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  1. Ran Boston.  Weather was a little unpredictable, but we ended up with a nice stretch where there was no rain.  It was a little humid and a little warm, but could have been a lot worse.   My plan was to go for 2:45 regardless and was on pace till the hills.  For the hills, I was going to not fight them and hope I still had legs to close the last 5.   Turned out I did not.   Salvaged a 2:49 without dying too much.  Cardio wise, it felt great, but the legs just did not want to turn over fast.  I'm pretty happy overall!

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    Neither Schaepe nor his son is named in the federal charges. But an unnamed father and son discussed in the court papers bear close similarities to the two. Additionally, one source with knowledge of Schaepe’s situation said the two unnamed people are Schaepe and his son.

    The complaint focuses on Michael Center, the former tennis coach at the University of Texas at Austin, who was fired after being charged with taking bribes from Singer.

    In the complaint, federal authorities alleged that in 2015 Singer paid Center $100,000 “as a bribe” and, in exchange, Center designated an unnamed applicant as a recruit to the university’s tennis team, even though the teen did not play the sport competitively.

    The teen is identified in the complaint as “Applicant 1” and a resident of Los Altos Hills, Calif. Public records show Schaepe has a house in the wealthy Silicon Valley town.

    In February 2015, according to the complaint, the student’s father transferred stocks valued at more than $455,000 to a charitable foundation Singer controlled and which he has admitted using to pay bribes to coaches and college administrators at several universities.

    Days after the father made the donation, Center emailed Schaepe to notify him that the university would be sending his son a letter announcing its intent to award him a type of scholarship under which the school pays the costs of an athlete's books as part of the recruitment process, the complaint said.

    The scholarship was formally awarded to the boy in April and the family accepted it, sending the school a letter announcing the teen’s intent to play tennis when he enrolled, according to the complaint. He was then added to the tennis team roster as a recruited athlete, the complaint said.

    In the weeks that followed, the applicant’s father made two more stock transfers to Singer’s foundation that totaled more than $175,000, according to the complaint.

    The source close to Schaepe said he adamantly denies any wrongdoing and believed his payments to the foundation were legitimate donations meant to help disadvantaged youth.

    Schaepe and his wife, the source said, hired Singer in 2014 to help their son navigate the difficult college admissions process and identify schools where he could find a role similar to the ones he had in high school as the manager of the basketball and football teams.

    After identifying the University of Texas at Austin as a good fit for the teen, Singer “introduced” Schaepe to someone in the athletic department who indicated they could help arrange for Schaepe’s son to be the basketball team’s manager, said the source, who did not know the identity of the person.

    That contact was fired from the university and Singer put Schaepe in touch with a second person who worked with the school’s tennis team, the source said. After the boy was admitted to the university, he become the basketball team’s manager.

    In a photo Singer posted to a blog he ran as part of his college consulting business, Schaepe’s son is pictured with NBA star Kevin Durant, who attended the University of Texas. A note attached to the photo says, “Hey Rick, I wanted to thank you personally for all your help getting me into the University of Texas in Austin, and for helping me secure a managers position with the UT basketball team.”

    Davis, Schaepe’s spokeswoman, said the family sent Singer the photo, but denied the son or either of his parents wrote the note.

     

     

    https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-schaepe-singer-college-admissions-scandal-20190327-story.html

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  3. 5 minutes ago, Larry T. Spider said:

    Interesting because in the recording he said he used the money for facilities. I’m wondering if Patterson was pressuring him so much that he chose the deal with the devil.

    I'm sure the checks written to "Texas Athletics re: Michael Center" went to UT, but I just dont see a way Patterson would be telling a coach to go collect 60K in straight cash in a hotel parking lot.  What's the point when they could have given that money to LHF and gotten tax deductions (at that time).

    Also, dont forget that Center was going to take $90K to let another kid in for next year.

  4. I agree with what Jet Black said.

    Doing 6 miles at 7:00 is very good, especially on your schedule.   You'll see the most bang for your buck by increasing your mileage and the number of days.   

    Then you can add in workouts and you'll see another jump in performance.

    Your cross training is great and will keep you healthy!

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