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kateelliottI am working hard. Thus, posting has fallen by the wayside.
Herewith a few links.
David B. Coe posts about
The Ideal Writer.
1. The Ideal Writer hits his deadlines.
Ulp. Anyway, very good post.
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rwglaub: Back from combat, women struggle for acceptance. (I note that this article is in the Marine Corps Times, so this is coming from within.)
“We just want to know that when we come home, America has our back,” Chase said. “That’s the biggest thing. Women are over there. You want to feel like you’re coming home to open arms, rather than to a public that doesn’t acknowledge you for what you’ve just done and what you just sacrificed.”
On a more triumphant note, the Honolulu Marathon was run yesterday, with 20,609 starting and 20,321 finishing (pretty good, eh?). A long article on the male race, but also a long article on the female race, won by Svetlana Zakharova, which I was pleased to see. The top female finisher came in 10th overall (amazing, yeah?). But even better, the level of camaraderie among marathoners, the particulars and details of how one runs a race, and how people help each other out--and, in this case, the respect being shown by elite male athletes to the elite female athletes, really struck me:
While most marathon drama happens late in the race, this one developed early in the dark. Yuko Manabe, the Japanese pacesetter, winced and grabbed her sides, and dropped out three miles into the race that started at 5 a.m. Manabe, who led the pack of five female runners, was to set the pace for Shimahara. Her premature departure forced Shimahara to temporarily lead the pack, but a group of male runners took turns running with the group and set the pace for them. Ironically, the pace increased after Manabe dropped out, and Shimahara said she was able to key off the men.
"She fell off so quickly at 5k, (I) had to then switch over and just run (my) own pace rather than that of a pacemaker," Shimahara said.
. . . . Shimahara said she knew Zakharova's move at 30k was coming, but couldn't go with her. Coming into the race, the biggest question surrounding Shimahara was her condition. Yesterday was her fourth marathon of the year and third since August. She said she was not fatigued from all the racing, but just wasn't strong enough to move with Zakharova.
"I just had a marathon one month ago and this felt more like it was going to be a challenge," Shimahara said. "I did come here aiming to win the race, but I consider it more of a challenge. It's the shortest gap I've ever had between two marathons."
Zakharova continued to push alongside Yasukazu Miyazato of Japan, one of the male runners who had been running with the women's group earlier. By the time she was running through Kahala in mile 22, her lead over Shimahara increased to about 200 meters.
Zakharova had 5:40 splits for the next few miles, running alongside Miyazato. He even offered her a sponge at the 24th-mile water station.
Miyazato also finished in 2:28:34.
Herewith a few links.
David B. Coe posts about
The Ideal Writer.
1. The Ideal Writer hits his deadlines.
Ulp. Anyway, very good post.
via
rwglaub: Back from combat, women struggle for acceptance. (I note that this article is in the Marine Corps Times, so this is coming from within.)“We just want to know that when we come home, America has our back,” Chase said. “That’s the biggest thing. Women are over there. You want to feel like you’re coming home to open arms, rather than to a public that doesn’t acknowledge you for what you’ve just done and what you just sacrificed.”
On a more triumphant note, the Honolulu Marathon was run yesterday, with 20,609 starting and 20,321 finishing (pretty good, eh?). A long article on the male race, but also a long article on the female race, won by Svetlana Zakharova, which I was pleased to see. The top female finisher came in 10th overall (amazing, yeah?). But even better, the level of camaraderie among marathoners, the particulars and details of how one runs a race, and how people help each other out--and, in this case, the respect being shown by elite male athletes to the elite female athletes, really struck me:
While most marathon drama happens late in the race, this one developed early in the dark. Yuko Manabe, the Japanese pacesetter, winced and grabbed her sides, and dropped out three miles into the race that started at 5 a.m. Manabe, who led the pack of five female runners, was to set the pace for Shimahara. Her premature departure forced Shimahara to temporarily lead the pack, but a group of male runners took turns running with the group and set the pace for them. Ironically, the pace increased after Manabe dropped out, and Shimahara said she was able to key off the men.
"She fell off so quickly at 5k, (I) had to then switch over and just run (my) own pace rather than that of a pacemaker," Shimahara said.
. . . . Shimahara said she knew Zakharova's move at 30k was coming, but couldn't go with her. Coming into the race, the biggest question surrounding Shimahara was her condition. Yesterday was her fourth marathon of the year and third since August. She said she was not fatigued from all the racing, but just wasn't strong enough to move with Zakharova.
"I just had a marathon one month ago and this felt more like it was going to be a challenge," Shimahara said. "I did come here aiming to win the race, but I consider it more of a challenge. It's the shortest gap I've ever had between two marathons."
Zakharova continued to push alongside Yasukazu Miyazato of Japan, one of the male runners who had been running with the women's group earlier. By the time she was running through Kahala in mile 22, her lead over Shimahara increased to about 200 meters.
Zakharova had 5:40 splits for the next few miles, running alongside Miyazato. He even offered her a sponge at the 24th-mile water station.
Miyazato also finished in 2:28:34.