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	<description>Parker Morse writes about running</description>
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		<title>Closing the books on the Berlin women&#8217;s 10,000m</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Linet Masai]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Official notice has been taken of the early break at the start of the women's 10,000m in Berlin.]]></description>
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		<title>And the 2016 Olympic host is&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I should be working, but the IOC is monopolizing my head space right now. The 2016 Olympic host is supposed to be announced within the hour. The leading candidates, supposedly, are Chicago and Rio de Janeiro; Tokyo and Madrid are also in contention.]]></description>
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		<title>The Preserve</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 12:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Eugene]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a week or two ago that two different stories caught my attention. They didn&#8217;t have an obvious link, but both referenced a place: Eugene, which hosted a spectacular Olympic Trials last summer and will host the USATF Nationals next month. (Yes, I&#8217;ll be there.)
Alan Abrahamson, in his &#8220;Open Letter to Doug Logan&#8220;, had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is World Cross on the decline?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[cross country]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asking "What happened to World Cross?" might be asking the wrong question.]]></description>
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		<title>Rob Myers needs some respect</title>
		<link>http://www.flathillsroad.com/2009/03/rob-myers-needs-some-respect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rob Myers is regularly beating guys who are supposed to be world-class. Isn't it time we stopped being surprised when he wins national titles?]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s wrong with USA Indoors?</title>
		<link>http://www.flathillsroad.com/2009/03/whats-wrong-with-usa-indoors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.flathillsroad.com/2009/03/whats-wrong-with-usa-indoors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[boston]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The USATF Indoor Nationals should be the height of the indoor season, but instead athletes, fans, and media are staying away in droves. Why, and what can we do?]]></description>
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		<title>The athletes aren&#8217;t the only amateurs</title>
		<link>http://www.flathillsroad.com/2009/02/the-athletes-arent-the-only-amateurs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two recent articles highlight two groups in athletics who don't like the value assigned to their work.]]></description>
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		<title>Project 30: it all starts with medals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Project 30]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those who haven&#8217;t had enough of me being opinionated, I have an analysis, with some commentary, of USATF&#8217;s Project 30 report posted on the Running Times site.
It&#8217;s a credit to the panel and their secretary that the report&#8217;s conclusions seem almost inevitable given their research. The important part of the report, I came to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flanagan, Cook, and the coach/athlete relationship</title>
		<link>http://www.flathillsroad.com/2009/02/flanagan-cook-and-the-coachathlete-relationship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.flathillsroad.com/2009/02/flanagan-cook-and-the-coachathlete-relationship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[John Cook]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Times article about Shalane Flanagan and John Cook raises almost as many questions as it answers.]]></description>
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