a foldable portion of said planar, rigid sheet, said foldable portion positioned to compress said fluid-filled reservoir and further having clips at its extremities to engage edges of said planar, rigid sheet to maintain a continuing level of pressure on said fluid-filled reservoir.
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/071,909 filed on Jun. 6, 1993, now abandoned.
This invention relates to replaceable toner cartridges that are used with electrostatic printers and copiers and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for enabling reuse of used toner cartridges by replacement of toner dams therein.
Laser printers and electrostatic copiers employ toner cartridges that contain a supply of toner material for use during the electrostatic development process. The cartridges are designed to be replaced from time to time, to replenish the toner that is used during the printing process. In addition to an electrostatic magnetic roller assembly, a toner cartridge includes (see FIG. 1) a toner bottle 10 and a cover 12 that includes a charging rod (not shown). Both toner bottle 10 and cover 12 have flanges that mate when cover 12 and bottle 10 are brought together. A polystyrene gasket 14 overlays flange 16 on bottle 10 and provides a substrate against which a removable tear strip 18 can be adhered. Toner dam 18 provides a damming action for toner contained within bottle 10 and prevents its leakage until it has been removed to render accessible the toner in bottle 10. A pair of foam seals 20 are placed at either end of cover 12 and act to prevent toner leakage once toner dam 18 has been removed.
During production, toner dam 18 is adhered to the upper surface of polystyrene gasket 14 which is, in turn, adhered to the upper surface of flange 16 of bottle 10. Top 12 is then brought into engagement, sandwiching toner dam 18 therebetween. The elongated flanges along the sides of top 12 are heat bonded to the elongated flanges of bottle 10 to create a unitary structure. Foam seals 20 are thereby compressed but enable withdrawal of toner dam 18 at some later time. Subsequently, through a hole in bottle 10, toner is inserted and the bottle is sealed and is ready for use.
While toner cartridges were initially designed to be discarded after the original toner supply was exhausted, other portions thereof (i.e., the magnetic roller and charging rods) have longer useful lives and thus a market has developed for cartridges that have been refilled with a supply of toner. However, replacement toner dams have not been satisfactory as they have enabled leakage of refilled toner. Furthermore, such replacement toner dams have used adhesive to adhere the dam to the bottle/top flanges. Such adhesives tend to collect toner and render the toner cartridge thereafter unusable for refilling.
In U.S. Pat. No. 5,080,745 to Paull, a replacement toner dam is described which includes a sealing sheet with an adhesive coating positioned on the sealing side thereof. A protective sheet is secured over the adhesive coating and is folded over the insertion edge of the sealing sheet and is further folded to extend out of the toner slot opening when the sealing sheet is in the inserted position. When the sealing sheet is inserted, the adhesive coating is exposed by pulling the adhesive covering sheet out of the toner slot, through the opening.
Accordingly, it is an object of this invention to provide a method and means for insertion of an improved replacement toner dam.
It is another object of this invention to provide an improved replacement toner dam for a toner cartridge.
It is yet another object of this invention to provide a replacement toner dam which, once used, does not render a toner cartridge unusable for succeeding replacement toner dams.
It is yet another object of this invention to provide a method for refurbishment of a used toner cartridge, the method enabling insertion of a non adhesive-bearing replacement toner dam.
In order to insert a replacement toner dam in an assembled toner cartridge, the opposing sides of the toner cartridge are caused to move towards each other so as to deform the cartridge and cause openings to appear at opposing ends thereof. A pair of web spring carriers are inserted into and through the openings so they exit from one opening. A new toner dam is inserted between the web spring carriers at the portion thereof that exits from the opening. The web spring carriers are then withdrawn until the replacement toner dam is in a proper position. The dam is then held in position and the web spring carriers are freely withdrawn. This method thereby enables replacement of the toner dam without injury to seals at either end of the toner cartridge. Various non-adhesive bearing toner dam structures are shown, each of which has a flexible portion that engages a toner bottle flange and thereby enables a toner seal to be achieved without use of adhesive. Additional methods are described which require disassembly of a used toner cartridge and replacement of certain parts thereof.
FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a prior art toner cartridge.
FIG. 2 shows the use of web spring carriers for replacing a toner dam.
FIG. 3 illustrates the withdrawal of the web spring carriers into a position that properly orients a replacement toner dam over the toner bottle opening.
FIG. 4 illustrates a replacement toner dam with a flocked surface that enables a resilient seal to be obtained between the toner dam and a toner cartridge surface.
FIG. 4a illustrates that the edges of the toner dam, shown in FIG. 4, may be folded so as to achieve more resilient sealing edges.
FIG. 5 illustrates a replacement toner dam which has been thermoformed to have a resilient ridge that, upon insertion, engages a surface of the toner cartridge.
FIG. 5a is a section of the toner dam shown in FIG. 5, taken along line A--A.
FIG. 6 illustrates an embodiment of a toner dam which employs a fluid-filled cavity to expand flexible channels within the toner dam so as to create a desired sealing action after toner dam insertion.
FIG. 7 is a plan view of an embodiment of the toner dam shown in FIG. 6.
FIG. 7A is a perspective view of the toner dam of FIG. 6 as it is folded to pressurize a fluid reservoir.
FIG. 8 is a side view of the toner dam shown in FIG. 7.
FIG. 9 is a plan view of an embodiment of the toner dam shown in FIG. 6 having a foldable portion which enables pressure to be exerted and maintained on a fluid reservoir.
FIG. 10 is a side view of the toner dam shown in FIG. 9.
FIG. 10A shows the configuration of the toner dam of FIG. 9, when an end has been folded upon the fluid reservoir.
FIG. 11 is an exploded view of a toner cartridge that has been refurbished in accordance with a method of the invention.
FIG. 12 is an exploded view of another embodiment of the invention wherein a toner cartridge has been disassembled and is reassembled employing side clips to maintain toner cartridge integrity.
FIG. 13 is an assembled view of the toner cartridge shown in FIG. 12.
FIG. 14 is another embodiment of a disassembled, refurbished toner cartridge wherein a new toner dam has been inserted.
FIG. 15 is an assembled view of the toner cartridge shown in FIG. 14.
As indicated above with respect to FIG. 1, foam seals 20 are positioned at the ends of an assembled toner cartridge. When an attempt is made to insert a replacement toner dam, it has been found that damage often results to the foam seal, thereby enabling substantial toner leakage. Damage to foam seals 20 can be avoided during toner dam replacement through a procedure illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3.
A toner cartridge 30, that is to have a toner dam replaced, is placed in a vice-like arrangement (not shown) which causes light pressure to be exerted on opposing cartridge flanges in directions generally shown by arrows 32 and 34. As a result, the ends of toner cartridge 30 are caused to move apart, thereby exposing a channel for insertion of a pair of sandwiched, spring steel carrier webs 36 and 38. Once spring steel webs 36 and 38 are fully inserted through toner cartridge 30 (see FIG. 2), a replacement toner dam 40 is sandwiched therebetween and spring steel carriers 36 and 38 are moved to the left (see FIG. 3). When toner dam 40 is properly positioned, an aperture 42 therein is engaged by a stop so as to prevent further movement of toner dam 40 as spring steel carriers 36 and 38 are completely withdrawn from toner cartridge 30. At such time, side pressures 32 and 34 are released and replacement toner dam 40 is securely held in place.
It has been found that a replacement toner dam that comprises a single rigid sheet (e.g. of polystyrene) does not provide a sufficient sealing action to prevent toner leakage. It has been found, however, that when a replacement toner dam is provided with resilient means that force the toner dam into engagement with a mating flange surface, that appropriate toner sealing action is accomplished. In FIG. 4, a replacement toner dam 50 is shown whose non-toner facing side 52 has been coated with a polymeric flocking material. When toner dam 50 is inserted into toner cartridge 54, flocking material 52 acts to bias the underside of toner dam 50 against mating flange portions of toner bottle 56. If additional resilience is required to accomplish an appropriate sealing action, the edges of toner dam 50 may be folded so as to create a more resilient sealing structure (see FIG. 4a).
A further embodiment of a replacement toner dam is shown at 60 in FIG. 5. A continuous deformed ridge 62 extends about the upper surface of toner dam 60 and is preferably formed (see FIG. 5a) by thermal deformation of the plastic material from which toner dam 60 is constructed (e.g., polystyrene). When toner dam 60 is inserted into toner cartridge 66, ridges 62 engage flange portions of cover 68 and force the underside of toner dam 60 into a sealing relationship with the flange portions of toner bottle 70. Because end portions 72 and 74 of ridge 62 engage foam seals 20 (see FIG. 1), it is also preferable that portions 72 and 74 of ridge 62 be formed to a greater height so as to assure a more effective sealing action.
In FIG. 6, a further embodiment of a toner dam is shown that employs an expandable sealing feature. Toner dam 80 includes a continuous flexible channel 82. Channel 82 is connected via a tube 86 to a fluid reservoir 88. A breakable seal 90 separates tube 86 from fluid contained within reservoir 88. Reservoir 88 may be filled with air or another appropriate, relatively incompressible fluid.
Upon the insertion of toner dam 80 into toner cartridge 92, a pressure is applied to reservoir 88 causing seal 90 to rupture and the fluid therein to enter channel 82, causing an expansion thereof. If pressure is maintained upon reservoir 88, the fluid remains within channel 82 and enables a sealing action to occur with respect to mating surfaces within toner cartridge 92.
In FIG. 7, a plan view of toner dam 80 is shown and includes a pair of side clips 94 and 96 (not shown in FIG. 6). Beneath reservoir 88 is a necked down portion (not shown) of the substrate comprising toner dam 80 which enables one portion of reservoir 88 to be folded upon itself to thereby create a pressurization of the fluid therein (see FIG. 7A). Clips 94 and 96 engage and clip onto the substrate after the folding action has occurred. In this manner, the fluid within reservoir 88 is both pressurized and the pressurization is maintained by the mechanical clipping action of clips 94 and 96.
In FIGS. 9, 10 and 10a, a similar structure is illustrated, however, in this instance, fluid reservoir 88 has a somewhat smaller capacity and the portion of the substrate of toner dam 80 which is folded over reservoir 88 does not contain any portion of reservoir 88. In this manner, the chances of rupturing reservoir 88 are lessened.
At times, removal of a toner dam from a new toner cartridge may cause internal warpage of the polystyrene gasket between the toner cover and the toner bottle. Under such a circumstance, a simple insertion of a new toner dam will not result in the creation of an effective seal for the toner bottle. In FIG. 11, a technique is illustrated for refurbishing a used toner cartridge which involves disassembly of the cartridge and insertion of both a new toner dam and a pair of hot-melt adhesive preforms for the rejoining process. In FIG. 11, toner bottle 100 has been separated from toner cover 102 by running a saw along adjoining flanges 104, 106 and 108, 110. As a result, cover 102 is separated from toner bottle 100. A new toner dam 112 is then heat staked to the upper surface of polystyrene gasket 114 that resides on flanges 106, 108. A pair of hot melt adhesive preforms 116, 118 are then emplaced on polystyrene gasket 114, on either side of toner dam 112. Each of preforms 116, 118 is impregnated with metallic particles (e.g. iron) to enable selective absorption of heat during a subsequent joining process.
Toner cover 102 is now emplaced over preforms 116, 118, and an inductive heater makes contact with flanges 104, 110 to cause the joining thereof (via preforms 116, 118) to flanges 106, 108 (via gasket 114) of bottle 100. The metallic inserts in preforms 116, 118 enable a faster, selective heating thereof and prevent undue heating of the polymeric materials from which bottle 100 and cover 102 are comprised.
A further toner dam replacement procedure is illustrated in FIGS. 12 and 13. Toner bottle 100 is disassembled from toner cover 102 in the manner described with respect to FIG. 11. In this instance, after new toner dam 112 is staked to styrene gasket 114, a closed cell foam gasket 120 is emplaced over gasket 114 and cover 102 is brought into contact with gasket 114. A pair of elongated clips 122, 124 are employed to clip together the flange edges of toner bottle 100 to toner cover 102, to thereby cause compression of foam gasket 120. To maintain foam cell gasket 120 in place, it may be provided with adhesive on its planar surfaces. An assembled version of the refurbished toner bottle is shown in FIG. 13.
In FIG. 14, another technique for refurbishment of a used toner cartridge is shown. In this instance, after disassembly, the used toner bottle is discarded and a new toner bottle 150 is substituted. Toner bottle 150 is provided with a plurality of extending pins 152 that enable alignment of a foam gasket 154, and a polystyrene gasket 156 via alignment holes provided therein. A new toner dam 158 is bonded to gasket 156 and a further foam gasket 160 is emplaced thereover, followed by toner cover 162. Pins 152 enable alignment of each of the components and, when assembly is completed, each of pins 152 is heat staked to cause a bonding of cover 162 to toner bottle 150.
A breakable arm 164 is bonded, via glue insert 166, to an extended end of toner dam 158. Thus, when arm 164 is detached from toner bottle 150, toner dam 158 can be withdrawn from the assembled toner cartridge to thereby enable access to toner within toner bottle 150.
In lieu of emplacing pins 152 on toner bottle 150, they may be molded as part of polystyrene gasket 156 (extending from either surface thereof). An assembled toner cartridge constructed in accordance with the exploded view of FIG. 14 is shown in FIG. 15.
It should be understood that the foregoing description is only illustrative of the invention. Various alternatives and modifications can be devised by those skilled in the art without departing from the invention. Accordingly, the present invention is intended to embrace all such alternatives, modifications and variances which fall within the scope of the appended claims.
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Yay, people answered him! Link
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Q: Was there a unfilmed kiss scene between Chakotay and Janeway?
His answer: Only at Kate's house with our own private camera. We have had private screenings since. You'll never see it.
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Kate would smack him one for that.
Ooo thanks for link, reading..
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RB: The fans who were hoping for a Janeway/Chakotay relationship were disappointed. The fans who were hoping for a Paris/Chakotay were disappointed. I thanked my lucky stars that it ended up Chakotay/Seven of Nine.
He knows of us Paris/Chakotay shippers \o/
No problem teacake :)
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A great example of Robert's flippancy. :lol:
Q: Who's the worst person you have ever met? why is that person so bad?
RB: I met a Wall Street investor and when I left the meeting I had no shoes and my underwear was gone...
Q: Well at least you have your health.
RB: Until he meets an insurance company CEO.
Q: Male or Female Wall Street investor? :P
RB: I couldn't tell because the fangs and claws were very distracting.
I get to see him this June!!! :bolian:
I finally got to the part about the J/C kiss... I love this addition
Q: Oh come on .... please let us see it .... I'm sure all the Janeway/Chakotay fans could pool some money together to give to Resilient 3D if you would let us see it!!! LOL
RB: Let me get Kate's okay, in anticipation of her positive response go ahead and make your pledge to Kickstarter for RESILIENT 3D, time is running out.
RB: My favorite episode was the one with Virginia Madsen. Not only was it an intimate story, but Virginia was great to work with and I am happy we will be working together again on RESILIENT 3D! With a successful Kickstarter campaign (hint, hint) we will begin shooting April 1st.
Recall, that VM won an Oscar (Best Supporting Actress) in 2005 for "Sideways".
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I couldn't read it all, thanks for the snippets. Reddit blurs my brain.
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I feel bad about his movie... they started a Kickstarter campaign for it that ends kind of soon and they only made nearly 5k out of a 200k goal.
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I guess I should feel bad but lets compare the promo video for it vs the one for Veronica Mars. I never even saw the VM TV show and I was pulled into watching the promo, laughing along the way. They wanted 2 million dollars, they got 5.7 million.
This new one panders in the first 3 sentences to "Star Trek fans" then switches to some producer who bemoans how much more they need to do the project. I stopped right there.
Aren't they supposed to excitedly jump up and down about their fantastic movie and make us WANT to give them our money, because their project is just SO cool and we'd be so proud to be a part of it? Heck, even Tim Russ/Walter Koenig's push to invest in Renegades did a better job at that than these producers.
I suspect the problem is today's producers saw VM collect twice what they asked for in what, 4 days and thought "Hey, easy money", but never stopped to consider the kickstarter campaign is just that, a campaign that they need to wage and win, not just a hat they throw down in the subway station, hoping scifi starved fans will drop their coins into it as we pass by.
Maybe this experience will give them pause.
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Yeah that is true. I would feel way more confident giving to Tim Russ's project lol.
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He was absolutely great in his answers and interaction with the fans. I`m still laughing.:lol::lol:
@ Hazel-There are 1586 comments. I`ve also first been afraid, but than I decided to have a look and I couldn`t stop reading.
@ JanewayRulz!- Agree. It`s a pity they did such a bad job making the vid. They should have ask how to do a promovid for kickstarter.:rolleyes:
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Beltran seems to be a funny guy. Some of his comments really made me laugh.
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A Glimpse Inside the Head of a Mountain Man
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[Oct. 10th, 2009|
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I've decided to move my blog over to Blogger. The new address is
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Training and Racing 8/31-9/13
[Sep. 13th, 2009|
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Me and Al Bernier at the Ollie 5 Miler - Photo by Kristin Kozlosky
M- dead tired again
Tu- 10 easy (1:26:08) in the Pondicherry National Wildlife Refuge scouting the area for a job at work. Really cool place to run:
W- 6x1k at 10k pace (5:10), 400m/2:00 recovery, good workout, not easy, but not hard (3:09 3:13 3:14 3:14 3:11 3:07) wu/cd 5
Th- 7 easy (1:05:20) at Trout Pond trails scouting for work, pretty tired from workout
F- 6 easy (41:51) on the roads of Bradford, MA from DD's house
Sa- Ollie 4.91 Mile New England Championships, 25:22 (5:10 pace) 31st place. Really happy with this race. I was hoping to run around 26 flat or faster to get ready for the NE GP 10k next week. Worked w/ teammate Patrick Rich from 2.5 on. 5 seconds slower than my 5 mile PR from 2004 during the Beach to Beacon 10k (25:45).
Su- 18 easy on roads (2:05:26, 6:58 pace). Wow. I was pretty tight from the race.
Totals: 61 miles 7.8 hours. Another solid consistent week. Next week I'm going to cut back a little and hope to PR (32:08) at the Lone Gull 10k in Gloucester.
Ben Nephew headed towards Garfield during the Pemi Loop
M- dead tired
Tu- 5.1 easy at Whitaker Woods
W- 16x1k at MP, 200m/60 sec recovery, good workout, got in a groove after number 10 (3:27 3:32 3:34 3:32 3:32 3:30 3:33 3:33 3:33 3:29 3:30 3:32 3:32 3:32 3:31 3:33) 1:13:16 for 19.2k (6:08 pace); wu 3, no cd
Th- 6 easy (47:10) on Corridor 19 trail w/ Paul
F- 31.5 7:04:47 Pemi Loop w/
Ben Nephew
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Sa- 8.5 easy (1:10:41) on Corridor 19 trail w/ Paul
Su- 12 on dirt roads and trails (1:45:47) w/ Paul, soaked in Chocorua Lake for 30 mins after
Totals: 78.1 miles, 13.0 hours. Good week. Bummed I missed a day on Monday, but I was pretty tired and probably wouldn't have gained much.
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Pemi Loop Record Attempt 9/4/09
[Sep. 5th, 2009|
01:04 pm
Let me start by saying that this record attempt was tougher than most races that I have done, both physically and mentally, but a lot of fun at the same time.
The Pemi Loop is one of those grand challenges that hikers and trail runners in the Northeast can look to as an epic adventure and a test of their abilities. 31+ miles of rugged trails with 9000+ feet of elevation gain will test anyone's abilities. I did my first Pemi Loop in 2005 just to see if I could do it
and ran 8:14:14. I bonked big time going from Garfield to Lafayette, but thought I put in a pretty good effort. Later that summer Alex Kahl ran around 7:25 and set a new record. Last September Charles Dona ("Youngblood") ran 7:26:31. Back in early August a newcomer on the seen, Ryan Weltz ("Farmer") recorded a 7:05:32
and left me and a few others a little shocked that anyone could run the loop that fast. I received an e-mail shortly after from my Inov8 and CMS teammate Ben Nephew, a 9 time winner of the Escarpment Trail race in New York, ultra runner, and owner of a sub 1:07:50 PR at the Mt. Washington Road Race. Ben was fresh off a 16th place finish at the IAU World Trail Challenge in Serre Chevalier, France and was looking for a new challenge. I just came back from an 8th place finish at the Pikes Peak Ascent in Colorado, and had done a bunch of 3-4 hour mountain runs in the Whites all summer. We both had Labor Day weekend free and decided to give it a go.
Lincoln Woods to Mt. Flume (5.5 miles, 1:09:47, 12:35 pace)
We headed out from Lincoln Woods a little after 8AM and headed out on the Wilderness Trail on our way to the Osseo Trail. I had done the Pemi Loop two other times, but both times were counter-clockwise. Ben talked me into getting the majority of the climbing out of the way first, so up the Osseo we went. The lower part of the trail is pretty good running, including a lot of the uphill. Ben convinced me to slow up on the upper section with the ladders, as we would need our energy later. We hit the summit of Flume where we fueled up and ditched out shirts due to the warm temperatures.
Mt. Flume to Lafayette (5.0 miles, 1:13:52, 14:46 pace)
Clear skies and a light breeze greeted us as we headed across the ridge on our way to the high point of the loop. We started to see more people as we passed Little Haystack and power hiked our way up Lafayette. Both Ben and I were still feeling good, so we made a quick refueling stop and made our way towards Garfield.
Lafayette to Garfield (3.5 miles, 1:00:41, 17:20 pace)
The Garfield Ridge Trail is one of the most grueling trails I've ever tried to run. This would be the first time I would be relatively fresh while running it though, so I figured it wouldn't be as daunting. Wrong. The ups and downs on this trail never end. I was so glad to go up the steep cone of Garfield as I knew there would be no useless bumps to go over. On one of those useless bumps I ran into my friend Marc Chauvin who was guiding some younger guys. He urged us to not stop to talk and to go for the record. He also mentioned something about going for the Presidential Figure 8 record. That's another level of insanity!
Garfield to Galehead Hut (2.9 miles, 53:28, 18:26 pace)
After a quick refuel at the Garfield summit, we encountered some wet rock coming down from Garfield, but found a lot of runnable terrain on the way to Galehead Hut. We were both getting tired, but just kept our nose to the grindstone and put one foot in front of the other.
Galehead Hut to Bondcliff/Twinway Jct. Trail (2.8 miles, 55:06, 19:41 pace)
At the hut we spent a good ten minutes draining our bottles and refilling. Ben loaded up on four cups of lemonade and I ate a Larabar. We also threw in Nuun caplets in our water to help with the impending cramping we were bound to have on our way down on the rest of the loop. The climb up South Twin was a bear. I had never been up that trail in that direction, and I don't intend on doing it again. From the top of South Twin we knew we would have to boogie to break 7 hours and break the record. Ben's downhill running ability on technical terrain really showed here. I had to really concentrate to stay with him in this section. When we hit the Bondcliff/Twinway trail junction we were both tired, but in cruise control mode, so we didn't bother stopping for fuel and made our way to Bond.
Bondcliff/Twinway Jct. to Mt. Bond (1.3 miles, 18:34, 14:17 pace)
Once again we stepped it up a notch as Ben put the hammer down on the downhill and we pushed the up the best we could knowing that it was the last real climb of the day. I took one last gel at the summit, And I led the way down towards Bondcliff.
Mt. Bond to Wilderness Trail (5.6 miles, 1:04:15, 11:26 pace)
As you can tell by our pace, there is a lot of downhill and we were really moving. It was a little depressing passing Bondcliff without taking any pictures, but we really wanted the record. Once we got below treeline I continued leading as fast as I could. In hindsite I should have let Ben lead this section as he's faster on the downhills and I could have tucked in behind him.
Wilderness Trail to Lincoln Woods (4.7 miles, 29:51, 6:21 pace)
As we made the turn of the Bondcliff Trail and onto the Wilderness Trail, I looked at my watch and noticed that we had about 25 minutes left to break 7 hours and about 30 minutes left to break the record. I ran this section of trail in 34:11 in 2005 and wasn't sure it would be possible to run that fast, let alone faster with 26+ miles under our belt. Ben had other thoughs. He didn't hesitate as he made the turn and just started hammering. I had a hard time keeping up at first, but I eventually settled in behind him and took over pacing duties after a mile. He asked me "Are we running sub 6's?" I stated maybe, but that was all that I could get out. We upped the pace a little as we left the Wilderness and hit the wider trail. As we passed the Osseo Trail I told Ben we had an optimistic 10 minutes to go. He wasn't too happy as he looked at his watch and realized we wouldn't break 7 hours. We kept hammering anyways. Ben dropped his pack half a mile from the finish and picked up the pace. I went with him and we finished in 7:04:47! Nothing like running 7+ hours to beat the record by less than a minute. We finished the last 4.7 miles on the Wilderness Trail at 6:21 per mile pace, which is the equivalent of a 19:41 5k, but over rotted railroad ties.
I don't usually say never about anything, but I find it hard to believe that ANYONE will break 7 hours any time soon. I don't mean to say that to sound like an egomaniac, but Ben and I ran as hard as we could and don't have many places where we could have looked back and said we ran faster. I towed Ben on the ups and he towed me on the downs. We ran flat out the last 5 miles. It is going to take one hell of an effort to beat that one.
Total Loop, 31.3 miles, 7:04:47, 13:34 pace
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Training Week 8/24-8/30
[Sep. 2nd, 2009|
09:22 pm
Me on the Lawn Cutoff above Tuckerman Ravine
M- 2 easy on Stark Rd. in the dark with Al Bernier. Thanks for the kick in the butt Al.
Tu- Kennett Challenge XC Race 1st 10:22. Won by 7 seconds over Silas Eastman and Tim Livingston. Silas is a freshman at Fryeburg Acadamy and is the real deal. Watch out for him.
wu/cd 5
W- 8 on the Kanc 56:23
Th- 8.5 Boott Spur & Lion Head 2:36:15, just ran easy, cool enough above treeline for hat and gloves. I love this weather.
F- 8 Bloody Arm Loop+ w/ Paul 1:06:31
Sa- 4x2 mile @ MP (5:45) w/ 2:30/400m rest. 11:33 11:35 11:27 11:25, 56:08 for 14.4k (6:16 pace) good workout, but had a hard time feeling good at MP.
wu/cd 3.5
Su- 14.9 Trout Pond Trails w/ Paul, tired but good run
Totals: 60.9 miles, 9.27 hours. 8 weeks til Bay State at the beginnning of the week. I plan on doing a lot of short stuff @ MP for the first few weeks, then some GP races and an XC race for speed work, then some long runs w/ long segments at MP. Then we'll see if it sticks on Oct. 18.
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2009 Pikes Peak Ascent
[Aug. 23rd, 2009|
09:19 pm
Me above treeline sucking wind on Pikes Peak (from Incline Club picasa page)
"Why would anyone want to run up a 14,000 foot mountain if you don't live at altitude?" That is a question I've been asked hundreds of times. It's hard. It's a challenge. I couldn't find a better race in August to fill my schedule.
I blame Paul Kirsch (White Mountain Milers President / Cranmore race director / "running spouse") for planting the seed in my head a few years back, after reading his first-hand account of his 2001 Pikes Peak Ascent in the White Mountain Milers newsletter. His story of little oxygen and trails with no roots peaked my curiosity, as those are things that are abundant in mountain races in New England. I was curious about how the other side lives.
Scouring race reports and looking at others people's photos can only hold you over for so long. In 2006 I finally signed up for the Ascent, to test my climbing abilities in one of the oldest races in the country. I had proven myself as a mountain runner at New England races and the famed Mt. Washington Road Race, but I wanted to see how hard running at 14,000 feet would be. This is where Pikes Peak became my white whale. I had to forego my entry that year as I had made the US Mountain Running Team and would not be able to travel for both Pikes Peak and the World Trophy.
2007 was a year where training and racing was going great in the winter and spring. I was pumped to try the Ascent knowing that I was in good shape. Funny how quickly plans change. I got a mold spoor in my lungs in April that hampered my training and racing after the Tuckerman Inferno, where I managed to beat Paul Low in the uphill climb into Tucks by about 20 seconds.
In the fall of 2007 I got healthy and was able to train hard all winter and spring. Once again, I signed up for the Ascent wanting to test my newfound fitness. Unfortunately, I could have used a lobotomy as I ran below my standards at Mt. Washington and barely trained all summer and got fat. My lack of fitness did not deter me from going to Colorado for vacation though and attempting to run in the land of little oxygen.
Race day greeted us with freezing rain, lightning and four inches of snow on the summit; on August 16th mind you. Cold weather is usually not something that bothers me while running. In fact, I usually relish it. It's a little different story when you mix it with rain and lightning. 10 miles into the Ascent I decided that dying in the Rocky Mountains did not sound all that appealing. The race directors also realized this after 2/3rds of the first wave had already finished. It was only the 4th DNF of my life, but I had no regrets and still don't.
2009 started much like 2008. I had a solid winter of training, some decent races in the spring, but another disappointing Mt. Washington. This year was a little different though, as I didn't pack it in after Mt. Washington and hide in a cave for the summer. I rebounded nicely at the US Mountain Running Championships at Mt. Cranmore by placing 9th. I was still a little disappointed in my climbing ability, or lack thereof, and vowed to add more climbing to my training. After a month of three to four hour mountain runs and numerous ascents of 2,367 ft Black Cap, I felt about as prepared as I could for a race into the rarified air of a Colorado mountain peak.
Having raced at altitude a few times, I have a pretty good routine down to prepare myself for racing up mountains whose starting elevation is higher than the peak of Mt. Washington. I don't get there any earlier than two days before the race and I drink lots of water. I also had the luxury of staying with CMS teammate Peter Maksimow, a former top five finisher in the Ascent, and his girlfriend Nora Duane, at their cabin, about a mile from the start.
Walking to the start I felt pretty loose and not terribly nervous. Weird considering I was staring 8,000 feet up at the finish line the whole time during my warm-up. This year's weather was much better. Cool at the start, but warm enough to warm up in my Inov8 singlet and X-Talon 212's. No humidity like the wet blanket that covered us at Mt. Washington.
The start of the race felt a little like the start of a New England mountain race. After the cannon went off we ran up the main street in Manitou Springs and I recognized White Mountain Milers Linda Comeau and Allan Aldrich, CMS teammate Peter M., US Mountain Running teammate Anita Ortiz, and blogger George Zack. It was like running in front of the hometown crowd!
Despite the fact that the racecourse climbs 7,815 feet in 13.32 miles, some people still feel the need to sprint to the front. Mike Selig, Zach Thomas and myself decided that it was too early to race and worked together in a chase pack to feast on the lactic acid ridden corpses that would soon lie in our path.
Most of the first mile of the race is on paved streets, passing businesses, houses and Colorado's non-smoke spewing version of the Cog Railroad. I passed one guy who looked like he was racing a triathlon and caught former UNH runner Matt Russell after turning off Ruxton Ave. and onto the famed Barr Trail. Matt, Zach and I worked together on a set of switchbacks known as the W's, as we passed Payton Batliner, who was already having a rough day two miles into the race.
At the top of the W's the course flattens out a little and I opened a little gap on Matt. I noticed the gap and reminded myself not to push too early while going after the leaders. Little did I know I was entering no-man's land.
I passed through Barr Camp (7.6 miles into the race) just under 1:11. According to multi-time race winner Matt Carpenter's race pace calculator I was right where I needed to be to run 2:20 to the summit. Unfortunately, the race didn't get any easier.
I kept my steady pace up, just putting one foot in front of the other. I could tell that all of the mountain running that I had done in the last month was paying off. The flats were where I was feeling the most discomfort. Every time I opened my stride I could feel the altitude in my quads. The flats didn't last very long though.
The last mile or so below the A-Frame (10 mile mark) are as technical as it gets on this trail. It's still pretty tame compared to most of the trails in New England though. Most of the rocks were well placed and fairly easy to run on.
I came through the A-Frame aid station in 1:41 high, about two minutes behind 2:20 pace, but still felt pretty strong and wanted to go after anyone that may have fallen off of the lead pack. As I peaked out above treeline I could see Alex Nichols, a Colorado guy, a couple of switchbacks ahead of me. I didn't know how he was feeling, but I figured that at 12,000 feet we were on even ground, literally and figuratively.
I lost site of Alex at the 2 miles to go sign, but found an overwhelming feeling of lethargy come over me. The altitude was really starting to hit me. Not surprising considering I live at 500 feet above sea level. I immediately went into damage control mode, walking the short, steep stuff and rock steps. Most of the trail above treeline is well graded with switchbacks, so I was able to run (if you want to call it that) most of the way to the finish. Mike Selig caught me with about a mile and a half to go as I stopped in the middle of the trail staring at two different rocks, trying to figure out which one to go over. Did I mention I was getting lightheaded?
With about a mile to go Matt Russell passed me and offered me some encouragement. I needed more than encouragement, I needed an oxygen tank. Unfortunately I had to settle for an energy gel. Taking a gel at almost 14,000 feet with a dry mouth is like trying to eat a peanut butter sandwich after swallowing sawdust. I managed to force down the chocolate gooeyness, and made my way through the last of the 16 Golden Stairs, a set of switchbacks leading to the summit. I put on my best game face and ran the remainder of the way to the finish. I crossed the finish line in 2:31:50 for 8th place. The last 3.2 miles took me about 49 minutes, probably the slowest 5k I've ever run. The NCAA altitude conversion charts probably convert that to a 45:00 though.
Racing at 14,000 feet while living at sea level is probably not a bright idea, but it was a unique challenge and really tested my limits. Plus, I got to east a donut at the finish.
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Training Week 8/3-8/9
[Aug. 9th, 2009|
03:34 pm
M- +/-6.5 Rob Brook short loop, 51:52, felt good, trail overgrown
Tu- 0 dead tired
Rolling down the backstretch at NHMS w/ two flat tires
W- NH State Police DARE 5k @ New Hampshire Motor Speedway 16:22, 2nd place. Humid, tired, felt like crap on warm-up, but thought I'd feel better during the race. Came through the mile in 5:03, 10 sec back of
Double J
, but had nothing for him. wu/cd 5
View from Mt. Potash
Th- 4.2 Mt. Potash 55:11, 29:05 to summit, 1400 ft gain, felt good, ran easy
F- 6.5 Bloody Arm Loop 55:00, felt ok, a little tired, ran easy w/ Paul
Sa- +/-7.5 Whitaker Woods 1:01:19, 12x15 sec hills near end, felt better towards end
Trail? What Trail?
Su- +/-12 2:46:54 planned on going up Wildcat Valley Ski Trail (+/-2000ft climb) but found it was overgrown above the birch glade, hit Hall's Ledge on way down and added on Bog Brook Loop (6.5 miles), time a little excessive considering Pikes Peak is next week, but if I can't recover I shouldn't be running.
Looking south from near Hall Ledge
Mt. Washington from Hall Ledge
Totals: 45 miles, 7.44 hours. Decent week. Was really hoping to get a better climb in on Wildcat, but bad planning on my part. Not a big deal though. Disappointed in the race Wednesday, I wanted to at least break 16, but I think I was pretty flat from the long run last Sunday. Good thing is I won't be running 5 minute pace up Pikes Peak! I'm going to do one last hillclimb up Black Cap hard tommorow, then an easy hour each day this week. I fly out to Denver early on Thursday, and will have a few days to get ready for Pikes Peak. I'm more confident in my climbing abilities than I was a month ago.
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Training Week 7/27-8/2
[Aug. 3rd, 2009|
10:11 am
Paul running above treeline on the Davis Path
M- 11 easy up and down Black Cap and other trails, 1:39:58, +/-2000ft gain
Tu- 7 easy 1:04:53 at Whitaker Woods
W- +/-7 on dirt roads 52:08, 5x50m sprints near end in thunderstorm on way back to car, was hoping to do hill sprints, but didn't want to get electrocuted.
Th- Hard tempo up Mt. Washington via Tuckerman Ravine Trail, 4.2 miles in 59:35, hard effort, ran all the way to the bottom of the Bowl (+/-3 miles) in 36:00, ½ running ½ speed hiking to summit. About 7 minutes faster than my time from last summer, 7.5 down on auto road and trail, 11.6 total, 4250 ft gain. Only 5 people have ever run the road race under 60 mins. I might be the first by trail!
F- 8 easy on singletrack 1:07:29, felt awful first 30 mins
Sa- AM:7 easy on singletrack w/ Paul 1:09:24
PM: 2.5 roads 18:38 back to car after hiking Mts. Eisenhower and Pierce w/ Jess (+-3000 ft gain in 7+ miles)
Su- 15.8 up Mt. Washington via Davis Path with Paul 5:03:09, 6750ft of elevation gain, never bonked, ran most of it. Slow pace, but good workout. Felt strong.
Totals: 70.0 miles 13.28 hours, 13,000 ft of climbing not including the hike w/ Jess on Saturday. That was probably the perfect week for me right now. I may have overdone it a bit with the climbing, but I think it will help with Pikes Peak.
Eating chili at the summit of Washington
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Sub 60 on Mt. Washington 7/30/09
[Jul. 31st, 2009|
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Yesterday I set out for a run after work to the top of Mt. Washington. I've run to the summit numerous times on the auto road, both as part of the road race and in training. I've been up through Huntington Ravine, summited on a Presi Traverse, and hiked up Lion Head in the winter. Last summer I wondered how fast can I run up the Tuckerman Ravine Trail? It's shorter than the auto road by about 3.5 miles, and about 500 feet less elevation gain. Can I run faster than my 1:03:42 PR in the road race? It was a question I really wanted to know the answer to.
About this time last summer I headed up from Pinkham on a wet, dreary day and summitted in about 1:08, a good time, but slower than I hoped. It re-affirmed that I wasn't in the type of shape I wanted to be in. Flash forward to this year. I've been training pretty heavy for the Pikes Peak Ascent in Colorado on August 15. I've done a cool run over the Carters and one over Passaconaway and Whiteface. I needed a good uphill run this week to zero in on the effort level of the race.
I started out a Pinkham making sure I didn't try to run too fast in the first half mile, like I have done everytime I've run this trail as part of the Tuckerman Inferno. Navigating the rocks is a big challenge on the Tucks Trail. Concentration is almost more important than sheer fitness.
I reached HoJo's in 26:45 and knew I was on a pretty good pace. When I ran the Inferno in 2006 I made it to HoJo's in 25:09, which is actually faster on snow. I made it to the bottom of the headwall in just under 36 minutes, running every step to that point. I knew that I had about 1.2 miles to go and 24 minutes to cover it if I wanted to make my ultimate goal, a sub 60 up Mt. Washington.
Only 5 people have ever broken 60 minutes in the road race, and none to my knowledge via trail. I really wanted to join that club. I reached the top of the headwall, trying to avoid the stream running down the trail so that I wouldn't slip on the rocks. My Inov8 X-Talon 212 (
shoes did great on the rock though. They are super light weight (7.5 ounces/212g each) and have great sticky rubber on the bottom that grips just about anything.
Pushing up the summit cone was tough, as there isn't much of a trail. I tried to run whatever I could and speed hike the rest. At 55 minutes I was in the clouds, but could see that the rocks were straight across on the horizon, which meant I was near the lower parking lot. I hit the pavement in 58 flat and knew I had to boogie to break 60. I sprinted up the last wall of the road race course, ran across the deck that crosses the RR tracks, and sprinted like a mad man for the summit rock pile. I stopped my watch at 59:35, exhausted, but very happy with my effort.
I took a quick break for some water in the Sherman Adams building, where I got some looks from the State Park crew (I was only wearing shorts, shoes, and a watch; Does that make me negligent if I got hurt?). I ran down the auto road to the Old Jackson Road to Pinkham for a roundtrip time of 2:01:22 for 11.6 miles. A great day on the mountain.
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Training Week 7/20-7/26
[Jul. 26th, 2009|
10:04 pm
M- 0 wiped out, took day off from work, maybe the heat got to me
Tu- 7 easy at Whitaker Woods 52: 34 (7:30 pace)
W- +/-9 on snowmobile trails w/ Paul, TIRED, humid
Th- +/- 8.5 in Whitaker Woods w/ Brandon Newbould
F- Uphill tempo, 34:14 to summit of Iron Mt. from Jackson Covered bridge (3.8 miles, 9:01 pace) added on trail down to cliffs and old mine, 9.2 total 2560' gain
Sa- 0 easy 5 mile hike w/ Jess around East Pond Loop (2:30:00), tired afterwards
Su- 12.9 up Passaconaway & Whiteface, 3:22:48 (15:43 pace) 4500' gain
Totals: 46.6 miles 8.44 hours, 7000 ft gain. Decent week, volume should have been higher, but I was really beat early in the week. Rebounded nicely with the climbs at the end of the week. The missed day on Saturday bothers me a little, but I really need to balance other parts of my life instead of worrying about running every day. If I make it all work, then all the better. If not, so be it.
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The ups and downs of the ups and downs
[Jul. 20th, 2009|
11:41 am
Photo by Gil Talbot, AP
At the halfway mark at Mt. Washington I'm running with CMS teammate Justin Fyffe and he turns to me and says "this is really hard!" No kidding. That's what I was thinking. Mt. Washington was a struggle from the start. I tried to go out conservative, while still in the top 10 hoping to work my way close to the lead pack in the next couple of miles. I came through the first mile in 6:40, about 10 seconds slower than ideal, but I thought that wasn't too bad. By 1.5 I was already starting to feel like junk though. I worked with Jason Bryant and John Tribbia for a while, then Justin caught me around 3 miles and we ran together until the Cragway turn just past 5 miles. I was toast by this point. Everybody and their mother passed me, including the trimmed down slush gut of Francis Burdett, who cracked the top 10 and set a PR at 44 years of age. He had the race of the day. Nice job Francis. I limped my way through the fog, in 1:08:59 for 19th place.
The undercast was cool to look at, but not cool to run in. I felt like I was wearing a wet blanket the whole way. Maybe I need to start training in a sauna or something. I felt good going into the race. Good workouts, well rested. Maybe too rested. I'm not sure if the whole tapering thing is for me. All of my PR's are in the middle of big mileage weeks or when I felt like crap. I think I have this romantisized view of Mt. Washington that to run fast the race has to feel good. In reality, you always feel like crap running up the mountain, whether it be 8 minute pace or 10 minute pace.
Photo by Joe Shairs
With that in mind I headed to Cranmore with one goal in mind, to run the uphill as hard as I could and stay with the lead pack as long as possible. I knew my downhill abilities have been good this year, I just need to put the balls to the bandsaw and hang on the uphill, whether I died or not.
I managed to stay on the back of the lead pack 2/3 of the way up the first climb, where I fell off a little bit and was passed by Aaron Saft and Tommy Manning. I was able to get both guys on the first downhill and wasn't too far behind Eric Blake and Simon Gutierrez at the start/finish after lap one in 8th place.
I tried to close the gap a little on the flats when Tim Livingston told me that 4th place wasn't too far ahead, but reality set in as I started to climb again. I got passed by Tommy and Aaron in about the same spot as lap 1, and caught Tommy on the downhill, but couldn't catch Aaron despite him taking a good spill on Easy Street and me risking life and limb through the glade the last time.
I finished in 9th place in 52:24, about 2 mins faster than last year, almost 4 mins behind the champ Joe Gray and about 2 and a half mins behind 4th place Rickey Gates. Cranmore was a decent showing. 9th place at the National Champioships is nothing to scoff at. I really wanted to be close to the front, but I feel like I gave it everything I had on race day. Plus, it's the first time that I've been in the top 10 at the US Mountain Championships since 2004.
Since Cranmore, not a lot has happened on the racing front. I ran a small 5k on the 4th of July in Norwood, Ma. Ran 16:04 for second place and 50 bucks. I came through 2 miles in 9:58, but seized up pretty badly (obviously) in the last 1.1 miles. I got a good 2 mile workout though.
Since then I've been focusing on getting the volume up, more mountain running, and a couple of workouts in each week.
Training Log:
M-10.0 Town Hall Rd. (gravel) 1:07:26 (6:44 pace) felt good, hamstrings a little tight, ran steady effort, 35:17 up (7:03 pace, 630 ft. of gain)
Tu-Whitaker Woods Fun Run, +/-7.5 NT, ran easy stiff
Paul Kirsch running towards South Moat
W-AM: 5.8 South & Middle Moat, 1:56:36, 46:25 to South Moat (2300 ft climb total), ran w/ Paul & Rich Miller, beautiful morning
PM: +/-3.5 miles on Mineral Mine / Thompson Falls loop w/ Jess who walked jogged whole loop. I'm proud of her :-) 10x15 sec hills at end
Th-6.8 miles up and down Red Tail Trail to Black Cap, 35:34 to summit (1630 ft climb), awesome trail, Rustic Overtones concert at Cranmore after!
F-Echo Lake & Bloody Arm Loops w/ Paul, 1:28:59 (8:48 pace), ran easy, tired
Sa- Whitaker Woods Progression Run 9.6 miles 55:45 (5:48 pace) 6 x 1.6 mile loop, 10:16 9:32 9:05 8:58 8:57 8:55, humid, 45 sec faster than last October. Happy with the workout, but can't really bust it out at the end, 2 mi wu, no cd
Su- planned on a long run, but mt. biked with Jess for almost 3 hours at Rob Brook. Lot of fun and I probably need a little bit of rest.
Totals: 54 miles, 8.8 hours, 4560 ft climbing. Kicking myself for not getiing in the long run this week, but I think I needed the easier day Sunday. Solid week overall, but I need more weeks like last week. The progression run was solid, but not spectacular. Need to keep on chugging along.
M-11.8 Corridor 19 trail from Wal-Mart 1:13:10 (6:18 pace) Felt good, went with it
Tu- Whitaker Woods Fun Run 16:48 5k in hard rain. Good effort. 1=5:29 2=5:44 3.1=5:34; wu/cd 3
W- 7.6 miles up and down Mt. Chocorua 2:46:24 (2950 ft gain), slow on the climb, but good to get some climbing in. WET
Th-AM: 3.2 miles up and down Black Mt. ski area for work. 33:09 Steep climb (970 ft gain), gradual down.
PM: +/-7 easy on track 1:01:00
F-+/-8.5 Bloody Arm Loop and Echo Lake 1:16:22 w/ Paul
Me running on Mt. Hight w/ Mt. Washington in the background
Sa- 15 in the mountains (Carter Range) 3:39:16 (4850 ft climbing total) Beautiful run. Just tried to run steady the whole time. Took water and gels every hour and never bonked.
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Su- 3 easy on Stark Rd. at 9:30 PM. 23:14 I should have run earlier, but I went on a 6 mile flat hike with Jess. Glad I made myself go out though.
Totals: 62 miles, 11.66 hours, 8770 ft climbing. Good week. I may have overdone it a little with the volume time-wise, but I just want to get into some consistent training. Got a lot of good climbing in this week. The Carter run on Saturday was awesome. I'm going to start including time/pace for my runs. I think I've been running a little too slow on my easy days. I don't plan on hammering every run, but I think including time/pace/conditions might help me keep an honest effort.
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