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  1. https://www.statesman.com/news/local/publisher-editor-announce-departures-from-statesman/oRbz0gEXIISQsDVLb1gInL/

     

    Publisher Susie Biehle and Editor Debbie Hiott announced Monday that they are leaving the American-Statesman.

    Biehle has been the newspaper’s publisher since November 2012, and Hiott has been editor since November 2011. The announcement of their departures comes five months after GateHouse Media finalized its purchase of the Statesman from Cox Enterprises, which had owned the paper for 41 years.

  2. 13 hours ago, Jive Turkey said:

    I ran a half marathon a few weeks back and had a funny incident I'm sure many here  have experienced.  Now, I ran the NYC marathon last November, and my longest run since then had been 10 miles.  I was in decent shape but wasn't gonna go out fast or try and PR or anything.  I just wanted to run a comfortable 8:45-8:50 pace and break 2 hours.

    Race starts. I'm in corral 4.  Just wanted to start out with some 9 minute miles.  I'm running easily with the crowd, but not even a mile in, here comes some monstrous dude just hauling ass.  He's about 6'4", 250.  Looks like a  linebacker.  And he's running hard, weaving in and out of people and making people get out of the way lest he mow them down.  It was obnoxious.  Even more obnoxious was when he went by me and I see the back of his shirt.  It says:  MAKE SHIT HAPPEN!  I just rolled my eyes and said, before this race ends, I'm gonna see you again, Mr. Make Shit Happen.

    So I keep running and feel good.  At the 10 mile mark, I get a second wind.  I felt really good and decided to finish strong.  So I take off.  I hit the last water station at the 11 mile mark and start to run hard.  I hadn't thought about Mr. Make Shit Happen in a long ass time.  But at about 11.5 miles, who do I see in front of me, sucking wind?  I blew past him and it took all of my will power not to pass him and talk some shit.  

    Ran the last 3 miles at an 8:05 minute pace and easily went sub 2 hours.  I never saw where Mr. Make Shit Happen finished.

    Nice job!  One of the easiest ways to blow your race is to do what that guy did.  Going out too fast and expending too much energy weaving in and out of traffic.

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