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Bill

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Registered: 07/20/07
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11/04/09 at 08:47 PM

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Other random things from today's run:

I asked Ryan if he had any advice for me on picking a coach, and he recommended his coach.

He went on to explain that his coach provides an online coaching service now, and he referred me to the http://www.RunMammoth.com web site. The direct link for their coaching services is here.

We were discussing hill running, and I was talking about some of the hills around here. Then he said, "Yeah, up in Mammoth we do a hill run occasionally that starts at 7,000 feet and finishes at 10,500 feet." I agreed that was a pretty good hill run and didn't mention anything else about our hills.

Ryan drives a blue four-door Nissan Titan LE 4x4. He said the first time he took it off-roading was up to a 10,000 foot overlook. Unfortunately, he ended up with some "extra pinstriping" (i.e., scratches) from all the brush on the trail, and he got it stuck. We tried to think of how to make a commercial about that.

He went to a steakhouse last night and got a prime rib that filled his whole plate. And he finished it all.

He said he'd never run three races in one day. I told him I didn't recommend it.

Trent

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Registered: 05/09/05
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11/04/09 at 09:01 PM

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What did he say when you told him he should run Monkey?

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Bill

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11/04/09 at 09:49 PM

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He laughed and said he wasn't running another marathon until the spring, and he said he was taking the next two weeks completely off from running. Over the next few weeks he'll be recovering and doing lots of other PR trips around the country. After he visits Kingsport tomorrow (on a PR trip), he's flying home, and he doesn't know when he'll be in TN again.

FWIW, during our hill discussion, I got the sense that the Monkey's 3,500 feet of elevation change didn't worry him too much.

Trent

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11/04/09 at 09:54 PM

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It's the monkeys that should worry him.
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