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April 5, 2008

Quickie Race Report: Cooper River Bridge Run

running, travel / 6 Comments

Short version: the incline on the bridge was fine for me, but a big deal to everyone else. The temperature was fine for everyone else, but very hot and a big deal for me. Now I remember why I live in the north! In all seriousness though, Charleston is absolutely gorgeous, and I might actually like to live here. I crossed the finish line at 52:11, but I’m not sure how many seconds back I started. Definitely not many. I have to wait for the official results to see if I beat my PR of 52:04 – it will be …

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April 4, 2008

Sabotaging my Cooper River Bridge Run

running, travel / 4 Comments

Tomorrow is the Cooper River Bridge Run, which features a pretty steep climb over the bridge. The website says it’s a 4% incline, but they also show an elevation map that I used to calculate the following profile of the course, which doesn’t quite match up: -0.5% for 0.40 miles (0.4 miles total) 0.5% for 0.35 miles (0.75 miles total) 0.0% for 0.60 miles (1.35 miles total) 2.3% for 1.55 miles (2.90 miles total) 0.0% for 0.10 miles (3.00 miles total) -2.7% for 1.29 miles (4.29 miles total) 1.0% for 0.47 miles (4.76 miles total) 0.0% for 1.46 miles (6.22 …

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March 13, 2008

Where have all the serious screeners gone?

travel / 8 Comments

I am so angry right now. I’m sitting in the airport right now, having missed my flight by 2 minutes. There is nothing worse than missing a flight by that small of a margin… except maybe missing it by that small of a margin because the jerky perv in security delayed me because he wanted to flirt with me longer. I got to the airport at 4:15, with the flight at 4:30. That was just exactly enough time to buy a ticket, get through security, and get to the gate before it closed. Bought my ticket, saw the SSSSS note …

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March 11, 2008

Trading the river run for an indoor cycle

health and fitness, running, travel / 2 Comments

This morning I managed to drag myself out of my Heavenly Bed at 5:45 AM, intending to get a nice long run in before getting ready and going off to work. Andy had kindly provided me with a great running map of the Charles River, which was good because I still haven’t gotten my act together to stop by the concierge desk and pick up the running maps that are supposed to be available. Unfortunately, when I pulled back the heavy curtains to see what the weather was like, I saw: darkness. Foiled by daylight savings. Being the hardcore runner …

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March 10, 2008

Ah, the Monday morning pat-down…

career, travel / 7 Comments

I get special security screening 90% of the time I travel, because I’m quite a suspicious character. I always buy my tickets at the airport, usually with less than an hour until the flight (sometimes, less than 30 minutes). I always buy one way tickets, never round-trip. Because who knows when the client will let me go home? I always glide through security with the self-assured air of someone who knows the system very well. Maybe too well. And clearly, I just look like a terrorist. Is it sad that when the security guard feels me up, that’s the most …

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