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Prediction: The world goes solarJune 20, 2008
Once fossil fuels are dried up, where will we get our energy from?
More and more I'm convinced it will be directly from the sun in the form of solar power, with homes and businesses sporting solar panels as well as regional power production.
Projected personal bests?June 17, 2008
After you've been running for a while, you have to wonder: "What is my best possible personal best likely to be"? Now obviously "best possible" is a pretty slippery idea, but I think you can define it something like this: If I trained smart and hard, didn't get slowed down by injury or sickness, was feeling great the day of, and pushed myself to my limits, what would my time be with better than 10% likelihood?
Here are some guesses:
5k: 20:30
10k: 45:00
21k: 1:43:00
42k: 3:50:00
Today's runJune 17, 2008
9.2k in 47 min 26 sec at 5:09/k pace
 |  | First 1.8k: 9 min at 5:00/k |
| | Next 3.8k: 20 min at 5:16/k |
| | Next 3.6k: 18 min 26 sec at 5:07/k |
5k time: approx. 25:45
Projected 10k time: 51:30
A question: Do 10-1s help reduce your time when you're running this short of a distance? They definitely make the experience more pleasant, that's for sure, but if you're strictly talking about times, I'm thinking they probably don't.
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