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		<title>Numerical ODE Solvers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In MATLAB, the suite of numerical solvers for systems of ordinary differential equations are functions that accept variables, including other functions. Since I learned to program MATLAB for my numerical solutions, I am accustomed to this system of passing a function of equations and variables to the ODE solver function. While there is something gratifying [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sphericalcow.wordpress.com&blog=5383880&post=655&subd=sphericalcow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Saving figures in MATLAB and string concatenation</title>
		<link>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/saving-figures-in-matlab-and-string-concatenation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[MATLAB]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[saving figures]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An economics graduate student and friend of mine recently asked Google out of frustration, &#8220;How the hell do I save a plot in MATLAB?&#8221; Google, being the unfeeling robot that it is, did not empathize with his question, but many of us certainly can. The useful commands here are &#8216;print&#8217; and &#8217;saveas&#8217;. Here is a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sphericalcow.wordpress.com&blog=5383880&post=648&subd=sphericalcow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Evolved to run?</title>
		<link>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/evolved-to-run/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ardi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Born to Run]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a new book called Born to Run, author Christopher McDougall explores an interesting theory that humans have evolved to be distance runners. Woven into the story of a running tribe called the raramuri of the Copper Canyons of Mexico, McDougall explores the research from human evolutionary biologists Daniel Lieberman and Dennis Bramble. The basic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sphericalcow.wordpress.com&blog=5383880&post=637&subd=sphericalcow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Running angry. On skis. For 50 miles: A VT50 race report</title>
		<link>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/vt50-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ultramarathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vermont]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vermont 50]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VT50]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I hate mud. That was the mantra that carried me through my last 13 miles of the Vermont 50 race this weekend. Actually, that&#8217;s the G rated, family friendly version of the actual thing that I was chanting throughout the end of the race, which starred the Mud.


My trip to Vermont started a few weeks [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sphericalcow.wordpress.com&blog=5383880&post=602&subd=sphericalcow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Psychosomatic health</title>
		<link>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/psychosomatic-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Neuroscience]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[popular science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychosomatic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t qualify posts like this enough; they are zeroth order thoughts that are more like armchair musings than they are even close to anything scientific.
Fairly often I come across a science news article about some study that correlates behavioral/mental health with some kind of somatic manifestation. There&#8217;s a term that many bandy around, &#8220;psychosomatic,&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sphericalcow.wordpress.com&blog=5383880&post=599&subd=sphericalcow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dreams of Vermont</title>
		<link>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/dreams-of-vermont/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VT50]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I kept telling myself that I had plenty of time and was not worried about it. I missed the start, actually, and I had to miss my McDonald&#8217;s breakfast in order to make it to the starting line. I kept returning to the starting line, for some reason. And on top of that, it was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sphericalcow.wordpress.com&blog=5383880&post=596&subd=sphericalcow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Toes and training runs</title>
		<link>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/toes-and-training-runs/</link>
		<comments>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/toes-and-training-runs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middlesex Fells]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trail running]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been kind of training for the upcoming Vermont 50 Miler going on in two weeks (now in a few days). My weekly mileages are hovering around 50-75 miles per week, which isn&#8217;t too shabby, with my normal runs around 8-10 miles. I have been planning a 30 miler for a few weeks now, to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sphericalcow.wordpress.com&blog=5383880&post=592&subd=sphericalcow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Repurposing Sept 1</title>
		<link>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/repurposing-sept-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moving Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Running Commute Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[September 1]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[September 1 is a special day in Boston. It&#8217;s Moving Day. More aptly, it&#8217;s the biggest mess of frantic young, new residents to our fair city who are desperately trying to move in or move around the city. Nearly every single lease turns over on Sept 1, so this affects a large part of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sphericalcow.wordpress.com&blog=5383880&post=588&subd=sphericalcow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An ode to my socks</title>
		<link>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/an-ode-to-my-socks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drymax Socks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[night running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sonnets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trail running]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Floating through the woods at night full of bliss,
Countless thoughts slip in and out of my mind.
Despite my fatigue, constant awareness
Is necessary down hills I have climbed.
Cruising along to chase the spot of light,
Sounds on either side of me amplified.
A rustling of a bear is out of sight,
Or perhaps the sound of a squirrel has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sphericalcow.wordpress.com&blog=5383880&post=583&subd=sphericalcow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>9.595! 9.595!</title>
		<link>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/9-595-9-595/</link>
		<comments>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/9-595-9-595/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[19.19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IAAF World Championships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Usain Bolt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Usain Bolt just did the equivalent of running 2 back to back 9.595 s times for over 100 meters. Of course, they call this competition the 200 m, and that makes his time 19.19 s. If 9.4 can be met in the 100 m, it seems incredibly possible that perhaps sub-19 seconds can be attained [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sphericalcow.wordpress.com&blog=5383880&post=580&subd=sphericalcow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Korea&#8217;s leaders</title>
		<link>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/koreas-leaders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Dae-jung]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noh Mu-hyun]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Even as an American citizen, I identify strongly with my joint Korean-American culture. I&#8217;ve always naturally considered the South Korean president to be a representative of me as well, since Korea is a small country with a relatively small population of people. Today, as we celebrate the life and legacy of deceased President Kim Dae [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sphericalcow.wordpress.com&blog=5383880&post=576&subd=sphericalcow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Meta comments &#8211; and some rude ones</title>
		<link>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/meta-comments-and-some-rude-ones/</link>
		<comments>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/meta-comments-and-some-rude-ones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[external peer review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s difficult to find time to write with some reasonable estimation of quality on a variety of topics in which I&#8217;m interested. I&#8217;ve meant to write about the Tour de France, the confirmation process of Sonia Sotomayor, and a variety of scientific topics. One difficulty I&#8217;ve found is not being able to discuss my work [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sphericalcow.wordpress.com&blog=5383880&post=568&subd=sphericalcow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>9.58</title>
		<link>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/9-58/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[100 m]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tyson Gay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Usain Bolt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Track and Field Championships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Usain Bolt of Jamaica just set the world record in a 100 meter footrace at 9.58 seconds. 9.58. That&#8217;s 23.35 miles per hour &#8212; on foot. The next to last 20 meters of the race peaked at over 27 mph. Let&#8217;s give this achievement some perspective.
10.0 was first run in 1960.
9.95 was first run in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sphericalcow.wordpress.com&blog=5383880&post=564&subd=sphericalcow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bless you!</title>
		<link>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/bless-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trail running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wachusett Mountain Reservation]]></category>

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A friend of mine suggested a trail run this weekend, and who am I to turn that down? We decided on Wachusett Mountain Reservation (sounds like sneezing!) in North Central Massachusetts and arrived at the Ski Lodge parking area on the northeastern side of the park. As my friend waited patiently, I pulled on my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sphericalcow.wordpress.com&blog=5383880&post=550&subd=sphericalcow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping Pace at the Vermont 100</title>
		<link>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/keeping-pace-at-the-vermont-100/</link>
		<comments>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/keeping-pace-at-the-vermont-100/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pacing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ultramarathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vermont 100]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VT100]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prologue
I almost got into some random person&#8217;s car in White River Junction, VT. A couple of times. It&#8217;s because I didn&#8217;t really know what my host John, the director of pacers for the Vermont 100 race, looked like. But on the third try to get into a stranger&#8217;s car, John finally spotted me, looking like [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sphericalcow.wordpress.com&blog=5383880&post=506&subd=sphericalcow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Field testing the Garmin 310XT</title>
		<link>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/field-testing-the-garmin-310xt/</link>
		<comments>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/field-testing-the-garmin-310xt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garmin 310XT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GPS]]></category>

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People who know about my running problem know that I am also not disciplined. Running is way too fun for me to treat it with real goals and stuff. My goals for running are pretty simple: go somewhere cool and enjoy doing it. Of course I could take the train and accomplish that same task, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sphericalcow.wordpress.com&blog=5383880&post=535&subd=sphericalcow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s possible</title>
		<link>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/whats-possible/</link>
		<comments>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/whats-possible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every once in awhile, you meet people who readjust your expectations of what&#8217;s possible. I met a couple this weekend who reminded me of this. I ended up staying with them while we were guests of another great family. Their relationship is clearly something special, and it only took the very short time we all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sphericalcow.wordpress.com&blog=5383880&post=526&subd=sphericalcow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The media as a tool</title>
		<link>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/the-media-as-a-tool/</link>
		<comments>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/the-media-as-a-tool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Franklin Park Zoo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MBTA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/?p=495</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps for the first time in my adult life I&#8217;ve really paid close attention to local affairs. In Boston, it&#8217;s apparent that we rely on several services that are irreplaceable, most notably the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA), who among other things is responsible for our heavily used public transportation system. This year, I&#8217;ve noticed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sphericalcow.wordpress.com&blog=5383880&post=495&subd=sphericalcow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Fells Skyline</title>
		<link>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/the-fells-skyline/</link>
		<comments>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/the-fells-skyline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middlesex Fells]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trail running]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been kind of flirting with the idea of going up to Middlesex Fells in Medford to run some of the trails. Since I found myself mysteriously awake at 5:30 one morning, I decided to take the trek via public transportation (two trains and a bus) and go run the Fells. 


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		<title>TdF &#8216;09: A chance for Lance</title>
		<link>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/tdf-09-a-chance-for-lance/</link>
		<comments>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/tdf-09-a-chance-for-lance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alberto Contador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bicycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tour de France 2009]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a big fan of the grand tours of bicycle racing. Currently ongoing is the greatest grand tour of them all, the Tour de France. The big American news of this tour is that seven time champion Lance Armstrong is back in the mix, except this time there is some confusion regarding his role. For [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sphericalcow.wordpress.com&blog=5383880&post=487&subd=sphericalcow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Passed by a cyclist and a car full of girls</title>
		<link>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/passed-by-a-cyclist-and-a-car-full-of-girls/</link>
		<comments>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/passed-by-a-cyclist-and-a-car-full-of-girls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been chasing women all my life. In fact, on foot, no less. My parents love to tell me the story of Hazel, the girl whom I chased on the playground in first grade, who apparently told me, &#8220;I&#8217;m sick and tired of you!&#8221; Strangely, all other pursuits in my life, in High Fidelity style, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sphericalcow.wordpress.com&blog=5383880&post=479&subd=sphericalcow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The siren song of the ultra</title>
		<link>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/the-siren-song-of-the-ultra/</link>
		<comments>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/the-siren-song-of-the-ultra/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ultramarathons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 26.2 mile marathon is a long race. They say glycogen stores in your body are depleted by somewhere around mile 22 and beyond that, your body is just being damaged. Millions of people each year are signing up to run in marathons. I&#8217;ve never done a marathon. I&#8217;ve done 20 miles in a single [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sphericalcow.wordpress.com&blog=5383880&post=476&subd=sphericalcow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Confederations Cup 09: Spain v. South Africa Halftime Report</title>
		<link>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/confederations-cup-09-spain-v-south-africa-halftime-report/</link>
		<comments>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/confederations-cup-09-spain-v-south-africa-halftime-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[FIFA Confederations Cup 2009]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Africa are the story here today, They have surprisingly excellent chances and some strong shots on goal, but they have failed to put the ball in the back of the net. They still have been suffering from poor shots and poor shot selection in some instances, but they have been holding their own throughout [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sphericalcow.wordpress.com&blog=5383880&post=474&subd=sphericalcow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FIFA Confederations Cup 09: USA v. Brasil Preview</title>
		<link>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/fifa-confederations-cup-09-usa-v-brasil-preview/</link>
		<comments>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/fifa-confederations-cup-09-usa-v-brasil-preview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brasil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FIFA Confederations Cup 2009]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brasil have a funny way of playing just well enough to win before the final and then performing at a high level and appearing to have a lot of fun in the process. They have shown few signs of weakness in their four games so far in this tournament, the most being against a weak [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sphericalcow.wordpress.com&blog=5383880&post=468&subd=sphericalcow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FIFA Confederations Cup 09: Spain v. South Africa Preview</title>
		<link>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/fifa-confederations-09-spain-v-south-africa-prediction/</link>
		<comments>http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/fifa-confederations-09-spain-v-south-africa-prediction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sc</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[FIFA Confederations Cup 2009]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spain]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sphericalcow.wordpress.com/?p=466</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite facing a brick house United States defense in their semifinal game and being unlucky in their major missed opportunities, Spain still have plenty of pride and ability to spare on the third place matchup against South Africa. There is no indication that Spain will not take this game seriously, and South Africa will have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sphericalcow.wordpress.com&blog=5383880&post=466&subd=sphericalcow&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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