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		<title>The decade in review</title>
		<link>http://preparefortraining.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/the-decade-in-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2000 saw me working for one of the largest visual effects companies in the world, Digital Domain, which had long since shed its luster and was simply a grinding, mundane job. Worse, the CEO had announced that in light of starting up a film production division he would exercise creative ownership over anything his employees [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preparefortraining.wordpress.com&blog=3729784&post=804&subd=preparefortraining&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Afterglow and aftermath</title>
		<link>http://preparefortraining.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/afterglow-and-aftermath/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A blog isn’t fact. Facts don’t require anyone’s belief in them to be true and they stand alone without emotion. News used to be the reporting of facts, but that kind of reporting has been eclipsed by talking (screaming) heads that cherry-pick facts to support a pre-existing ideology. I never set out to tell an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preparefortraining.wordpress.com&blog=3729784&post=801&subd=preparefortraining&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ironman Arizona</title>
		<link>http://preparefortraining.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/ironman-arizona/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Reilly is “the voice of Ironman”. Since I became involved in the sport, I’ve heard and read about people whose goal is to hear Reilly say their name followed by the words “YOU ARE AN IRONMAN”. I indulged in the fantasy in the months leading up to the race and part of my visualization [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preparefortraining.wordpress.com&blog=3729784&post=782&subd=preparefortraining&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I am an Ironman.</title>
		<link>http://preparefortraining.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/i-am-an-ironman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a finish time of 12:42:57 I became an Ironman on November 22nd, 2009.

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		<title>Packing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max Miller</dc:creator>
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Packing list for an Ironman:
wetsuit
goggles
earplugs
swim cap (practice swim)
swim shorts
team jersey
heart rate strap
headsweat cap for under helmet
bike shorts
chamois cream
bike shoes
bike socks
arm warmers
running cap
team running shorts
shoes
socks
spray glide for feet
waist belt for bib #
transition bag
Adidas gym bag containing spares of everything, warmup sweats, spare bike shorts, band-aids, etc. etc. etc.
Rubermaid bin containing:
race stuff:
7 bike bottles
aero bottle
powder sports drink
Powerbar [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preparefortraining.wordpress.com&blog=3729784&post=773&subd=preparefortraining&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>593</title>
		<link>http://preparefortraining.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/593/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My bib number for Ironman Arizona is 593, or DXCIII, a prime number. I’m writing this one week before the race itself, looking over the last year and reviewing numbers. Realizing I hadn’t backed up the blog, I copied and pasted the text and it’s over 700 pages long. In the last six months I’ve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preparefortraining.wordpress.com&blog=3729784&post=771&subd=preparefortraining&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fear</title>
		<link>http://preparefortraining.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/fear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I did it to myself. A dumb, newbie move. Three weeks before my big race I purchased two pairs of New Balance 1063’s, the same shoes I’d been wearing for a year. After logging more than 550 miles it was time to replace my current pair. My thinking was that two more pairs would give [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preparefortraining.wordpress.com&blog=3729784&post=769&subd=preparefortraining&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Product review: H20 Audio Interval (for 3rd gen iPod shuffle)</title>
		<link>http://preparefortraining.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/product-review-h20-audio-interval-for-3rd-gen-ipod-shuffle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Curiosity and a 20% discount enticed me to buy the H20 Audio Interval housing and headphone combo in the week leading up to my 8,000 meter swim. I had wanted a swimming headphone system since seeing the H20 Audio products in the Apple Store, but I was an early adopter of the 3rd generation iPod [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preparefortraining.wordpress.com&blog=3729784&post=759&subd=preparefortraining&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Hay is in the Barn</title>
		<link>http://preparefortraining.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/the-hay-is-in-the-barn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a phrase Coach Brian has been saying for some time, and it&#8217;s confusing in that he&#8217;s not a farmer. What he meant is that after the &#8220;Helloween&#8221; epic volume all of the hard work would be done, the taper would begin, and in three weeks all that effort would pay off. Three months ago [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preparefortraining.wordpress.com&blog=3729784&post=765&subd=preparefortraining&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Something is wrong with me, aka 5:27 at Soma 70.3</title>
		<link>http://preparefortraining.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/something-is-wrong-with-me-aka-527-at-soma-70-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is something wrong with me and I cannot figure out what it is. I’ve been in a migraine cycle for over a week. It came on last Friday night at dinner with my wife and father-in-law, one day after having three hours of dental work done. That migraine was classic – visual precursors of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preparefortraining.wordpress.com&blog=3729784&post=761&subd=preparefortraining&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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