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UNC-Chapel Hill Diaries #2

#1 here Time for the second diary entry! Let me start by advertising my talk at the department next Monday, 13th February. It’s at Caldwell Hall, room 213, 1pm; the topic is ‘The Epistemology of Essence’, and you can read about it (as well as download a draft) here. There’s a big basketball game in [...]

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Race Report: Kappa Delta Shamrock 5k

Race date: 4.2.2012 Official Finishing Time: 18:47,14 chip time Official Position: 13/670 (finishers), which puts me in the fastest 1.9% Race number: 218 I was hoping to finally smash my 5k PB of 18:46 from 2010 officially, but I didn’t realize just how tough this course was. Garmin reports total height gain at 72m, but [...]

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Running Goals for 2012

2011 was full of ups and downs in terms of running. I had a solid winter of base building behind me, and I was in pretty good shape when I started my visit in New York in the beginning of March. At that point I really needed just some race sharpening, and it was easy [...]

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2011 in Numbers

It’s getting a bit late for New Year’s resolutions (not that I make those anyway), but I’m catching up with blogging and one post I’ve been meaning to do is a list of some statistics for 2011. I’ll make it brief, since I’ve got a bunch of other posts lined up (so stay tuned)! Work [...]

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Race Report: Aktia Cup 10k

Race date: 19.11.2011 Official Finishing Time: 38:12 chip time Official Position: 34/67 (men’s competitive series) Race number: 336 I wasn’t very optimistic about this race, as I haven’t done proper speed training for ages and I’ve still got a bit of a niggle on my left leg from the Amsterdam marathon. I’ve been getting some [...]

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Race Report: Amsterdam Marathon 2011

Race date: 16.10.2011 Official Finishing Time: 3:02:31 chip time, 3:03:08 gun time (PB) Official Position: 648/9633 (finishers), which puts me in the fastest 6.73% (215th in my age category) Race number: 1597 My second marathon this year and third overall. The two previous ones where both in Helsinki, on a much slower course, so I [...]

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Reporting from the Pacific Northwest

UPDATE: I’ve added some photos from Seattle, the Cascades, Vancouver, and Portland to my gallery. I’ve been in the Pacific Northwest for a week now, with Seattle as my base. So far it has been mostly a tourist trip, but I should start by noting that I’ll be giving a talk ‘Grounding Modality’ at Reed [...]

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Race Report: Pääkaupunkijuoksu 2011

Race Date: 18.9.2011 Official Finishing Time: 1:28:32 chip time Official Overall Position: 37/897 (finishers), which puts me in the fastest 4.12% Race number: 1709 This half-marathon, called ‘Capital City Run’, is already on its 38th year. It takes place in the Central Park, which is where I do most of my training runs. The route [...]

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Race Report: Helsinki City Marathon 2011

Race date: 20.8.2011 Official Finishing Time: 3:14:45 chip time, 3:15:22 gun time (PB) Official Position: 141/4344 (finishers), which puts me in the fastest 3.25% (68/1562 in the men’s open group) Race number: 2283 My second marathon, and the second time at HCM as well. A year ago I struggled through this marathon in 3:40:08 in [...]

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Race Report: Heinolan Kaupunkipuistojuoksu

Race Date: 30.7.2011 Official Finishing Time: 1:25:55,0 chip time Official Overall Position: 6/141 (finishers), which puts me in the fastest 4.23% Race number: 59 I’ve been putting off this report a bit because I hoped to find some photos of the event, but nothing has emerged so far, so it’s about time to post it. [...]

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