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A TASTE of London's Covent Garden will be coming to town on May 18 with the launch of Ringwood's International Festival of Street Performance Art.
Living statues, sword swallowers, chainsaw juggling, buskers and choirs, bands and poets will be taking to the streets as part of a one-day spectacular organised by the newly-formed Fanfare for Spring.
The festival, the brainchild of gallery owner and artist Roger Bettle, has been launched after weeks of planning by a group of friends under the umbrella of the town's Rotary Club.
It will include performers from Ringwood's French twin town Pont Audemer, along with acts from Poland and India.
Mr Bettle said: "The idea of having a Covent Garden or Edinburgh Fringe-type festival in Ringwood has been festering for years, to bring performers to the public rather than the public having to buy tickets to go to the theatre.
"This will give all the creative types, of which there are many in Ringwood and beyond, the opportunity to do their thing, be it singing, dancing, drama, reading poetry or telling stories.
"I want to see Shakespeare on the street, jugglers and buskers on the street corners and cameo productions from all our theatre groups, choirs and creative organisations.
"All we need to make this a hit is enthusiasm and support."
Mr Bettle said that he hoped the event will go some way to replace the disbanded Ringwood Festival, which was scrapped late last year after 15 years of drawing thousands of people to the town.
It was set up by the late Danny Cracknell in 1997 who presided over the event until his death in 2008.
Already the Fanfare for Spring team has secured funding from Ringwood Town Council, which is making grants available to individuals to host their own events throughout the summer under the banner of Ringwood's Community Events.
But Mr Bettle said support from businesses was also going to be vital.
He said: "All the traders, pubs and restaurants will benefit from this event. The whole town will be alive with colour, creativity and culture, but we need their support."
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LAST THURSDAY evening, questions were put to council leader James Alexander and the rest of the cabinet, by other councillors at a full meeting of City of York Council.
The question to Cllr Alexander and his answers, are below, and the questions to the rest of the cabinet which include queries over economic growth, the Tour de France, care for older people, and the Local Plan are available to read online here.
(i) To the Cabinet Leader from Cllr Steward:
"What were the full costs, including everything from time of officer salaries to pre conference wine and canapes of the recent Fairness Conference and what are the tangible outcomes which the conference led to?"
The recommendation to host an International Fairness Conference was a recommendation of York's Independent Fairness Commission.
The drinks reception was kindly provided by the University of York. The event was held on Sunday to welcome our overseas guests and no staff overtime was claimed by City of York Council Employees.
The overall cost of the International Fairness Conference itself was £18,635.58. £8,635.58 was provided by City of York Council and £10,000 was donated by JRF. Some elements of the conference were provided free of charge, including the venue hire cost, by the University of York.
We are sharing policies and other evidence-based ways of tackling poverty with cities nationally. Much of this is to do with influencing government policy. The event and contacts made through the event will help inform the future development of the Financial Inclusion and poverty strategies.
We also used the session to share and discuss the experience of poverty and fairness in York. I was pleased that there was an excellent session led by the pupils of York High School and other York residents. Over the next few weeks, we will be working with the JRF and the York residents that ran the community session at the conference to run sessions in York to help us better understand how to address financial hardship in the city.
(ii) To the Cabinet Leader from Cllr Healey:
"What were the reasons given for the University of York's withdrawal of funding from Science City York?"
As a result of a strategic review of priorities for the institution the University of York has determined that it wishes to strengthen its work be tween university departments and business directly. The University will continue to partner and to co-invest in Biovale, an innovation cluster in biorenewables technologies, with City of York Council, continue to own York Science Park with the Council and has also expressed a willingness to engage with the new company being established to consolidate wider business support activity in the city.
The council's representative on the board of Science City was briefed during the change in policy as was the Chair of Economic and City Development Scrutiny Committee.
(iii) To the Cabinet Leader from Cllr Jeffries:
"Why did the Council Leader not take earlier action to address the overspends being recorded on social care budgets and what is his latest estimate of expenditure against budget for this are a for the current financial year?"
I have been raising issues about expenditure in this area since December 2009 when I was Chair of the council's Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee. I invited the Executive Member at the time to the committee to discuss the issue but he refused to attend on two occasions.
The council has received a 45% reduction in Government funding over the course of this parliament and this has clearly played a role in adding to financial pressures just as demographic changes have. You will recall from when you were elected as a Labour councillor that you used to stand up against such reductions in funding and support Labour's position of modest increases in council tax to place funding into health and social care.
However you have chosen to support a Liberal Democrat policy of defending these Tory cuts and to oppose modest council tax increases for this long term expenditure.
The pooling of health service funding with social care is recognised as essential by all parties, and this has not been helped by the low amount York receives in health funding from the Government you now support, nor from the reorganisation of the NHS you also now defend.
Significant progress has been made over the last six months by officers and both Cabinet Members; putting in place better financial controls that have been long overdue. I expect further progress to be made, rather than refusing to engage on the issue, as the former Liberal Democrat Executive Member did before your party lost control.
There has been well recorded pressure on adult social care budgets locally and nationally for the last 4-5 years due mainly to demographic changes and rising costs in the care sector.
In the last five years, demographic change alone has increased demand nationally by an average of 14%. As a result , the budget has consistently overspent - by £1.453M in 2010/11, by £1.660M in 2011/12, by £2.083M in 2012/13 but by an improved £1.766M in 2013/14. These significant pressures have been recognised and, despite average adult social care budgets falling nationally by 12% over the last three years, we have provided £2.5m of extra growth funding in York in 2013-14 and a further £2.5m in 2014-15 as well as an additional one off £957k in 2013-14. I expect the progress made last year in reducing the overall overspend to continue this year.
The next 2-3 years will be an even greater period of challenge for Adult Social Care than the last 2-3 have been, both nationally and locally, as a direct result of the Conservative-led government's imposed austerity and legislative change.
The Care Act recently completed its passage through Parliament and is the biggest overhaul of social care statute for over 60 years. It creates a new duty for local authorities to promote and protect the well-being of local people and their carers with a duty to consider their physical, mental and emotional well-being and to provide preventative services to maintain people's health.
The Care Act provides the legislative platform that, coupled with the requirement for greater Health and Social Care integration through the Better Care Fund, will drive huge transformational change in Adult Social Care. Thistransformational change will mean existing patterns of expenditure will need to be qu ite significantly amended to place greater emphasis on prevention and early intervention there by enabling a balanced budget to be created.
(iv) To the Cabinet Leader from Cllr Brooks:
"If the Leader of the Council may exercise any function of Cabinet where a decision cannot reasonably wait until the next meeting, will he explain what was so important about the decision to re-open Lendal Bridge that it could not wait until the Cabinet meeting?"
The published decision of the traffic adjudicator created confusion for residents and clarity was required quickly. This was a position supported by the Conservative Chair of Scrutiny Management Committee and I thank him for his help in dealing with this matter so swiftly.
(v) To the Cabinet Leader from Cllr Aspden:
"As the council's revenue account only came in on budget last year because of Automatic Number Plate Recognition fine income and lower than anticipated debt charges (itself the result of low interest rates coupled with many capital projects having slipped into the current financial year), will the Cabinet Leader agree now to abandon at least some of his profligate "vanity" projects?"
I find this question fascinating. I assume through the question you are arguing against the expenditure included in the Economic Infrastructure Fund Labour set up to boost York's local economy and number of job opportunities. Part of the same Fund in fact that you sought to re-badge as Future York Fund in your last council budget amendment and attempted to pass off as something original. Demonstrating once again, in a consistent way it has to be said, that Lib Dem trait of adopting conflicting positions on the same issue depending on which day of the week it is.
I would like to remind Council the Fund is financed through New Homes Bonus (NHB) and prudential borrowing at historically low interest rates. The NHB element is trumpeted by Liberal Democrats nationally as supporting York's economy, but locally is opposed. Further evidence of consistent inconsistency from the Lib Dems.
The following list of events funded from the EIF has or will result in a positive economic impact:
1. New Park and Rides, supported by all parties
2. Investment in Newgate market, supported by Conservatives but not Liberal Democrats
3. A commitment to a new bridge to unlock York Central, supported by Conservatives but not Liberal Democrats
4. Investment in the high street, not supported by Conservatives or Liberal Democrats.
5. Tour de France – talked down by the Liberal Democrats The amount being spent on council debt per year has increased by £300k a year since the budgets set by Liberal Democrats and Conservative councillors, yet we are delivering a huge amount more than they ever did.
(vi) To the Cabinet Leader from Cllr Steward:
"Will the leader use this opportunity to finally apologise to York's residents for the shambles of the Lendal Bridge trial?"
Councillor Steward may think I am naive in the art and science of politics and this question clearly shows such qualities.
What is important is we now build the consensus over the issue of congestion, cross-party, on what action is required in this city to cope with the problem of congestion. Opposition parties may wish to beat their chests over the issue, but it is an issue that is not going to go away without some action. We have received no suggestions on how to tackle congestion from the opposition over the course of this council.
(vii) To the Cabinet Leader from Cllr Healey:
"What have been the outcomes and jobs created from the additional 2 year funding given to Science City York by this administration?"
The 2 year funding given to SCY is from EIF for high growth business support and the 3 year Innovate York programme. As the EIF programme hasonly just finished and the Innovate York programme is still ongoing, the outcomes are still being measured, but early outputs and outcomes are as follows:
High Growth Business Support Programme.
The high growth business support programme has provided over 30 high growth businesses with business support, totalling over 96 mentoring days worth of support. GVA and job outputs are being calculated following engagement with businesses assisted.
Innovate York Programme
Positioning York as a Major Global Innovation Player:
- LLGA Global Awards and Pilots: Received Global Awards for proposals to pilot in Cape Town (2012) and Glasgow (2014) (£22k est. funding received)
- Lead city in URBACT EU pilot transfer programme sharing our GeniUS! York approach with Syracuse in Sicily, San Sebastian in Spain and Tallinn in Estonia. (EU 325k funding received)
- In top 21 most innovative cities in Europe through finalist status in Bloomberg 'Mayor's Challenge' competition, with the intent to be in the winning top 5 most innovative cities by end September 2014. (est. fund ing if we win EU 1-5m)
- In talks with Citymart global innovation network around 2-3 year partnership with York to fast track alternative procurement solution s through their global innovation network of solution providers.
Embedding Innovation as a Key Driver in the City of York:
- We have comprehensively mapped existing innovative businesses, initiatives and activities in York, and provide an accessible source of 'innovation intelligence' to the city through our web site. We have further enhanced this knowledge hub through contributing regular blogs, research, communications and innovation opportunities. (120 contributors to the innovation map)
- Created a draft 'Roadmap for innovation' paper which will assist CYC in developing their strategy for future innovation in the city.
- We are continuing to develop an 'innovation ecosystem' through the 'GeniUS! York' platform, linking CYC with Businesses, the Community and Residents in a more meaningful way. To manage and deepen relationships between these groups and CYC, with a focus around 'open innovation'. To date we have 434 registered members on the GeniUS! platform and 1145 twitter members. 99 individuals have been involved in taking the pilot ideas forward from the previous 8 challenge areas.
Delivering a City-wide Innovation programme of events and workshops to Catalyse Development
- We have had over 1600 people attending the 43 events and workshops we have delivered over the last 22 months. Feedback has consistently been over 80% good/excellent for all events.
- Included in the workshops we have delivered, is a programme of Workforce Development to increase 'intrapreneurship' skills in the organisation. These took the form of lunchtime taster sessions over a five week period, and places were oversubscribed within a few days of becoming available and feedback from staff was excellent. We are now running the same course for a second time in CYC.
- Through partnership working with the University of York and the Institute of Leadership and Management, we will be offering intensive three day Innovation Leadership workshops for 25 more senior members of CYC staff to further embed innovation capacity within the organisation. This course is endorsed by ILM and can lead to further accreditation.
Comprehensive Provision of Support Activities to Drive Innovation
- We have worked with 190 members of CYC staff over 33 service areas to build innovation capacity within the council.
- Over the last 22 months we have assisted 8 organisations to draw down funding from external sources e.g. TSB, Art Council, Joseph Rowntree Foundation etc to enable their projects. This amounted to £167,000 additional funding.
- We are working with TSB SBRI, to develop a Yorkshire-wide match funded initiative with the Technology Strategy Board to run pre-procurement competitions, to identify cutting edge solutions to challenges facing the region, and to implement them quickly in the city through pilot and scale approach. This system is similar to GeniUS! except that TSB SBRI looks for existing solutions rather than co-designing a new solution. This has great potential to support our SMEs as well as to fast track innovative solutions in the region.
So as you can see the investment already has or has the potential to leverage significant extra funding to develop innovation both inside and outside the council.
(viii) To the Cabinet Leader from Cllr Healey:
"How many applicants have been considered for the Interim Director position of the new company to be formed to provide 'Marketing and Business Development'?"
The post of Director for the new company (interim or permanent) has not yet been advertised. In the short time since Cabinet agreed the next steps, work has begun in a job description and recruitment process but no decisions have yet been made.

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AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- A northeast Ohio sheriff says his county jail will stop housing mentally ill people who are violent and mentally disabled people arrested by local police.
Summit County Sheriff Drew Alexander has said that such people would receive more appropriate treatment in a mental hospital and that jailing them is inhumane.
The Akron Beacon Journal (http://bit.ly/zMIrFA ) reports Alexander was expected to announce the change Monday. The decision follows a federally funded review of the jail's mental health programming.
A consultant working through the National Institute of Corrections has recommended that violent people with mental problems be referred for evaluation by a hospital or psychiatric crisis center before the jail accepts them.
Alexander says he doesn't know of another county in the nation that has that policy.
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Topic: Stable - Yippee
Hey all,
been missing in action for a while...mum had CT today and got results as well...oncologists says everything looks the same and considers her stable...mum has been off the chemo (gemzar) for 3 months now as she is unable to tolerate it and ends up with major infections each course she takes.
anyway, we will take stable anyday and revsit the situation when things change.
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From Our 2009 Archives
Antidepressants Help Treat Fibromyalgia
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Researchers Find Some Antidepressants May Relieve Pain of Fibromyalgia
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Jan. 13, 2009 -- Certain antidepressants can be effective treatments for fibromyalgia, but it is not clear if they are good choices for long-term use, a new research analysis shows.
Fibromyalgia remains a poorly understood and hard-to-treat disorder, characterized by widespread pain with no clear cause. Other commonly reported symptoms include fatigue, sleep problems, and depressed mood.
A wide range of antidepressants may be used to treat the disorder, but only one -- Eli Lilly and Company's Cymbalta -- has been specifically approved for the condition.
The FDA approval for use in fibromyalgia patients came last June, making it just the second drug approved to treat the disorder.
Pfizer's Lyrica was the first drug approved for fibromyalgia, but it was not included in the analysis because it is not an antidepressant. It is believed to work by targeting a key pain center within the brain.
Antidepressants vs. Fibromyalgia
Researchers examined 18 studies involving 1,427 fibromyalgia patients taking different classes of antidepressants, including low doses of tricyclic and tetracyclic antidepressants (TCAs), selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (SNRI), and monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs).
The researchers used a standardized model to assess the effectiveness of the medications on common fibromyalgia symptoms, including pain, sleeplessness, fatigue, and depressed mood.
Among the major findings:
Researcher Winfried Hauser, MD, of Germany's Saarbrucken Hospital, tells WebMD that the TCA amitriptyline and the SNRI Cymbalta are the antidepressants with the most evidence of effectiveness for the short-term treatment of fibromyalgia.
Lilly spokeswoman Sonja Popp-Stahly tells WebMD that the three company-funded Cymbalta studies included in the analysis show that the drug works in fibromyalgia patients with and without depression.
Since none of the studies in the analysis followed patients for longer than six months, the long-term effectiveness of these drugs is not clear, Hauser notes.
"Fibromyalgia is a lifelong disorder, so we definitely need to study these drugs to see if they work for long periods," he says.
Antidepressants Don't Work for All
And while antidepressants can improve fibromyalgia symptoms, they don't work for everyone.
According to Hauser, about one out of four to six patients experiences significant pain reductions of about 30% while taking an antidepressant.
Since antidepressants can have significant side effects, even when given in small doses, patients taking them for fibromyalgia should be followed closely, he adds.
Right now, it is not clear which fibromyalgia patients will benefit from treatment with antidepressants and which ones will not, but National Fibromyalgia Association President Lynne Matallana tells WebMD that this may soon change.
"These drugs are useful in a certain population of people with fibromyalgia," she says. "I would say that within three years we will be better able to tell who these patients are and target treatments to them."
University of North Carolina rheumatologist and professor of medicine Nortin Hadler, MD, remains unconvinced that fibromyalgia is a distinct medical condition and he says it is far from clear whether the benefits of giving antidepressants for this indication outweigh the risks.
Just over 75% of the patients taking antidepressants in the analysis reported side effects, compared to just over 62% of patients taking placebo.
"I have a problem with telling people to take antidepressants if they are not suffering from depression," he says. "In the studies included in the analysis, the patients who responded to treatment did not get that much better. There is nothing dramatic going on with these drugs except their side effects and their price."
Other Fibromyalgia Treatments
Matallana points out that while drug treatments have been shown to help some fibromyalgia patients, so have other approaches to treatment including:
"One of the most important and most challenging things is to find a health care provider who knows about fibromyalgia," she says. "That can be really difficult, because so many physicians still don't understand it."
SOURCES: Hauser, W. The Journal of the American Medical Association, Jan. 14, 2009; vol 301: pp 198-209. Winfried Hauser, MD, Klinikum Saarbrucken, Saarbrucken, Germany. Lynne Matallana, president, National Fibromyalgia Association. Nortin Hadler, MD, professor of medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Sonja Popp-Stahly, senior communications associate, Eli Lilly & Co.
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Your gift to help a hardworking entrepreneur will double in impact thanks to a generous World Vision partner.
Eva is from Philippines. She has 3 children. She needs a loan of $150 to buy merchandise to sell.
Eva is from Philippines. She has 3 children. She needs a loan of $150 to buy merchandise to sell.
Eva Quiachon is an ambitious, hardworking mother of three, ages 7, 9, and 17. She provides for them as best she can with earnings she makes through her sari-sari (convenience) store, but she has a limited inventory, which is limiting her earnings. She would like to attract more customers and increase her income by selling items such as soft drinks, canned goods, rice, noodles, snack foods and various toiletries, but due to a lack of money she has not been able to make additional purchases.
With a loan from World Vision, Eva will be able to grow her business and attract more customers. The profits she earns will allow her provide her children with an education, with healthier meals, as well as improve their living conditions.
Retail is a quick and scalable way to begin earning a profit. Many entrepreneurs begin with stalls at markets or even at home and need a loan to expand or increase their inventory. Others may be ready to open a small store. Goods purchased from loan funds range from clothing, grocery or sundry items to jewelry, candy, perfume or health and beauty supplies. Loans in the commerce sector account for around 33% of our loans.
World Vision began working with the people of the Philippines in Manila in 1954. Childcare projects began shortly thereafter to help fund orphanages and daycare centers, health-care programs, educational assistance, hygiene, and spiritual enrichment projects. The Good Shepherd's Fold Orphanage Project provided a gas stove, 600 reference books, musical instruments, vegetable seeds, and 3,000 textbooks to children on the island of Guimaras.
From 1960 to 1969, sponsorship continued to grow with the addition of the Mercyville orphanage in the village of Polonulig on the island of Mindanao. In addition, the Philippines Medical Boat Mission Project ministered to suffering people in remote, sea-locked villages. Medical and
evangelical teams provided health care through two- and three-day clinics in churches and homes.
World Vision opened the Manila office in 1972. Staff sought to improve communities and continued sharing the message of the Gospel. By the end of the decade World Vision sponsored 29,750 children. Community development projects provided a comprehensive approach to integrate
development among the small islands, which typically have few resources and are inaccessible during rough seas. Projects there sought to promote fishing, health care, sanitation, and education. The Ilin Island Fishing Project benefited 600 people by promoting self-sufficiency through agricultural production, increased fishing harvests, and improved water supplies.
Thank you for supporting a small business loan for Eva Quiachon to expand her retail and grocery business where she owns a small shop. After receiving the loan from World Vision, she invested the $150 by buying merchandise to sell.
Eva has been repaying her loan on time with her new profits. She makes weekly payments of $7. In addition to repaying her loan, Eva is using additional income to pay school fees, purchase food for the family, and expand the current business. Eva's 3 children continue to study in school.
Thank you for supporting Eva and World Vision Micro!
Thank you for supporting the small loan for Eva Quiachon to improve her sari-sari (variety) store. She invested her loan of $150 to buy soft drinks, canned goods, rice, noodles, snack foods and various toiletries to sell.
Eva has now repaid her loan in full. She used her additional income to pay school fees and purchase food and other daily necessities for her family.
The profits she is earning create lasting improvements in her life. In the future Eva hopes to continue sending her children to school, repair or expand their home and expand her store further.
Thank you for your support of Eva and World Vision Micro. These funds are now being recycled to support another deserving entrepreneur in the same community.


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SANTA ANA – Cinco de Mayo is not a traditional Mexican holiday, but that has not stopped it from being one of the most popular celebrations of Mexican culture in the U.S.
Organizers of the two largest Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Orange County are expecting a turnout of more than 375,000 people through the weekend events, both offering plenty of Mexican fare, games, carnival rides and live entertainment.
Visitors can walk along Fourth Street to take in the sights and sounds of downtown Santa Ana's 14th Cinco de Mayo festival, which runs through today. The festival offers carnival rides, food booths, beer gardens and local entertainers performing Latin music and folklorico dances.
Santa Ana resident Teresa Baltazar said participating in Cinco de Mayo events teaches younger generations about celebrating Mexican culture, at a time when they can sometimes be put down for doing so.
"We have two flags, and both are important," said Baltazar, 52.
Katherine Vo of Huntington Beach said she was driving through downtown Santa Ana for an eye exam when she stopped to have a plate of food and enjoy the festival's scenery.
"I love the food, community and family," said Vo, 30. "America represents different cultures, and it is important not to lose that. With everything that's been going on, like the bombings, it's nice to see people going out and celebrating."
Laguna Beach residents Mia Salvini, 14, and her sister Anna, 12, said Saturday afternoon was the first time they celebrated Cinco de Mayo. Mia, who bought artisan crafts, said she wanted to experience celebrating the festival after hearing about it at school. Mia is enrolled at Mater Dei High School, while Anna attends Orange County School of the Arts.
"We wanted to see the different things they have in the community since we will be surrounded by it for the next four years," Mia said.
Anaheim's Cinco de Mayo Fiesta is going strong more than four decades after the late Joel Guerena founded it in 1971. The 43rd annual celebration in La Palma Park, kicked off Thursday with rides and games and continues through today with food booths and entertainment.
Nadine Rodriguez, president of the nonprofit Anaheim Cinco de Mayo and daughter of Guerena, said more than 100,000 people are expected to attend the celebration, among the oldest in the U.S. The alcohol-free festival at the park, at Harbor Boulevard and La Palma Avenue, includes about 20 food booths and a similar number of craft and business-sponsored booths, where people can buy items and also receive giveaways.
Anaheim's festival holds a soccer tournament over the weekend. It also crowns a court of young princesses each year, who range in age from about 5 to 8. The festival committee will announce five scholarships, totaling about $7,500, at a breakfast this morning.
Juan Alanis, 30, of Anaheim said he has been coming to the Anaheim festival since he was 6. He considers the festival an important family tradition, and he brings his daughter to the event each year. He says he teaches his daughter about the different holidays of Mexico at home so she does not lose her heritage.
"To me, the most important thing is to try and create traditions, but pass them on in a fun way," Alanis said.
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(Posts in Category 'Gros Morne National Park')
28 Jul 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Food & Dining , Festivals & Events , Gros Morne National Park and Cultural Experiences
"My goal is to create memorable performances about this place –Cow Head and Newfoundland in general -that will appeal to both local residents and visitors alike" Theatre Newfoundland Labrador's artistic director Jeff Pitcher told us recently. And the dinner theatre performance of "Sinking of the S.S. Ethie" fits this philosophy to a tee. This is the show that started it all for Theatre Newfoundland Labrador in Cow Head and it has been running to full houses since 1996.
26 Jul 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Boat Tours , Nature and Gros Morne National Park
"I love my office" grinned Ryan Young above the roar of the motor as we skipped over the small waves of Trout River Pond. "This southern part of Gros Morne National Park is undiscovered by many people and it is too bad since it is a spectacular area."
We were doing a new Ocean Quest boat tour (http://www.oceanquestadventures.com/services/tourist/gros-morne-national-park) that started on Trout River Pond, and we had to agree - Trout River Pond is amazing since it is surrounded by steep cliffs 550-600 meters high and it is 15 km long.
23 Jul 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Nature , Culture , Entertainment and Gros Morne National Park
We think Theatre Newfoundland Labrador's new show "Newfoundland Vinyl" is a must see for those people who are interested in Newfoundland music from the 1960's, 70's and 80's. The backstory for the show is that Gros Morne Theatre Festival regulars "Ed and Ed" are throwing a musical fundraiser – for themselves! The music has a definite country flavour and includes hits made popular by A. Frank Willis, Roy Payne, Joan Morrissey, Harry Hibbs and Tom Cahill.
16 Jul 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Boat Tours , Festivals & Events , Whale Watching , Nature , Entertainment and Gros Morne National Park
We are big fans of traditional Newfoundland music whether it be "I'se the Bye" or a song from the Northern Peninsula that we might never have previously heard. Neddy Norris Night is Theatre Newfoundland Labrador's popular musical night and it takes on a different flavour depending on who is the musical director that year.
10 Jul 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Festivals & Events , Nature , Gros Morne National Park and Cultural Experiences
The names Cathy Jones, Mary Walsh, Greg Malone and many of the original Codco crew are now synonymous with well known Newfoundland comedy. In 1973 they were just getting started in Toronto when they were distressed by the stereotypes that Ontarians felt applied to all Newfoundlanders. So they fought back with the play "Cod on a Stick" which pokes fun at Torontonians and Newfoundlanders alike.
6 Jul 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Food & Dining , Hiking & Walking and Gros Morne National Park
We recently returned from a 1-night get away that saw us sampling great food and accommodations as well as hiking on one of our favourite trails in the southern part of Gros Morne National Park. Since Gros Morne Park is so large, many people opt to see just the north side or the south side with Bonne Bay acting as a geographical dividing line.
3 Jul 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Fishing , Nature , Parks , Top Destinations , Gros Morne National Park and Cultural Experiences
Theatre Newfoundland Labrador (TNL) is back in Cow Head and they are performing several new plays for the summer 2012 season. We recently saw "The Fly Fisher's Companion" and would recommend this play to anyone since although it deals with salmon fishing, its main theme is the changing face of friendship. The play follows Wes (played by Michael Chaisson) and Don (performed by John Dartt) as they gear up to go salmon fishing from a cabin they built together many years ago.
24 May 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Gros Morne National Park and Cultural Experiences
This is a big year for Theatre Newfoundland Labrador's "Tempting Providence" as it celebrates 10 years of performances around the world. "Tempting Providence" tells the story of Myra Bennett, a dedicated nurse who practiced on the Northern Peninsula. I recently got a chance to speak to Gaylene Buckle, Theatre Newfoundland Labrador's general manager. "When we developed this play we purposively created it so that it could be performed in a variety of "stages" around the province, from church basements to school gyms.
23 Mar 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Festivals & Events , Skiing & Snowboarding , Entertainment and Gros Morne National Park
On Friday, March 23, 2012 we decided to head to the Ocean View Hotel in Rocky Harbour in Gros
Morne National Park to see executive chef, Steve Watson, do his magic with a block of ice and watch him in the kitchen preparing Newfoundland mussels. This event is part of Snow West 2012 which is running in various locations in Western Newfoundland from March 21-24, 2012.
4 Mar 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Nature , Gros Morne National Park and Outdoor Adventure
Dog sledding was more exercise and more challenging than we originally thought. It was also a whole lot of fun! Elaine Pinard (owner of Les Skis Doux) has been taking people dog sledding for the past six winters from her base in Wiltondale at the entrance to Gros Morne National Park.
30 Jan 2012 by Guest Blogger in Skiing & Snowboarding , Nature , Parks and Gros Morne National Park
Last year was a pretty amazing ski year in the northeastern United States - abundant and high quality snow continued well into March for some wonderful spring skiing (which I missed out on since I was in Chile). However winter 2011-2012 in the northeast has so far failed to produce more than a sprinkling of snow, which is why I headed north to Newfoundland with my friends Bruce and Nate in search of natural snow in excess of 3 inches.


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OAKLAND -- After sterling starts from Felix Hernandez and Hisashi Iwakuma, Joe Saunders struggled in his Mariners debut and lasted just four innings Wednesday night as Seattle fell to the A's, 6-2.
Oakland had totaled just one run and six hits in two season-opening losses to Seattle, but avoided falling to 0-3 for the first time since 1996 with an 11-hit night that included seven extra-base knocks.
Saunders, a veteran southpaw signed as a $6.75 million free agent to bolster the Mariners rotation, gave up four runs on seven hits -- including five doubles -- and walked four batters before exiting with a 4-2 deficit.
The new Seattle starter said he had trouble gripping the ball much of the night, something that affected reliever Charlie Furbush in a wild eighth inning as well.
"It was hard," said Saunders, who never seemed to get comfortable on the mound and asked for new baseballs several times. "It felt like the balls had some funny stuff on them. Not to make excuses, you have to make adjustments. But some of them were taking off.
"My arm felt good and I felt like my command was actually there, it was just tough to grip the ball. ... You saw Charlie go through it, too. I don't want to make excuses, but it was one of those weird things that happened tonight."
Veteran reliever Kameron Loe, who gave up two runs in three innings after replacing Saunders, agreed that the balls were "a little powdery, but I'm not going to blame that, that's for sure. I've seen it other places, but it's not like a common occurrence."
Manager Eric Wedge and catcher Jesus Montero acknowledged that both Furbush and Saunders mentioned the issue as well during the game.
Whatever the problem, it certainly didn't affect the A's pitchers, who held Seattle to two runs and five hits while recording their first win of the season.
The Mariners scored twice in the first on solo home runs off left-hander Tommy Milone with a leadoff bolt by Franklin Gutierrez and a two-out shot to center by Michael Morse.
It was Morse's third home run in two nights as he is off to a hot start in his return to the Mariners.
Morse hit three home runs in his first four seasons in Seattle back when he was a young player trying to find a spot in the Majors. But the 31-year-old outfielder has already equaled that power production in his first three games back with the Mariners this season after being acquired in an offseason trade from the Nationals.
Gutierrez's prodigious poke to left-center was the second leadoff homer of his career. But Milone, who won 13 games last year as a rookie, settled in after the shaky start and shut out the Mariners for the next six innings on just two more hits.
"Everybody knows he doesn't throw hard, but he can throw strikes," said Montero, who finished with two of Seattle's five hits. "He can hit spots. Early on Guti and Mike Morse hit homers and we were like, 'We've got this guy.' But he started to throw strikes and good pitches and he got us."
The Mariners seemed ready to add on in the second when Montero led off with a single and Jason Bay walked, but Milone got a double-play grounder from Robert Andino and struck out Brendan Ryan, starting a string in which he retired 17 of the last 18 batters he faced.
"That was a big double-play ball," said A's manager Bob Melvin. "That was kind of the turning point for him. It seemed like he found his release point a little more consistently after that.
"If there's anybody that can recover from a little bit of difficulty it's Tommy. He doesn't let too much get to him and just concentrates on where he's throwing that particular pitch and doesn't get too far ahead of himself."
Saunders never did find such a groove as he worked with runners on base throughout his short outing. The A's had runners on first and second with none out in the second, third and fourth innings.
Saunders did some damage control, limiting the A's to 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position in his four frames, and got some nice defensive help.
"He just didn't have the command with his secondary stuff that he typically does," Wedge said. "I thought he had a pretty good fastball and he came out and looked strong. He battled and controlled damage about as well as you can, considering everything.
"We saw the bulldog in him, the fact he'd bend, but not break. But he just wasn't ever able to really lock it in."
Saunders escaped the second on a perfect relay from Bay to Ryan to Montero that nailed A's rookie Nate Freiman at the plate as he tried to score on a two-bagger by Scott Sizemore.
Saunders also wiggled out of a no-outs, bases-loaded jam in the third by allowing just one run on a sacrifice fly by Yoenis Cespedes that tied the game at 2.
But Oakland's fifth double of the night -- a shot to right-center by Jed Lowrie -- plated two runs in the fourth and gave the A's a 4-2 lead. That spelled the end for Saunders, a 31-year-old veteran with a career record of 78-65 and an All-Star berth to his name in 2008.
Loe replaced Saunders and pitched two scoreless innings before giving up back-to-back homers to Lowrie and Chris Young leading off the seventh.
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Every player who put on a uniform in any of Clairton's first 999 games has a memory of either a thrilling victory or a loss that just gnaws at them.
Wayne Wade has seen his share of the wins. As a senior, he quarterbacked the Bears to the 1989 WPIAL Class A title that ended a 35-year championship drought and, as defensive coordinator, he's been a member of the staff throughout its current run of five consecutive WPIAL Class A and four straight state finals appearances.
There is, however, that one loss that bothers him; a 15-14 loss to District 9 champion Keystone in the 1989 PIAA Class A semifinals at Sharon.
"Getting off the bus and walking to the field, kids were falling," Wade said. "The weather was terrible, and I think, after that year, they started playing all the state games on turf because the field was really a factor. In my eyes, we were three or four touchdowns better than that team."
To this day, no District 9 team in any classification has ever won a state football championship and only one, Smethport in Class A in 1992, has ever even played in the finals. But Wade and Clairton (14-0) finally have an opportunity to put that particular nightmare behind them.
No, the Bears won't be playing Keystone, but they will take on undefeated District 9 champion Port Allegany (13-0) in the PIAA Class A semifinals at 7 p.m. Friday in the 1,000th game in school history for the opportunity to win their 62nd consecutive game and play in the state championship game at 1 p.m. Dec. 14 at Hersheypark Stadium. Clairton has played in the state semifinals five times since that loss to Keystone, but the team had never faced a District 9 school.
Though this will be the 1,000th game in school history — Clairton is 611-347-41 all-time — it might just turn out to be a footnote in a season of benchmarks for the storied program.
• The Bears won the 600th game in school history in Week 3 against California.
• They passed Braddock's 56-game skein for the longest unbeaten streak in WPIAL history with their 57th consecutive victory in a 58-7 win over Frazier in the opening round of the District 7 playoffs.
• Clairton won the school's 10th WPIAL title.
• Clairton joined Braddock as the only teams to win five consecutive outright WPIAL titles.
• Running back Tyler Boyd broke Rushel Shell's year-old WPIAL record of 110 career touchdowns — he's at 114 — and will become the first person to represent the school at the U.S. Army All-America Bowl in San Antonio on Jan. 5.
"We just take it one game at a time, and I don't think we realize what we're accomplishing right now because we're in it," Wade said. "Port Allegany is in front of us, and that's who we're looking to go out and compete against."
This will be a challenge for Clairton because of another person in the game who has established a few benchmarks of his own as no District 9 school, or any other for that matter, has had a quarterback as proficient as Port Allegany senior Matt Bodamer. The 2012 Pennsylvania Gatorade Player of the Year has completed 71.4 percent of his passes for 3,758 yards and 51 touchdowns and is just 67 yards and two touchdowns away from breaking the single season state records in both categories.
In addition, he already has broken Derek Buganza of Brockway's career passing record by 1,002 yards with 10,755 and holds the state record with 136 career passing touchdowns.
Coming up with a defensive scheme to slow down Bodamer and his favorite target, receiver Tyce Miller, while putting the clamps on the other three pass-catchers in the four-wide spread set would have been easy for Wade, the team's defensive coordinator, before last week. All he would have had to do was to use his Division I defensive backs, Boyd, Terrish Webb and Titus Howard to lock them up and tell the defensive line to pin its ears back.
Things got a little more complicated, however, when Howard, a Pitt recruit, dislocated his elbow in the quarterfinals against Berlin Brothersvalley and was not medically cleared to play.
"We can go a few ways, and probably the most obvious is to move Tyler around because of his skill level, and we don't lose anything (at corner), but then you lose something at free safety," Wade said. "We have some kids that have stepped up for us in situations, and I think we have enough talent at the skill positions to step in and get the job done this week."
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The event itself is still 13 months away, but organizers of the December, 2013 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings at the MTS Centre will begin putting tickets on sale next week.
Organizers will announce today that full passes -- which include all 18 draws for the event that will decide Canada's men's and women's curling representatives for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi -- will go on sale to the public beginning Monday at 10 a.m.
The full event package is priced at $429 and will include an early bird bonus of two free tickets to one of the first two draws on opening weekend to anyone who buys the package before Dec. 24.
All full event packages will also include invitation to a Fan Appreciation Night immediately prior to the start of the event at which the curlers will be available and complimentary admission all week to the customary social hall that accompanies major curling events, long known at the Brier as The Patch. The Patch will be located at the Convention Centre.
A second phase of ticket sales will kick in on Dec. 6 when individual tickets to the first two draws will go on sale. Those tickets will be priced at $39 a pair and are being marketed by organizers as stocking stuffers under the moniker, 'Rocks in Your Socks.'
A third phase of ticket sales will occur in February when organizers will begin selling 'Flex Packs' to the general public.
Those packages will allow fans to pick the draws they want to see at the times they want to see them and will be priced at $469. More details will be announced later.
A total of 16 teams -- eight men's and eight women's teams -- will compete at the MTS Centre Dec. 1-8, 2013 in an event that was formerly called the Canadian Curling Trials.
No Manitoba-based team has ever represented Canada in curling at the Winter Olympics. Jeff Stoughton lost the 2005 Trials final to Newfoundland's Brad Gushue and Kerry Burtnyk lost the 2001 Trials final to Alberta's Kevin Martin. The Trials were previously held in Manitoba in 1997 when Brandon hosted. Ontario's Mike Harris and Saskatchewan's Sandra Schmirler won that event.
Winnipeg's Chelsea Carey said competing for a chance to go the 2014 Olympics before a hometown crowd would be nothing less than a dream come true. "The Trials in general is your goal as a curler," Carey said Wednesday. "And especially for women's teams because we don't usually get to play in those big hockey arenas.
"But then to have it in your own hometown on top of it -- it would be everyone's dream. And it's probably not something we would get a chance to do again."
Four teams have already secured berths into the 2013 Trials. Winnipeg's Jennifer Jones and Martin both won their berths by capturing the 2011 men's and women's Canada Cup, while 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts winner Heather Nedohin of Edmonton and 2012 Brier winner Glenn Howard of Coldwater, Ont., also picked up berths with their overall performances last winter.
Two more berths will be available at the 2012 Canada Cup, which runs in Moose Jaw, Nov. 28-Dec. 2. Winnipeg's Stoughton, Mike McEwen, Cathy Overton-Clapham and Carey will all be competing in that event, as will Jones.
Three more men's and three more women's berths will be decided at the end of the 2012-13 curling season based on the points-based Canadian Team Ranking System. And then the final two men's and two women's berths will be determined next November in Kitchener in a last-chance event that will see 12 women's teams and 12 men's teams compete.
CURLING JACKPOT: Some curlers could become millionaires this winter.
Sportsnet, the new owner and operator of the Grand Slam of Curling, announced Wednesday that a $1-million bonus will be awarded if any men's team wins all four events this winter -- the Masters, Canadian Open, National and Player's Championship.
And if a women's team wins the two events on their Grand Slam circuit -- the Masters and the Players Championship -- that team will earn $100,000.
In addition, if a men's team fails to win all four events, the top three men's teams will split a $100,000 bonus. If a women's team fails to win both events, the top three teams will split a $25,000 bonus.
The $200,000 Masters kicked off the Grand Slam schedule Wednesday with 64 men's and women's teams competing in Brantford, Ont., beginning today.
Hurry hard to ticket wicket, curling fans
What: Tickets going on sale for 2013 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings
When: Full event packages go on sale on Monday at a cost of $429; individual tickets to the first two draws go on sale Dec. 6 at a cost of $39 a pair; Flex Packs priced at $469 will go on sale next February.
How can I get them: Online at curling.ca/tickets or by phone at 1-877-985-2875.
Who's competing: Jennifer Jones, Heather Nedohin, Kevin Martin and Glenn Howard already have their berths secured. Twelve more teams -- six men's and six women's -- must still be determined.
What's at stake: The men's and women's winners will go on to represent Canada in curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Quotable: "It's our goal. It's every team's goal to play at the Trials. We'll be disappointed if we don't get there. But it's just such a hard event to get to play in." -- skip Chelsea Carey


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Now I have followed the plan for a week. Unfortunately, the weather has been terrible for runnng the last two Sundays why the long runs have been a disaster. Today, we had a snow storm why the runnng was on a treadmill and I only did 14 km. The best run this week was the Out-and-back run yesterday with 15 km in 4.41/km In beautiful weather.
Next week I really need a good Sunday run, so my priority-runs can become a success...
I'm definitely still dreaming of a sub-marathon in the Spring. A report will be ready next Sunday.
I have signed up as well.
Goal Marathon in early May next year and looking to go sub 3.10 (based on HM this year). Will be looking in on this with interest.
Only thing bothering me is eating enough to help recovery especially as I am now down to 172 pounds at 6ft2ins and feel very slim. Many peeps have said that I look unhealthy (so says someone who obviously isnt)
Will look to post weekly stats.
Nobby, thanks so much for the advice!! Was thinking that I should continue what I'm doing for the next few weeks, so trying a 5K plan sounds good to me and will help me stay focused until time to gear up for the marathon. I appreciate your input!
Signed up for the training wizard and I've been using it for just over a week. So far so good. I like the different paces and the recovery indicator.
Question: For the recovery indicators, is there a way to view the archived information? It would be interesting to see how rest heart rate and weight change over time. Obviously, I could log it separately, but if I'm already entering the info on the website, transferring that data to the running ahead log would be useful. I see that Running Ahead's log has entries for Weight and Heart Rate (but not sleep).
Things are going in the right way for me. Since Sunday running conditions have been perfect. I have a tendency to push the pace a little bit faster than the recommended pace in the schedules. It is, however, just wonderful to be able to run with good weather conditions. They will probably be ruined tomorrow but it is quite fun with all the changes.
Compared to many other schedules this plan has some interesting differences which seem quite logical:
1. The longest run is 15 weeks before the target race (the last week in the aerobic phase). In many schedules it will be 3-6 weeks before the target race. There will be many challenging medium-long runs in the remaining phases.
2. The highest mileage is 15 weeks before the target race. I assume that this is because we have to be aerobic monsters before entering the more demanding high-intensity efforts.
3. The pace of the Aerobic runs is fastest in the aerobic phase. I assume that this is because there are so many demanding runs in the other phases.
I have a 17 week plan that starts Jan 21 for Ogden on May 18. I have the Houston Marathon on Jan 13 and I'm giving myself a major down week. I need to figure out how to capture RHR.
Houston Marathon 1-13-13
Rock n Roll St. Pete Half 2-10-13
Gasparilla 15K 2-23-13
Armadillo 10K 3-9-13
Ogden Marathon 5-18-13
The Goal: Boston Marathon 4-20-15
Hi MonkeyBunny,
When you write RHR are you then thinking of the resting heart rate? If you have a heart rate monitor, try to take it every morning when you wake up before you get out of bed. Use the lowest rate as you resting heart rate.
I still have a tendency to run most of my trips with too high a heart rate. However, I don't feel the slightest bit burned out yet
I really enjoy to have quite a few half-long aerobic runs during a week. As I cannot quite keep up with the high suggested training volume, my primary focus is getting the 4 high-priority trips done. The remaining 3 which in the aerobic phase are one aerobic run, one fartlek and one slow jog are also important but I won't moan when one of these trips is a failure...
I don't know if this thread should be used to tell something about the running and mileage for the target race or if it should be written in the user group.
This week my mileage was just below 102 km with a run each day. In general my pace is too high on the runs which also means that the HR is on the high side. On the other hand, I feel great after every workout. Especially the Out-Back workout on Saturdays I enjoy. Yesterday, target pace was 4.49/km but I ran it in 4.34/km as it can be difficult to slow down. Today, I ran the long run of 25 km in 4.53/km instead of the prescribed 5.08/km... I believe that having 4 runs each week with a mileage above 15 km will do tremendous things to my stamina because I typically suffer when I have run more than 80 minutes. It is of course easier to manage the mileage when you have some vacation and the weather is forgiveable but I feel I'm on track.
Have a great New Year!
Question: For the recovery indicators, is there a way to view the archived information? It would be interesting to see how rest heart rate and weight change over time. Obviously, I could log it separately, but if I'm already entering the info on the website, transferring that data to the running ahead log would be useful. I see that Running Ahead's log has entries for Weight and Heart Rate (but not sleep).
Your question piqued my interest. I don't know if your question has been answered elsewhere, but I discovered some pretty cool things here that I thought I should share.
I went to the "Reports" screen to create a report. For the Y-axis, the pull-down menu actually includes "Sleep." So I selected it and created a report to see what would happen. A graph appeared with 3 data points for hours slept. I did NOT enter the 3 pieces of info in Running Ahead; I entered them in the Running Wizard "Recovery Indicator" screen, and it transferred automatically over to RA. So, even though you can't ENTER Hours of Sleep from within RA (I don't think), you can VIEW your Sleep data entered in Running Wizard from within RA. I found this amazing, particularly because my Running Wizard program doesn't start for another week -- I just happened to enter my Recovery Indicator data there on a few occasions just to test it out. At the time, it seemed to ignore this action, but as I've now found out, it stored the info and allows me to use it to create Reports in RA.
If you look at my running log, I've created 3 graphs on my Summary Page for the 3 Recovery Indicators (Sleep, RHR, and Weight) that appear below my graph of daily running mileage. There are probably more elegant ways to display this info, but it works for me.
Anyhow, kudos to someone (Eric, I believe?) for making the 2 systems (RA and RW) work together very well. But this is perhaps a "hidden gem" of a feature that I find quite useful.
Let me know if this is helpful.
For the progression calibration run, do the warm up and cool down periods count in the total time of the workout?
I think of the pcr as a tempo run and run a separate warmup and cool down. 10-15 minutes warmup before I start my garmin and 10 minutes cool down after I complete the tempo phase. For me, busting out the pcr pace from a cold start or trying to hit the overall pace /time goal including warmup in the tempo phase would be daunting.
201x goals: run a bunch....race some.....repeat...
What I did was warm up (~10 minutes), then run at suggested pace for the PCR (9:20 pace in this case), and then cool down for 10 minutes. Total time running was 55 minutes, which was the suggested time for today's run. Not sure if I'm cutting the PCR too short by including the warm up and cool down in the total time.
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Warm up. Then do distance / duration of pcr. Then cool down. Three separate activities.
mta: total time given for work out is just for pcr.
Just run.
Thanks for the clarification . I was cutting my out and black & PCR runs short, then.
At first I thought--"Check the workout description!!" Well, what do you know, it's missing in it!! (oops!) Daily workout's description, which you will get to before you get your over-all schedule, says to warm-up briefly.
What we try to achieve with Running Wizard, and this is the objective of Lydiard training, is to get yourself ready for the race each phase... So, naturally, we wouldn't worry too much about "the race" in the first 1/3 of the plan. Pace is slower, for someone training for shorter event, the duration is quite a bit more (even up to 2-hours for 5k!). Out & Back is just more or less a glorified tempo run. Pace is still quite a bit slower than what you would expect of the actual race. For O&B, we suggest you do just a little bit of warm-up, not much. This is still a good part training and nothing more. Some athletes call this "competitive juice" but we try to jealously guard it. Those who "race their training" tend to use it up, mentally burn out. However long you do (3-6 months), it's a long way before the race. We want you to feel excited and eager to go!! We don't want you to feel like; "Man, I gotta race hard again...!??"
You might notice, when it comes to PCR (it's basically the same workout), you'll get a bit more race-specific mind. You want to start thinking about race-ready warm-up. Hopefully, by then, you would have played around enough with O&B that you have some idea of what you need to do. PCR is a bit more serious. You may have noticed, the pace gets quite a bit faster in PCR than O&B. And, with added quality workouts like hills or intervals, it would come naturally. The time would drop quite rapidly. But you still want to guard it somewhat. As you move on to the final stage, Coordination Phase, you'll either do time trial or more O&B. By then the pace gets pretty specific. For those workouts, you'd want to experiment your real warm-up. O&B and even PCR are still tinker toys. You won't open up and GO until the final few weeks. If you warm-up too seriously, with lengthy jog and strides and all that, for O&B too early, you're already over the head and want to go hard. You don't want to do that as yet. Those who are not a minimalist, just wear your regular shoes for O&B but maybe started thinking about race-shoes with PCR.
Always step by step. Always think about getting ready for the next step... Peaking is what you want. You start slowly and get more and more serious as you move on with phases.
Thanks for being such a great spokes-person!! I never got you Race-Week / Non-Race-Week plans, did I? So sorry about that. I think we've got 6-days and 7-days but not 5 and 4 yet and that's when it fell off... I'll work on that. How's your training coming along? You were going to do a 5k race in January??? How did it go?


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AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission will hold a special meeting at 9 a.m. Dec. 20 at Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Austin headquarters to consider two land acquisitions, one on the Devils River in Val Verde County and another near the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens.
TPWD is now proposing to acquire the 17,638-acre Devils River Ranch in Val Verde County and manage it as part of the existing Devils River State Natural Area. Previously, the agency had proposed exchanging the natural area as partial payment for the ranch about 13 miles downriver.
The agency will host a local constituent briefing in Del Rio to explain the new Devils River proposal. Anyone is welcome to attend that meeting, which will take place from 6-8 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Del Rio Civic Center, Kennedy Room, 1915 Veterans Blvd.
The Devils River Ranch owner has agreed to sell the ranch to TPWD for $13 million, significantly below the $15,875,000 fair market value calculated earlier this year by a certified appraiser. To fund the purchase, TPWD would use $2.7 million in state funds allocated for park land acquisition. This would be matched with $1.3 million in federal Land and Water Conservation Fund dollars. But the bulk of the purchase would be made with $9 million in private donations.
A proposal to exchange the natural area for the ranch was pulled from the Nov. 4 commission agenda after TPWD heard concerns from paddlers, some environmentalists and others. Kayak and canoe clubs expressed concern that loss of the state natural area would disrupt opportunities to paddle the upper river. The new proposal maintains that opportunity while opening the way for the department to work collaboratively with landowners and paddlers to resolve longstanding disputes surrounding the river's use, as well as improve the existing state natural area.
If the acquisition is approved by the commission, the two sites would likely be operated under one superintendent as a state natural area complex. Public access to the new site would come after creation of a master plan as well as a public use plan for both units of the natural area, a process estimated to take about two years. Private donations would fund the first 2.5 years of operating expenses for the new site.
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