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Overthinking It
What We Know About the Blown Call
With two outs, Ben Zobrist batting, and Sean Rodriguez on first representing the tying run, Joe Nathan threw this 3-2, 82-mph curveball to end last night's Rangers-Rays game and seal his 300th save:
And a million Rays fans (Are there that many Rays fans?) tweeted in terror and were suddenly silenced. With one called strike, the Rays' win expectancy went from around 11 percent to zero.
I thought that pitch was outside. You thought it was outside. Brooks Baseball thought it was outside:
Joe Maddon thought it was outside, although unlike us, he might be suspended for saying so.
Joe Nathan, who benefited the most from the call, also thought it was outside.
And so, eventually, did home plate umpire Marty Foster, the man who made the call.
Sometimes when we talk about bad calls, we also talk about good pitch framing, but this isn't one of those times. Pierzynski actually received the pitch pretty poorly, which may have contributed to the call. You can't give the catcher credit for deceiving the umpire when his glove hits the ground.
So the question, really, isn't "Did Foster make a bad call?" but "How bad a blown call was it?" The consensus on the internet in the immediate aftermath of the strike seemed to be that it was the worst blown call. (The internet isn't known for its restraint.) After the game, I went on Facebook (a social media platform for popular people who have trouble keeping track of their many friends), and four of the five top posts on my News Feed were links to pictures or videos of the call, accompanied by comments expressing unfriendly feelings toward umpires. (The fifth post was a picture of a guy I talked to a couple times in college. He was riding a bicycle while wearing a big hat, and he wanted to share that with everyone.)
Was the internet overreacting? Well, let's slow the pitch down a bit:
And now let's stop it completely, at the very approximate point at which it crossed the plate:
It doesn't look quite so bad now, and if I'd stopped it a frame earlier, which might have been just as accurate, it would have looked even better. (Because of how fast even a breaking ball travels, it's possible that no frame of video captured the ball precisely as it crossed the plate.)
There were at least three things, without looking at any other information, that made the call seem worse than it was:
According to the raw PITCHf/x data, and Dan Brooks' formula for determining distance from the center of the strike zone*, the pitch was 1.701 feet from center. What does that mean? Well, there were hundreds of pitches classified as called strikes from 2009-12 and recorded as crossing the plate farther from the center than that (not counting called strikes on 3-0, when the strike zone gets super-sized). Some of those—probably many of those—were PITCHf/x calibration errors or operator errors: pitches that weren't as far from the strike zone as the measurements suggested, or pitches that were tagged as called strikes when really they were swinging strikes (or something else). I couldn't watch them all if I wanted to, since not all the video is available, but let's just assume that some calls in there, as recorded by PITCHf/x, were worse than Foster's.
What if we narrow the sample to calls with two strikes? That's much more manageable. The data says that 21 called strikes on two-strike counts in the past four seasons have been farther from the center of the plate than last night's game-ending offering to Zobrist. I watched the first five, and the only one that A) is actually a called strike and B) looks like it might have been as far from center as the stats say was this one, a 3-2 pitch from Fernando Rodriguez to Cody Ross on August 21, 2011, with Fieldin Culbreth behind the plate:
That pitch, the numbers say, was 2.093 feet from the center of the strike zone. It doesn't look like it's that far, although the angle makes it tough to tell. (And it might not have been that far. Keep that in mind for a few more sentences.) But we're splitting hairs here. Based on the raw PITCHf/x data, the internet was basically right, at least in its evaluation of last night's call, if not its response to it. That data suggests that while the strike to Zobrist wasn't the worst call of the PITCHf/x era, it was on a fairly short list.
But. Raw PITCHf/x data isn't park-corrected, and when we're evaluating umpire calls, park corrections matter. As Mike Fast wrote a couple years ago, "Errors of an inch or two are sizable when grading umpire performance, and corrected location data would be useful in that application." When we import PITCHf/x data into the BP database, we apply park corrections. And our best estimate of the PITCHf/x calibration error in Rangers Ballpark in Arlington last night is that the plate-x values were reported approximately two inches to the right (from the pitcher's perspective) of where the ball actually was. In other words, the pitch to Zobrist was two inches closer to the center of the plate than the raw PITCHf/x data indicated.
That's significant. The margin of error of the PITCHf/x system is about an inch. The radius of a baseball is a little under 1.5 inches. And the park-corrected data suggests that the ball was only about half an inch outside the boundary of the typical left-handed hitter's strike zone (which, remember, is shifted a couple inches outside to begin with, relative to the typical right-handed hitter's zone). What that means is that it's conceivable—not likely, but statistically possible—that some part of the ball nicked some part of the plate. If Foster were on trial, and the internet were trying to put him in prison for calling pitches poorly, his defense team could establish reasonable doubt that the pitch was not a strike.
Now, the pitch might also have been a bit low—again, it's difficult to establish with certainty, for the same reasons. And because the pitch was both A) probably outside and also B) maybe a bit low, it was probably a ball and very likely to be called accordingly. According to Colin Wyers, the 50 closest pitches to the park-adjusted position of the pitch to Zobrist were called strikes 4 percent of the time. But 4 percent is not never. If not for the camera angle, the movement of the ball after it crossed the plate, the way Pierzynski received it, the importance of the situation, and the PITCHf/x park effects, this call might have been perceived as just regular bad, not a time to take out the pitchforks and torches.
(It's also worth noting here that Foster's strike zone is shifted even farther outside and down to lefties than the typical umpire's:
All those colored rings outside the rectangle suggest that Foster is a good guy to have behind the plate when you're a pitcher living on the outside corner to a left-handed hitter.)
So Foster's call was very bad, but not historically so. Before you call for his head, I want to show you one other pitch. Some of you might take this as further evidence that umpires are awful. I prefer to take it as further evidence that calling balls and strikes correctly is really, really hard. I'm talking about the worst called ball of the PITCHf/x era:
This was a pitch thrown by Boone Logan to Joey Votto last May, with Larry Vanover behind the plate. It was 0.033 feet from the center of the strike zone—less than half an inch. It's very difficult for a pitch to be more centered than that. And theoretically, it's very difficult for a ball-strike call to be more clearcut than that. If you look at a still, it seems like an obvious strike:
But umpires don't get to call strikes from stills, or by advancing video frame by frame. When we look at the pitch in motion, it's not as obvious:
Yes, the pitch crossed the heart of the plate. But it was coming from an unusual angle, thanks to the LOOGY's typical closed stride, so it was cutting across the plate rather than passing straight over it. Catcher Chris Stewart is a good framer, but he didn't receive this pitch particularly well. And Votto led the National League in walks in each of the last two seasons, so if you're going to give anyone the benefit of the doubt on what looks to you like a borderline call, it would be him. Oh, and the pitch was traveling at 94 miles per hour. It's hard to track objects moving that fast. So even what should have been the simplest call of the past few seasons wasn't as simple as it seemed.
Calling pitches isn't quite as hard as hitting them—think about how often even the best batters fail to do that—but it's still so difficult that in trying to do it, umpires are stretching the capabilities of human sensory systems. There are over seven billion people in the world, and the current crop of umpires probably doesn't contain the absolute best of the seven billion's umpire material, since not everyone in the world wants to be an umpire, or even knows what an umpire is. But the umpires we have are very, very good at umpiring, both because of their natural ability and their extensive experience. When they fail, it's not because they aren't trying, or because they're unqualified. It's because they're human. Maybe they involuntarily blinked, or had to sneeze, or maybe their eyes were watering. There's no point in blaming the umpire for, basically, being one of us, but much better (at calling balls and strikes). Human beings didn't evolve to play baseball, specifically, so we're doing the best that we can.
If you like the "human element," presumably you're pleased that a close game ended on a bad call instead of on the players' own merits. (I've never been quite clear on how liking the human element works.) If you like the idea of "robo umps," or supplementing the current system with some sort of technological aid, last night's controversial call is another piece of evidence in support of your position. But as long as we're operating under the current system, we have to accept that some small percentage of calls will be this bad, and some even smaller percentage of calls will be this bad and also potentially affect the outcome of a game. And then we have to decide whether we're enjoying baseball just as much as we would if we could count on all the calls. As it becomes increasingly clear that we no longer have to settle for uncertainty, the answer, for more and more of us, will be "no."
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Thanks to Dan Brooks and Colin Wyers for research assistance.
Ben Lindbergh is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @benlindbergh
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"Well, there were 135 pitches classified as called strikes from 2009-12 and recorded as crossing the plate farther from the center than that"
Apr 09, 2013 10:31 AM
Didn't check. I probably shouldn't mention Molina in every article.
Apr 09, 2013 10:35 AM
To your credit, you didn't mention his stolen base. I believe that is the actual reason for the craziness at the end of the game. Nathan, Pierzynski, and Marty Foster were all still in shock. :-)
Apr 09, 2013 10:48 AM
An article about the Rays, and pitches being called strikes but being out of the strike zone, you kind of have to, no? Just kidding.
Apr 09, 2013 10:48 AM
Do you have any data on what percentage pitches called by the automated pitch calling cameras and algorithms, such as those used to create some of these charts, are accurate in comparison -- obviously the automated systems don't get it right 100% of the time either, and we're taking it as a given that they (incorrectly) are 100% accurate.
Apr 09, 2013 10:37 AM
Where does the defend the plate mentality with 2 strikes fall? Does the strike zone increase with 2 strikes, or is it a figment of our imagination like unicorns, playing the game the right way or wanting it more than the other guy?
Apr 09, 2013 11:08 AM
Dave Scott
Ben, has any team installed pitchFx in a batting cage so hitters can practice their pitch selection? Maybe install a giant Gong to give them feedback?
Apr 09, 2013 11:14 AM
Check Foster's body movement.
Apr 09, 2013 12:03 PM
There's a lot to be said for that. We're getting a handle on catcher positioning and movement, but let's not forget the umpires. In last night's Bucs/DBacks game, Dreckman wasn't moving much once he got set, but I'm not sure he actually lined up in the same spot twice (which is why I don't think he called the same pitch the same way twice, either...). It wasn't all his own fault -- Russell Martin moved around a little, but Wil Nieves was all over the place, both before and during pitches.
Apr 09, 2013 15:53 PM
The call was WORSE than it looks in that still frame, due to the angle of the camera position. Were the camera straight on with the plate, it would appear much further outside the zone. The still shot is misleading in Foster's favor.
Apr 09, 2013 12:10 PM
I see this same guy umpiring Little League and high school games all the time.
Apr 09, 2013 12:18 PM
Matthew James Geer
What would be the percentage of error for all Umpire calls then? Compared to percentage of error for pitchFx?
Apr 09, 2013 12:22 PM
In all fairness, Foster was VERY inconsistent all night. Admittedly, I was watching the game on TV, with the offset camera angle, but I think he just had a bad game. It's too bad, that one of the more obvious bad calls ended the game, but that's the way baseball goes. I'm sure the Rays will get a few of those calls this year, too.
Apr 09, 2013 13:04 PM
That pitch to Votto was an obvious strike - just a very poor job by the umpire. Interesting article. I'm getting to the point where it's time to take the human element out. Especially when you have lazy umpires that don't get in the right position to make a call. Have already seen a couple of calls this season that was obvious to everyone in the building and the guy closest to it got it wrong - happened on the first call of the year with Altuve (I think it was).
Apr 09, 2013 13:25 PM
Zach Brady
I'm not sure why the parralex was used a a defense of the umpire, as this shift of the camera would make the ball appear closer to the strike zone than it actually was.
Apr 09, 2013 14:31 PM
Can we see all the adjusted pitchfx 'down and away' calls to lefties from both teams, excluding any 0-2 and 3-0 counts?? Might help to establish whether Foster had any consistency for those pitches throughout the game...
Apr 09, 2013 16:01 PM
Another reason to let the machines and video make all the calls. Umpires are far too inconsistent, biased and prone to error.
Apr 09, 2013 18:12 PM
I don't think there is any value in freezing a pitch to make it look closer to a strike. Any pitch can be frozen from an angle to be made to look like a strike. I am not for bringing technology into the game but I am for holding humans accountable for their mistakes. Of course, where there is a powerful union, you will have no luck with that...
Apr 09, 2013 19:17 PM
Freezing the pitch was done to show where it was (or near, as Ben said) when it crossed the plate, as that's the point in time that matters for the pitch call. It wasn't being done to purposely show the ump in a better light. The movement of the pitch and poor reception by AJ tend to take the viewer's eyes away from where the pitch was when it crossed the plate.
Apr 09, 2013 20:29 PM
I logged onto BP hoping to see a blog post or something on this topic. This surpassed my expectations.
Apr 09, 2013 19:17 PM
an overhead camera would solve the location problem, but i don't know if its feasible. i seem to recall an occasional overhead view on some tv broadcasts, but its rare.
Apr 09, 2013 20:52 PM
I seem to recall Skydome having the first "overhead camera." You have to get pretty high angle to see the plate over the umpire and catcher, and most stadiums probably don't have a spot for the camera at that angle, especially as newer stadiums have pushed back second and third decks from the field.
Apr 09, 2013 21:56 PM
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It features music ensembles and artists at work at various points along the .65-mile trial.MUSICAL EASELS: Local artists paint or draw the scenery while rotating easels in sync with music by street musicians during ArtWalk from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursdsay and on the Sunrise Carriage Trail from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday.New eventsTASTE-OF-FALL: Similar to but not the same as the summer event, Taste-of-FALL lets diners sample treats (priced from $2-$7) from various local restaurants, but this time, the goodies are offered on location at the restaurants. Stop by just for a taste or sit down for a meal.Participants are Ichiban (103 Capitol St.), Ellen's Ice Cream (225 Capitol St.), Savage Sweets (at Ichiban), I Rise Soul Food Café (1599B Washington St. E.), Mission Savvy (202 Hale St.), Vandalia Grille (212 Hale St.), Bluegrass Kitchen (1600 Washington St. E.), Frutcake (1599A Washington St. E.), Tricky Fish (1611 Washington St. E.) and Da' Sweeterie (call 304-542-3611 for location information). Taste-of-FALL runs Thursday through Sunday.NINA AND PINTA TOURS: Head to Haddad Riverfront Park between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Thursday through Nov. 4 to take a self-guided tour of these sailing museums, which are hand-built re-creations of the Portuguese ships used by Christopher Columbus.Admission is $8 for adults, $7 for seniors, $6 for children ages 5-16 and free for children 4 and under. Visit www.thenina.com. PRESERVATION ROADSHOW: Head to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore, 301 Piedmont Road, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday to quiz historic preservation experts in the fields of masonry, plaster, windows, historic architecture, historic interiors and structural engineering. If possible, bring photos or easily transportable items along with your questions. Call the Preservation Alliance of WV at 304-345-6005.HALLOWINE TASTING: From 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, the Wine & Cheese Shop and Capitol Market will have a cornucopia of wines at the HallowWINE tasting event in Capitol Market's Center Court. It's limited to 75 people, so advance registration is encouraged. Tickets are $12. Email email@example.com or call 304-343-9463.LATE-NIGHT HOUSE PARTY: Jam with Cam P, North Starr and the Bob Thompson Unit from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday at the Clay Center Walker Theater. Admission is $10. Call 304-561-3570. See more here. HallowEast happeningsFor information on these events, visit www.halloweast.com.ARTMARES: This horror-themed art show featuring works by 25-30 local artists is open 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday and 6 to 10 p.m. Friday at Contemporary Galleries, 1210 Smith St. Friday's event is a closing reception with wine, hors d'oeuvres and live music.MURDER MYSTERY PARTY: This dinner theater with the No Pants Players begins at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Charleston Women's Club, 1600 Virginia St. E. Audience members will try to solve the murder while enjoying food from Bluegrass Kitchen. Top detectives have a chance to win prizes.Tickets are $25 for adults and $10 for children 13 and under. However, the event will most likely sell out. Moxee Coffee will stop selling tickets Thursday morning; there might be a limited number available at the door. Call 304-767-9800.ZOMBIE WALK: On Saturday, dress up as the undead and head to Moxee Coffee on the corner of Lee and Morris streets for a stroll through the East End in your best zombie get-up. The walk steps off at 5:30 p.m., with the line gathering at 4:45 p.m. Some makeup artists will be on hand to provide touch-ups.If you want to watch, the route goes down Lee Street to Bradford Street, then to Quarrier Street all the way down to Elizabeth Street, ending at the corner of Elizabeth and Washington Street. If you're a "Walking Dead" fan, have some fun searching for Carl, who, as usual, isn't where he's supposed to be. (For more on that, see page 2D.)COSTUME CRAWL: This new HallowEast event runs 6 to 11 p.m. in the Washington/Elizabeth Street area. It will be shut down for a pub-crawl through Bluegrass Kitchen, Little India Lounge, Tricky Fish, the Red Carpet and the Empty Glass, where participants will get food and drink specials.There's also live music outdoors by Pepper Fandango (7-8 p.m.) and Fletcher's Grove (8:30 to 10 p.m.) in addition to live broadcasting by Electric 102.7 DJs and the Halloween Hootenanny at the Empty Glass, featuring horror punk acts The Renfields and The Big Bad. A costume contest nets the two best costumes $500 cash.Tickets in advance and for zombies are $15. At they door, they're $20, though you'll get $5 off if you present a receipt from co-sponsor Magic Makers. Other activitiesARTWALK: The official monthly ArtWalk was last week, but it's back for an encore from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday. In addition to the art to be found in the 18 participating venues, there will also be live music in the streets from Mark Scarpelli and Joseph Cevallos, Josh Buskirk, the Good News Garage PickUp Band and the Bark-o-Loungers. Visit www.charlestonartwalk.com.The Bark-o-Loungers are playing on the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame Bandwagon, which will also have music by the Carpenter Ants at 11:45 a.m. Friday at Dem2 Brothers and a Grill at Five Corners on the West Side.MCCREIGHT LECTURE: Pulitzer Prize-winning Theodore Roosevelt biographer Edmund Morris gives the lecture "The Nine Lives of Theodore Roosevelt" from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Culture Center Theater. The event is free, and seating is on a first come, first served basis. Visit www.wvhumanities.org.BIG PIG GIG: Head to the Chase Tower Plaza, 707 Virginia St. E., for a pig roast from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday. The Fund for the Arts fundraiser will feature a selection of sauces from different Southern regions as well as craft beer. Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the gate. Call 304-345-0775 or visit www.fundfortheartswv.org.LIVE ON THE LEVEE: Temperatures should still be nice Friday night for this fall edition of the popular summer concert series at Haddad Riverfront Park. The free concert features two high-energy bands making their Live on the Levee debuts. First up is nine-piece ska/punk act The Tom McGees from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Then, the musicians/performance artists of Qiet take the stage until 9:30 p.m.NO PANTS PLAYERS: The improv troupe hosts a Halloween-themed performance for ages 21 and up at Timothy's at Quarrier Diner, 1022 Quarrier St. (below the restaurant), at 10 p.m. Friday. The evening also features a costume contest with prizes for scariest, funniest, most original and best couple.Tickets are $12, and food and drinks will be available. Call 304-343-5686 for dinner reservations. For show information, call 877-467-7689 or visit www.nopantsplayers.com. Tickets are available online or at the door.CREATE WV CONFERENCE: This conference for entrepreneurship and innovation runs Friday and Saturday at the Charleston Civic Center. Keynote speakers are filmmaker Mary Mazzio, actor Lou Myers, magazine publisher Nikki Bowman, WVSU president Brian Hemphill and a team from Generation West Virginia. There is also a young talent showcase Saturday featuring musicians Miss Behavin' and Hannah Peterson.You can register for both days, one day or some individual events. For prices and to register, visit www.createwv.com.Reach Amy Robinson at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-4881.


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sorry, my post was obviously false alarm. i disabled the thinkpad battery icon in the taskbar, which only leaded to a better behaviour concerning the latency, but that was already reported previously.
lenovo has still something to do!
i tried to report it via email, but had apparently the wrong email adress. and they didn't forward my mail, nor they told me the right one. i guess you can only call the hardware support by phone, but i ain't got no phone, so i capitulated.
does anybody know the emailadress for hardware support?
greetings knorst
Thanks knorst
I would indeed like to complain to someone in the driver department... the issue appears to be in more than one driver - specifically AHCI and Ethernet NDIS driver on my thinkpad.
Either that or wait for Windows 7 which i saw someone say isn't impacted by this issue.
03-15-2009 01:36 AM - edited 04-16-2009 12:23 AM
I THINK I HAVE A WORK AROUND (as an alternative to disabling the battery manager/ethernet/wlan):
After spending all day racking my brain over this I've found something that helps:
- Remove Thinkpad Power Manager Software
- Install Notebook Hardware Control (http://www.pbus-167.com/)
- Go into NHC - then Settings tab - Show all NHC options and settings
- Go into Battery Tab, then Show Advanced Battery settings
- Select " Use alternative function to detect the actual 'System Power Status' "
I've been sitting in firefox, surfing the web and using the trackpad, trackpoint over wireless with everything enabled (ie usb) and DPC latency checker has not had even ONE yellow bar!!! Havn't noticed any mouse issues either!
You still get your battery meter and CPU power control.
* CPU fan appears to be running on full, small price to pay I suspect, until someone can point out a way to control the fans via AHCI and NHC.
Anyway, please try it out and post here!!
03-15-2009 01:44 AM - edited 03-15-2009 01:48 AM
Actually, all you really need to do is install Intel's latest Matrix Storage Manager driver on Intel's website, and you'll see significantly reduced DPC latency. Keep in mind Matrix Storage Driver is only for those who do *not* have turbo memory installed in their SLs. Those of you who have turbo memory, I hope and assume the same results when installing the latest turbo memory driver.
the DPC latency problem seems not only a Lenovo, but an Intel problem. Dell´s Latitudes are also affected.
Please refer also to this very big and comprehensive thread, a poll on Notebookreview.
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Actually, all you really need to do is install Intel's latest Matrix Storage Manager driver on Intel's website, and you'll see significantly reduced DPC latency. Keep in mind Matrix Storage Driver is only for those who do *not* have turbo memory installed in their SLs. Those of you who have turbo memory, I hope and assume the same results when installing the latest turbo memory driver.
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Well, I just tried the new Matrix Storage Mgr. and have a few more spikes than I had previously.
I should have left it well enough alone. Now when I try to rollback the driver, the rollback option is grayed-out.
Any ideas on how to get back to my old driver? The "old one" had significantly better DPC results than this new one.
07-06-2009 11:08 AM - edited 07-06-2009 11:12 AM
Hi everyone, I've got pretty much the same problem, albeit not as bad as a few people here seem to be complaining about.
I get spikes whenever applications are opening or when scrolling large sites in Firefox (pegged to the top of the graph, like 30,000us+) very quickly with "Standard Scrolling" enabled on the Ultranav stick (that's actually the only sure-fire way to get a red bar - open a site like slashdot.org with 300+ comments/posts, and then hold the middle button and scroll all the way to the bottom of the page in one go)
Other than that, I don't have a lot of problems (even though this one is very annoying - everything's fine when the machine is idle, but as soon as you start working on something or surfing the web... everything goes to **bleep**) - mostly hovers between 40 and 150 us, mostly <60 if the machine is idle. This is with a relatively clean install of XP Pro SP3 (Ultranav driver and utility, power management driver and software, hotkey drivers, sound + video drivers...).
Has anyone seen any improvement with an external (USB or FireWire) audio interface? Or an Expresscard device?
07-07-2009 02:55 AM - edited 07-07-2009 02:59 AM
What, nobody left here?
I just tried deactivating all the power saving options in the BIOS, and that lowered my idle latency to around 20us - which is awesome, but I'm still getting spikes in the red every now and then... rather strange.
-edit- Strange, I'm still getting the spikes in the DPC Latency Checker, but no audio glitches corresponding to the spikes - there are still glitches every now and then, but the DPC Latency Checker doesn't show spikes there... WTF?
Wow, this just keeps getting better and better - Uninstalling the nVidia video driver results in pristine audio quality... is there a different version that one might install (the newest nVidia driver packages won't install on Lenovo notebooks)?
How did this get through quality control?
07-20-2009 12:49 PM - edited 07-20-2009 12:51 PM
Hi! I had a same prob with my SL500. The dpclatency was shooting near 10000us and spiking over 160.000!
My problem was completely solved by upgrading Intel Matrix Storage Driver: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=2101
The latest version was released just a few days ago, 07/17/2009 (the driver date in the package is 06/04/2009 and the version 18.104.22.1683).
After installing it I rerun the dpclatency test and the latency was dropped near 50us.
I'm running clean install of XP SP3 Pro, SL500 2746-P8G, 4GB. Hope this helps! Cheers!


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Topic: Relay for Life
I have a question for you, especially for the cholagiocarcinoma foundation.
I was interested in participating the "Relay for Life" walk this upcoming May here in Santa Clarita. My purpose of this is to honor my mothers and other who have passed of this awful disease (My aunt passed away from this 3 years ago and my mother is currently struggling with it) and of course others who have passed away and are fighting cancer in gereneral...seems like everyone.
However, I was interested in doing a booth that focuses on Cholangiocarcinoma, since it is so unknown. When people ask me what type of cancer my mother has, and I explain that it involves the gallbladder, I hear, "Huh...never knew you could get cancer there." So my question is, do you think it would be beneficial to support Relay for Life, which probably uses money to research the more "popular" cancers, or do something different?
Also, if anyone is in the Southern California area that would like to participate with me please let me know. It is an amazing event. I was fortunate to walk on a friends team (when her team mates did not show up). It was a great experience. The speaker was a son of a man who died from cholagiocarcinoma (which affected his gallbladder). It was interesting how this was the speaker that I so needed to hear that evening. The candle light remembrance was also amazing.
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A sorta-funny thing happened on the way to the ashram in world premiere 'Bollywood Lysistrata'
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I'm not sure why so many playwrights feel compelled to adapt a 2,400-year-old Greek comedy and call it new art. I can think of half a dozen variations of Aristophanes' Lysistrata in the last decade alone, the most recent being the musical Give It Up that the Dallas Theater Center premiered earlier this year. Well, the most recent until the current version, Level Ground Arts' A Bollywood Lysistrata, now at the KD Studios Theater. Women withholding sex to get what they want? Isn't that called marriage?
Anyhoo, LGA's take moves the plot from ancient Greek to Raj-era India, where cricket has become an obsession for British men and their native counterparts — so much so that one sports-widow, Lakshmi (Rhonda Durant), convinces the women, Indian and English, to close their legs until the men give up the game. Talk about a sticky wicket.
And see? That's one of the problems with the show. The jokes are so obvious — lots of double entendres about men and their bats, what they can do with their balls, etc. — that you tend to make up many of your own during the slow parts.
The adaptation by Andi Allen — who co-directed and co-stars as one of the British wives — is a hodgepodge of styles: The language is formalistic, even academic, sounding like a literal translation from the Greek. Even setting it in the 1890s, why not update it with modern vernacular? It's also a Wilde-esque comedy of manners and, of course, a Bollywood musical extravaganza with silly acting, pointless dancing and beautiful costumes.
I actually liked the pointless dancing (with the word "Bollywood" in the title, you should know going in what you're in for), and Jill Hall's costumes are colorful — I'd enjoy more of both. But the acting? That's as varied as the play itself.
Allen is one of the best at making her dialogue sound natural, and as the local ranee, Lorna Woodford commands her scenes. Even Camille Monae — who, as the horny Hindu Chandini, gets many of the best ribald lines — and Durant (a dead ringer for Catherine Zeta-Jones) holds the thread of the show together well.
Beyond that, it's a free-for-all: Inconsistent accents; wildly goofy melodrama from Robert Shores and a low-budget Robert Morley impersonation from the marshmallowy R. Bradford Smith; and the raja is played by Jon Morehouse as a cross between Johnny Carson's Carnac and Jafar from Aladdin. It's impossible to stay in the moment who you aren't sure whether it will be Mumbai or Marx Brothers from minute to minute.
There's an exuberance, especially during the dancing sequences, that captures what's fun about the Bollywood format, but I'll just say thank you, I won't come again.
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Former New Hanover County ABC administrator Billy Williams and his son, Bradley, are receiving nearly $250,000 a year combined in retirement benefits through the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System.
Former New Hanover County ABC administrator Billy Williams and his son, Bradley, are receiving nearly $250,000 a year combined in retirement benefits through the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System.
According to the Department of State Treasurer, Billy Williams is receiving a retirement benefit of $16,238 a month, while Bradley gets $4,564 a month. That means the father and son who formerly worked together for the county Alcoholic Beverage Control system bring in nearly $195,000 and nearly $55,000 a year, respectively. The elder Williams receives the seventh highest pension in the state. The retirement system is funded through public employee and employer contributions and investment earnings.
The names are familiar because Billy Williams, former New Hanover ABC chief, was convicted in August 2011 of a felony charge of obtaining property by false pretense. Prosecutors said – and an Onslow County jury agreed – that Williams knowingly approved an invoice of about $43,000 for concrete work at the Porters Neck ABC store that actually went to help pay the costs of a detached two-story garage at his Wilmington home.
A judge gave Williams a suspended jail sentence of five to six months and 24 months of supervised probation. He also was ordered to pay a $21,930 fine, which amounted to half of what it cost to build the garage at his house. Onslow County court officials said last week that Williams hadn't paid the fine yet, but he has until Aug. 25 of next year to do so. The fines are to be paid to Onslow County, which will then transfer the money to New Hanover.
Despite the conviction, Billy Williams keeps his pension, built up by years of six-figure salaries and decades of work in the public sector. The StarNews reported in a series of articles that Williams' salary as head of the New Hanover County ABC system was $232,000 a year, making him the highest paid ABC administrator in the state. He earned more than that some years with bonuses. He retired in February 2011 amid controversy over his salary and bonuses and as questions started to be raised about possible illegal activity inside the ABC system.
Bradley Williams, meanwhile, who is believed to be in his late 30s and was never charged with a crime, worked for his father for about 15 years and had risen to the position of assistant administrator. He was mainly in charge of shipments at the ABC's South 17th Street warehouse, and he oversaw some stores, according to StarNews archives.
Bradley Williams retired in June 2011 after an extended period of sick leave. Despite his age, the younger Williams is eligible for retirement benefits.
Responding to a question about how he can receive retirement benefits in his 30s, Julia Vail, a spokeswoman for the state treasurer's office, said Bradley Williams "has received the same treatment from the Department of State Treasurer that every similarly situated (Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System) member receives."
Vail referred further questions about why he is eligible to a brochure about how the retirement system works, but said she couldn't say exactly how Bradley Williams is eligible. According to the brochure, the only way for a public employee to receive benefits before age 50 is through disability. Billy Williams said previously that his son had thrown out his knee in his off-time.
Public employees become eligible for disability retirement benefits if they've paid into the system for five years and become "totally and permanently disabled for your job, as approved by the Medical Review Board," according to the brochure.
Retirement benefits are determined based on a formula that takes into account the number of years served and the employee's average salary during his four highest-paid years in a row. For Bradley Williams, that would have been his four final complete years of work, in which he made $83,000, $145,000, $169,000 and $161,000, according to records from the State Treasurer's Department. Williams apparently made hefty bonuses in several months in his last four years of work. In June 2009, for example, Bradley Williams made more than $43,000, the records show. Most months that year he made roughly $9,000.
Attempts to reach both Williamses for this article were unsuccessful.
Meanwhile, a new state law that took effect this month prohibits any member of the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System, the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System, the Legislative Retirement System or the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System from receiving any retirement benefits for service rendered after Dec. 1, 2012, – except for the member's contributions and interest – if the member is convicted of a felony and the offense is directly related to the member's employment.
While Billy Williams' conviction would seemingly have been related to his employment, his offense occurred long before the law was enacted, so his situation isn't covered by it.
The law took effect Dec. 1 and applies to offenses committed after that date and for benefits earned after that date.
Patrick Gannon: (919) 854-6115
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Organizers of Vallejo's annual Northern California Pirate Festival say they're hoping not to have to strike colors, weigh anchor and head to another port, but it's really up to the Vallejo City Council.
Whether the festival, which draws thousands to the city's waterfront over Father's Day weekend, has a seventh consecutive year here boils down to a couple of issues council members will decide at next week's meeting, festival organizer Kathy Kingman said Monday.
"The last six years we've tried to stay in Vallejo -- we're big fans of Vallejo -- but after last year with the heat wave and the economy still struggling, we really had to at least research other options," she said. "Because without expanding we couldn't charge for tickets, (which organizers are considering), so we can be prepared (with shade or shelters) for whatever the weather brings."
Several city and business leaders said they heard festival planners were considering moving to Treasure Island, and called them requesting a meeting.
Public Works Director David Kleinschmidt said he, City Manager Dan Keen and City Councilmen Robert McConnell and Bob Sampayan met with Kingman last week after she met separately with local business leaders.
Ease of permitting was discussed, as were liability and parking issues.
"They want a walk-through before the event to ensure any damage to the irrigation system they're charged for afterward was actually caused by their event," a fairly common occurrence, Kleinschmidt said. "We knew we were moving toward a paid parking policy at the waterfront, and alerted all those with event permits last year, and they requested the city consider limited free parking during the event's two days, and the city manager said he'll make that request of the City Council."
The meeting went so well that Kingman asked if a multi-year permit is possible, "so they could plan forward knowing there's a place reserved for them and we were more than happy to accommodate that request," Kleinschmidt said.
Like Kleinschmidt, McConnell and Chamber of Commerce president Rich Curtola described their respective meetings with Kingman as positive.
McConnell said he'd called festival organizers to request a meeting and learned Sampayan had done so, too. Curtola said business leaders were similarly alarmed at the prospect of losing one of the city's remaining festivals.
"(We) heard they were being courted by another venue and were considering moving and we came together to meet with them and discuss their staying in Vallejo," he said. Business owners wanted to express their appreciation of the festival, he said, and since one of the organizers' concerns was a perceived lack of community support, this went a long way toward turning things around, Kingman said.
"For six years we've been throwing ourselves against the community," Kingman said. "We want a more compressive city involvement, have it be more like a pirate invasion (involving businesses) instead of being just a festival that blows in. But since the meetings, it's looking like we're coming back to Vallejo, but we'll have to wait until after the Feb. 12 council meeting."
Curtola, for one, said he has his fingers crossed.
"With all the serious things we discuss, Participatory Budgeting, bankruptcy, sometimes you have to talk about pirate festivals and 4th of July parades and the fun stuff that's important for a community," he said.
Contact staff writer Rachel Raskin-Zrihen at (707) 553-6824 or email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter at RachelVTH.


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Help mE !:confused:
You can't - not until you've been a member of the forums for 90 days.
After that, you can access the option to set one up from the "Settings" link at the top of any forum page.
Note: The forums will be moving to Discourse in the near future, and there will be no signatures for anybody.
My account is more than 1 year but I don't see signature feature. Is it removed?
Are you sure you're looking in the right place?
Go to Settings:
and you should see it on the left-hand side under "My Settings":
Thank you very much for your quick help, TechnoBear. I got the menu.
Glad I could help.
(I used to get confused by it, because I expected to find it under "My Profile" rather than "Settings". It took me a long time to remember to look in the right place. :))
Thank you. I think I didn't intelligent enough to figure out myself :). If you don't help, it can take me some days to just figure out the signature. Now it 's ready and wait for the approval :).
It looks fine to me.
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track last night. kept it light. there's a track mile north of town tonight, trying to get there in time to run it.
hey all.
track last night. kept it light. there's a track mile north of town tonight, trying to get there in time to run it.
hey all.
McBen: Hope you survived that hellish heat XC.
Nick: Yep...time for you to get caught up on yearly mileage.
Gpops: We've been spared a bit the past few days with regard to extreme heat/humidity. As for my next cycle, I'm doing a 5-15K cycle for the next 5-6 weeks, then I'll take 2 weeks off, and then get started on a base building phase, probably for the Napa Valley FM in early March.
Jim: Yeah, I swear the last 50-meter straightaway on those 400s gets longer with every repeat.
Dad: The exploding sausage award goes to you for all of those doubles, the crazy pace swings, and the subsequent laundry bill.
Jon: Enjoy the cooler temps!
dls: I think heat and recent blood donation are more than enough (and not at all lame) excuses! Save the lame ones for when you really need them!
runbo: Nice slow 12 after yesterday's intervals.
PJ: Good luck with the mile (if you make it there in time)!
RDR: Good to see the low 4s from you!
Hey to everyone.
8.5 with 5 x 1M @ Tpace (6:28) w/1min rest. I've decided to switch to running by pace rather than HR for all of the quality workouts during this 5-15K cycle (but still keep track of the HR data) - time to see how the other half (well, ok, probably more like the other 95%) lives.
Jim - thanks for the cooling vibes, it helped
Dad - winner, winner chicken dinner! +1 on the laundry comment!
Doc - I loved my Orbea, both of them actually. I had the Orca models (one 2007 and one 2009) and if I were to buy another one that would be my first choice although all the brands you mentioned are solid. FWIW I bought both of mine off of Ebay and saved $$$$. To me probably the most important part of the whole setup is the group, go at least to the next to top level in whatever line you choose, Shimano, Campy, or SRAM, makes all the difference in the world
Gpops - hope you find a break in the heat
Jon - we all fall off the wagon here and there, just make sure to get back on it
Runbo - think about it this way, maybe you will bring the cool air with you
PJ - hey back
RDR - nice hike and following descent, even with the potty and picture break
Omar - I'm banking on a strong second half Nice running this morning and it never hurts to shake it up a bit
McB - you survive?
Hey all
9 @ 7:48 for me this morning, humid from the get-go but not too bad. Scared the out of a guy running as I told him good morning as I passed by.
I made it. Even set a course record for my AG (this is only the third time the course has been run, and the first two were in ankle-deep muck).
What's that red thing?
Jealous of those of you who get to run mile races.
couldn't make mile. ran an 800 by myself at the local track. Definitely indicated there would have not been anything special if I had made it.
Did I mention I did a sort of race report for the 50 on the blog? If I didn't:
Gpops: "Handling it well" may be a bit of a stretch. "I'm getting through it" is probably more realistic. After Monday's Rpace intervals, my soleus felt a little tight/sore. After today's workout, I had some discomfort in both my hip and ankle. All of this is on the left side, which is the side that was causing me problems last year. Hopefully it's just temporary while my body adapts to the new stress. If the weather down there is as nice as it is up here, I certainly hope you made it out for that early run! [read your second post] Good to see you got out there.
Nick: I've been known to get so "zoned out" while doing pretty much anything that any minor distraction, including someone saying "Good morning," would scare the living s*** out of me. Oh, and nice bike.
McBen: Muck or no muck, congrats on setting the AG course record (which also means you must have been first in your age group, if I've done the math correctly).
PJ: Thanks for posting the link to the report. I just finished reading "Unbroken" (if you haven't read this bio of Louis Zamperini, it's...well, I'm not sure how to describe it), so I'm looking for some new reading material.
McB - congrats on what sounds like a great race! You stud you!
Gpops - sold it a couple of years ago so I don't know if it's getting any use or not... when I had it she got to go around 100 a week We have been on almond milk for a year or so now, good stuff and low calorie
Omar - maybe cut back on the intensity for a bit? Don't ignore what the body tells you
Later homies
PJ great report
Had no idea so many bike riders in the 3:20 cohort
6 mile gradual progression run, did not feel I was pushing it and mile 5 was 7:40, so picked up to what I though was 6:50ish pace for .5 mile and then all out for last .5 mile, last mile 6:10. Weights and stationary bike tomorrow
McBen ~ Congrats! "Too bad" you're not old enough to take advantage of this yet because Don't know if you're aware of/interested, but USATF National Masters 5K XC Championships are in your neck of the woods in October. http://www.usatf.org/2013MastersXC.aspx
I considered going, but too much driving! Will be doing ATM instead that day.
DLS ~ Swift.
Obviously tired. Another (and only) 4 @ 9:55. Making my Master's debut in the mile tomorrow. Stop laughing.
Time to read PJ's RR.
Dad! How old do you think I am? Anyway, your 4 beat my 1.5 yesterday. Just wasn't feeling it.
ha ... the AG record was kind of a joke, because as I said, this course has only been run three times under less-than-optimal conditions. I did it in 20:19ish, so that's some low-hanging fruit there. Need to win my AG by six seconds next time out to take the series, but my main competitor has some serious kick and I ... well, I don't
OMR - Great book. Same author wrote Seabiscuit, which is just as good IMO.
Doc - way to drop the hammer that last mile! List me as a "former" bike rider
Dad - that "only 4" means you will be fresh for that mile tomorrow! Best of luck
McB - the hotdog suit makes you look pretty old. Series winner gets covered in mustard, your motivation
Hey bishes
7.5 @ 8:15 this morning. May try and double up tonight.
dls - that sounds like a recipe for a bad tempo run indeed.
RB - this heat really is ridiculous, but I don't live on the east coast so I'm not sure how tha's faring atm. Nice work with the 12 mile MLR.
OMR - HR sounds like a good call, especially in this summer.
Nick - I've been scared like that a number of times by people - I'm surprisingly jumpy. Also, cars honking at me make me jump. Another plus to running before anyone's heading to work..
Mcben - congrats on the course record,
Pops - I like almond milk as well - I hear ya on the foods. I do best with high density, but idk what it's doing to the scale lately. I guess I feel ok when running most times.
Been a minute. 6 miles this morning, 6 on Monday, and 5 yesterday, so I'm working up there. Saw a dr about the AT problem and he doesn't think it's doing much damage or close to rupture, so if it's just a comfort problem, I'm good. It comes and goes, which is the odd thing, but today was fine. I was going to run a HM Saturday but seeing as I haven't run near 14 miles since Ragnar and it made the AT flare, I'll likely just skip it. I might be more inclined to do it if it didnt' mean a 3:45 wake up call on Saturday morning because I could just do it as a training run, but it's about an hour away and a 6am start time, so... will probly just take my 2nd DNS of the summer. I'd like to sleep in til 7 or so this Saturday.. can't tell you the last time that happened...
Dad! How old do you think I am?
Honestly? Didn't even think to think. You said AG; I thought older. Anyway, I fixed my post!
PJ: Enjoyed the report.
Nick: Well, at least for now, the pain/discomfort seems to be gone the next day, so I'm just monitoring it for now. Hope the evening heat isn't too brutal for the possible double.
McBen: I think when you put "AG" and "low-hanging fruit" in the same paragraph, it's easy to...uh...oh, never mind.
KK: Good news on the AT...bummer about probably skipping the half.
Hey, all...
5.25 @ 8:49. No doubling up for me, unless it comes in the form of two naps.
kk - good news on the AT, I would skip that half as well for the extra sleep! Try rolling your calf to help
Dad - I tend to think everyone is at least my age..... here lately they haven't been
Omar - heat was brutal and the yard needed mowing so no double today, maybe tomorrow. Well played on the fruit....
Gpops - no double, see above. Gave up the cycling just because of the time commitment. Running I can do in the dark on the back roads, cycling not so much. I really loved it though, hurt to give it up. Nice run
Hey all
pepper - how'd that mile go? I have no idea what I can do one in these days. I wasn't great at it even back in the day
omar - hope that body is adjusting. You might have to do lower intensity stuff (basically what Nick said). Couldn't tell if that was a book recommendation, or a warning to steer clear
gpops - I hear you on the scheduling issues. that makes it tough. Oatmeal diet lost me 15 pounds a few years ago.
nick - I got the cool air here this morning. Was low 50's I think. Pretty fast 9 miles there from you. Sounds like MP+xx. You do a lot of that? Nice bike, obviously
McBen - low hanging fruit indeed (+1 Omar). Great stuff.
I did 10 today with 2x10 min@HMP. The first round felt a bit tough, until I realized I was just feeling lazy. Doing slow stuff only gets you into this mindset where running just feels nice. Which is fine. Until you realize you need the mental toughness in a race. Balance, balance. I'm heading for a 50 mile week again and feeling groovy. I realized this yesterday morning as I was lying in bed, making excuses why to take the day off. The better excuse was I just wasn't in the mood, as our wonderful, if bonkers, 12 y.o. dog passed the afternoon before. It wasn't unexpected, but it still hurt(s).
Now I'm looking for a good running dog. Right now, we're wavering between a Dalmatian and an Australian Shepherd. Suggestions welcomed. I'm interested in getting into more trail stuff after another cycle or two and having a friend along would be neat. Our dream dog would be a Ridgeback. We love the look, but it's not so practical for us. We like the Aussie for everything we've found out about it, it's just the look isn't our favorite (very un-ridgeback). Otherwise seems great. I think we're leaning towards it, partly because it's a better size for our boys (8/11). Anybody ever have one, or know someone who ran with one?
Boh - didn't make the mile. Ran a 800 time trial and managed 2:30. Not bad, but not really what I was going for.
gp - nice spontaneous MLR.
Trying to figure out my schedule going forward. Got up stupid early and ran with the team, worked out ok. 9 miles ~7:30 pace. Might be a thing to do on Fridays, I guess.
Dad: Good luck with today's debut.
Gpops: How'd that nap go? I didn't get one in...too many chores...
runbo: Sorry about the pooch. I can't help with recommending running dogs, but as someone who has a couple of cats, I think I can safely say that I would NOT recommend getting a cat if you're looking for a running partner. On the other hand, if you want an animal that will silently mock you when you get home, then a cat is the way to go. EDIT: Definitely would recommend Unbroken. It's a fascinating read...just hard to put into words that seem appropriate.
PJ: I wonder how long it takes to bounce back from a 50? Quite a while, I would think.
Nick: Doesn't lawn mowing count as the second part of a double?
Hey to everyone.
6.2M with another track workout for me this morning: 5 x (500m/200rec, 200m/100rec, 100m/100rec) @ I-pace (6:01/mile).
Afternoon everyone,
Been following along, even if I haven't been posting. Lots of good running going on around here.
The picture below sums up my life these days. Lots of flights lately (unfortunately most of them for work). Get to see lots of sunrises/sunsets out the window.
There's Demo at it again, always going somewhere.
Hey guys!! I hope everyone's having a great summer so far and that the running is rockin' the casbah or if nothing else, fun and satisfying. I'm just stopping by to say Hi and check in on you wonderful running goofballs that I adore.
As for me, I'm not training and won't be till next year, just getting my head squared away and running for running's sake right now, so excuse my not being a regular poster again. But I'll see you guys "outside" on the main forum from time to time, as I hit, run and hide out till the next one.
Love you guys (and if there's new ones, I'm sure I'd grow to love you, too). Hugs!
Flo pops in so I will also!!
Hi Everyone!!
Copycat! Hey sweet thing, it's old home week.
well, there goes the neighborhood
have a great weekend everyone
Hey GIM! Are you thinking Philly '14?
...and Demo and BK!
Maybe NACN will show his face too.
How y'all doing?
Hey McBen and hey again, Dad. I would love to think Philly 2014 but I'll just have to see as time passes. Keeping racing on the very back burner for now, I can't even entertain the thought yet but if I do, you can be sure I'll be back in here as a regular again.
Maybe NACN will show his face too.
How y'all doing?
Why did you have to bring up that troublemaker?
Hi everyone!!
Hah! Hey cutie! What a lot of lurkers we have here. lol
Well now its a party of legacy members!! Now all we need is Nick1, TTM, ESP, Aggie, RTI, FB, and I forget Kabellas?
Woah...apparently I've been spending too much time with a can of varnish in an unventilated room, because I thought I just saw GIM, 262, and NACN pop in here. Hope you all are in good health/spirits...but maybe not "mineral spirits," cuz those things can cause hallucinations...uh...so I'm told...
Your nightmare realized. Hey there, OMR.
Oh, so now the hallucinations are typing at me?!
Good to see you back, GIM. Inside or outside, hope you're sticking around for a while. After all, we now have exploding sausages...
...and seriously, who can resist an exploding sausage??
EDIT: Lapped by Gpops...The definition of tempo run by Higdon and Hanson may be different due to the length of the run. I don't know Hanson's well enough, but if it's a longer run, the pace may be slower for that reason. (Daniels has pace adjustments for tempo runs of about 40 minutes or longer.)
It's like I've been transported back in time.... what you cool cats, glad you stopped in to say Hi.
262 - hammy all healed up and running I presume
NACN - you keeping Chicago under control?
GIM - what up you sweet thang, notice how you show up and then the boys fall in line
Omar - Kapellas = Zab. Now quite sniffing the paint thinner
Runbo - Love my lab but she is no runner. The 9 the other day included w/u and c/d in the average so there were several miles at MP. This will become more of a staple as the plan gets underway so I've been trying to get ready for it.
Gpops - the Hanson MP miles are usually part of a longer run, maybe that's the difference???
Hey all
7.3 this morning at 8:10, we had nice cooler weather as well although its still hot now.
Ha, missed Omars Hanson comment before, at least great minds think alike.... and so do we.
Aw Nick, I do love the boys of 3:20, warms my cockles to see your sweet self among them. Even though we're all mostly hooked up on FB, something about this being home.


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