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Oxygen is over-rated (stolen title from Incline Club)

This should be the motto of the Mount Evans Ascent, which also happens to be 'America's Highest Road Race'. Starting at Echo Lake, just outside of Idaho Springs, Colorado at 10,600 feet (3,230m) , the course climbs for 14.5 miles (23.3 km) up North America's highest paved road. The course takes you through montane, subalpine, and alpine environments to the summit of Mt. Evans at 14,264 ft (4,348m). It is a spectacular venue, with many memorable four-legged spectators, such as Bighorn Sheep, Marm… Continue

Posted by Adam on June 26, 2008 at 11:37am — No Comments

Emails, packing, sunnies and miles

Trying to pack everything up here. That means closing some accounts, returning some stuff, training a new staff member for 5430 Sports, sending out masses of emails and getting in some runs on my favourite Boulder trails. Yesterday was: 90 min AM trying to be as hilly as possible; PM 45 min up the Canyon Today: AM: 20 min warm up, then (3min/2EZ; 2hard/2EZ, 1minhard/1EZ)*2, 15 min EZ legs loosened up as I went PM: 42 min with Matt, felt a bit light headed--it was SUPER hot I also met with the… Continue

Posted by Adam on June 19, 2008 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

14er and some wildlife

Yesterday was a strange day.

I am still exhausted after the weekend. Putting on those races takes a lot of energy and some long days, but more than anything, my weak-ass runners body struggles with 4 days of heavy lifting. I have just been feeling off. After telling Barry that I am retu… Continue

Posted by Adam on June 18, 2008 at 8:28am — 1 Comment

Houdini

Yes, so I pulled a disappearing act, magical wasn't it? A bit of travel to Vancouver for World Tri Champs: great run through Stanley, over the bridge, up the Capilano river, follwed by Grind...good long run. Last week was a bit mental with me being the operations manager for my first triathlon, the 5430 Sprint triathlon, with 1,300 participants. It took place on Sunday and went well. Highlight runs for the week were a great run on Switzerland trail and a killer treadmill session. This saturday… Continue

Posted by Adam on June 16, 2008 at 8:24pm — No Comments

Cool Toy for Trail Runners

Last February, I was invited to tag along Salomon's crew of elite runners for a week of product testing on the French Riviera just outside Marseille. During this camp, we were introduced to a new partnership between Nokia and Salomon which would serve to promote their new NSeries Phones. As a result, the Salomon Mobile Blogs were created, which allow you t… Continue

Posted by Phil Villeneuve on May 30, 2008 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Mud Anyone?

I always love the anticipation of that first 'race' effort... A week ago I looked at the forecast and smiled..."Oh, it's going to be a muddy one!" I was almost giggling at the thought of slippin' and slidin' on Calgary Olympic Park's (COP) clay surface, which was scheduled to host the first Saab/Salomon 5 Peaks Series event in Alberta. From Monday to Saturday, the little 'weather display box' at Environment Canada website showed a grey cloud w/rain…and for once, it was true - Fun times was my f… Continue

Posted by Phil Villeneuve on May 27, 2008 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Fri-Tues

A bit of hard a bit of tired pics from http://www.flickr.com/photos/27014953@N02/show/

Fri: long tempo (I wrote about it in the last post) Sat: AM: 20 min wu 6*400m hill as hard as I could--gut wrenching pain--fun fun--20 min cd; PM: 30 min EZ Sun:1:20 on S… Continue

Posted by Adam on May 27, 2008 at 5:23pm — No Comments

Wed-Fri

Okay, so a few changes this week: #1-I was accepted into a programme that I had wanted to get into, so it looks like I will be heading to Fredericton to attend the University of New Brunswick come September (Go Reds!)

#2-I have signed on to race the… Continue

Posted by Adam on May 23, 2008 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Friday to Tuesday in running

Some very solid sessions the past few days: Friday: easier day, 40 min with some strides--PM watched the Big 12 track meet 10,000 races--fun tactical races due to the altitude and most of the athletes doubling.

Saturday: 12 min wu then 5.7 mile uphill tempo up Flagstaff mou… Continue

Posted by Adam on May 20, 2008 at 4:00pm — No Comments

The First Post

Its a slow holiday monday so here I am searching for things to do and thought I would try setting up a page on Muddy Socks. I also created a group for the GutBuster Trail Running Series so feel free to join and check out whats new with Vancouver Islands Trail Running Series. I haven't been running much lately but I've at least been getting out a few days a week so I don't think i'm in too bad of shape. I think I will build up the mileage in the next couple weeks. My training this week was M… Continue

Posted by Mark Nelson on May 19, 2008 at 3:48pm — No Comments

Controversy in the track world

So Oscar Pistorius, aka "Blade Runner" is allowed to try and qualify for Beijing using his prosthetics (he was always allowed to try and qualify without them). This ruling by the CAS, is proving quite controversial. The Reasoning Behind the Pistorius Ruling is basically that the testing conducted by Peter Brüggemann at the German Sport University in Cologne, Germany for… Continue

Posted by Adam on May 17, 2008 at 3:00pm — 2 Comments

Week to date

I put on my first event last night, the Uni-Hill 2k was a success. A competitive men's field showed up, but watching the kids race was definitely a highlight. 4 year old running around, like the Monty Python "Twits Race" with the parents chasing them was hilarious, but still awesome:

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Posted by Adam on May 16, 2008 at 10:20am — No Comments

Yurning for toys

I want an Elliptigo bike. well, at least for a day.

Watch an older version of it in action:

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Posted by Adam on May 15, 2008 at 12:00am — No Comments

It's gonna be a dog fight

This guy is coming to town for a showdown: Hall, Kastor strengthen field in Bolder Boulder

Can I run faster than an… Continue

Posted by Adam on May 12, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments

3-in-1

Wow, a lot has happened the last 3 or so days since I last blogged. Some running, a race, some higher elevations, a mountain lion, a herd of elk, some snow, a plop that was my cell phone falling into the river....Check out all photos here

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Posted by Adam on May 11, 2008 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

Enough Already!

Another foot of snow in Canmore yesterday... As sick as I am of this white stuff, I convinced myself to head to Silver Star for a week-long spring training camp with the newly formed Alberta World Cup Academy. This privately funded development program is based in the Bow Valley and boasts some of Canada's best nordic prospects. I tagged along for the ride for two purposes: 1) Provide the Academy with some X-C.com tech/logistical/… Continue

Posted by Phil Villeneuve on May 10, 2008 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Mais il pleut???

Storm Clouds Over Boulder

I went out planning on a nice hard effort yesterday morning around the Boulder Reservoir. A nice 20 min warm up and then I was going to do 15 min tempo and then 3*5min hard, well let's just say that I went boom boom in the tempo and then the 5 minuters were a wo… Continue

Posted by Adam on May 7, 2008 at 7:27pm — No Comments

Last week running round-up

Mon: AM 40 min EZ drills and strides; PM 15 min basketball, 15 min treadmill--Millar strength set---15 min cool down run Tues: AM 80 min hilly run--did a natural fartlek, with some pickups, but got quite winded on the long 15 min steady climb from Eagle trail to the top of the ridge trail ; PM 90 min ride with 8 mile climb to Jamestown--my favourite ride in the world 4-6% grade and you can roll pretty fast on the ups and then enjoy the smooth corners on the descent==NICE!!!!! Wed: AM 40 min EZ w… Continue

Posted by Adam on May 5, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments

La FEMME

flies in tomorrow. I will admit to being very excited about seeing her. 4 months is an awfully long time to not be with your partner and I miss her. She has a hellish return schedule, 18 hrs from South Africa to Washington and then 2 hours to Denver, all this after racing 3 weeks in a row in 3 continents (Mexico-Korea-SA), needless to say she may be a little "crusty" upon arrival. Even the joy of seeing me may not override it :) I have been struggling quite a bit over the last month, I definite… Continue

Posted by Adam on May 5, 2008 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Sleepless night

What was the culprit of my sleepless night? A tasty, yet evil libation from the Mountain Sun

ISADORE JAVA PORTER A rich, creamy ale infused with a generous amount of coffee, the Porter was developed by Mountain Sun brewers weary of dr… Continue

Posted by Adam on May 4, 2008 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Short

I just saw a great question on Phil Velleneuve's blog We all have a choice in life...work, play, or a bit of both. If buddy calls you up for an epic adventure in the middle of the day...what would you do? Why is this such a great question, well the answer is simple, I am at a bit of a crossroads, with quite a few interesting scenarios open to me and I think that the answer to this question will weigh heavily into my decision makin… Continue

Posted by Adam on May 3, 2008 at 8:33pm — No Comments

Mon & tues

Well, after the snow the other day, Boulder has certainly warmed up quite nicely. My lizard like self is quite enjoying it, but according to the forecast, it is back into the fleece and parka tomorrow and through the weekend. Booh!!!!! I've had fun running into some old friends and now have some speedy run partners to help keep me honest. I was a bit sore after the race on Sunday, even though it wasn't all that fast and i tried to keep it moderately hard, my quads were tight, not too sure why?… Continue

Posted by Adam on April 30, 2008 at 1:56pm — No Comments

Drive-Expo-Snow-Race

So the rest of the drive was actually spectacular. I went through/by Zion, Moab, Rifle, Aspen, Vail... all I can say is that there is a reason that well known travel destinations are, well, famous. Each was unique and stunning in its own way. I got in around 9PM, after stopping for a few short… Continue

Posted by Adam on April 27, 2008 at 12:34pm — No Comments

Boston Marathon Race Report

Suffice it to say it was an experience I won't forget. It is long, so I will leave it on my blog. www.bradcunningham.blogspot.com Continue

Posted by Brad on April 27, 2008 at 12:49am — No Comments

Another Blast of Winter!

OK, enough with the white stuff...I'm ready for summer. Canmore's been stuck with mid-winter conditions for about a week now, and it's driving me nuts. What's with Mother Nature these days? This morning, it was -8C, and another 3cm of snow covered the ground. What the shit?! Enough already. That said, last weekend's record 70cm snowfall (24hrs) at Sunshine was nothing short of epic. I just happen to be booked in the Sunshine Village Hotel (thanks Kellie...and Alpine Homes!) on the 'morning aft… Continue

Posted by Phil Villeneuve on April 25, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

Quickie

So I am sitting in a roach motel on the side of the 70 somewhere in Utah--Salida anyone???? I am surviving the drive by listening to audiobooks-yesterday it was An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of My Rural Boyhood-by Jimmy Carter. An excellent story and account of his early days in a much more simple, yet equa… Continue

Posted by Adam on April 25, 2008 at 9:27am — 1 Comment

Adventures ahead

Well I am almost done tacking this:

and am about to face this: Fly Victoria to Los Angeles and then:

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Posted by Adam on April 22, 2008 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Follow up to Blood Clot Post

Try number two at writing a blog. After a 6 day stay at a local hospital in Anchorage, Kikkan was discharged yesterday. After returning to hospital early last week it was determined that her clot had returned larger than the one previously removed two weeks earlier. What we have learned since then: May-Thurner Syndrome (see previous blog post) has moved up the ladder to the number one spot as the initial cause for the clot formation. The syndrome causes the the upper iliac vein to narrow restric… Continue

Posted by Jeff Ellis on April 21, 2008 at 9:51pm — No Comments

Do you want fries with that???

Well what goes better with a fried brain than a side order of fries???

I thought that I might sneak off to Vancouver this weekend for the Sun Run, but I just couldn't get enough done to make it worthwhile. There is nothing worse than planning a trip, well there is and that is trying to pl… Continue

Posted by Adam on April 20, 2008 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Excuse my haste

I have been a bit busy the last few days with essays and trying to get my head round packing for my trip down South. Although travel isn't that time demanding, wow is it an energy suck, a little white noise that follows you around. Anyway, I get to dial the channel into some nice relaxing chill music as soon as I hit the road, so I can't wait for that. Today was an EZ 70 min spin with Mr SQW followed by a 35 min run as 5 min EZ 20 min hardish 10 min cd. I wasn't going to run hard, but the legs… Continue

Posted by Adam on April 19, 2008 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Boston or Bust

Last night was fun with the VFAC crew at the Stanley Park version of Beaver Lake, a 1k version of a trail around a lake. As most of the club is racing the Sun Run this weekend in Vancouver (with close to 58 000 other people), it was a fun taper workout. For me it was 1k, 2k, 2k. The first 1k was done comfortably, and I finished in 3:33. I was a little surprised at how quick it was relative to how I felt. But that was nothing as compared to the next interval. The first loop of the 2k interval w… Continue

Posted by Brad on April 18, 2008 at 11:20pm — No Comments

Hopi is angry

Hopi or Anemoi are in angry moods, or is it Quetzalcoatl, Niten-mon Gate or Fuujin (wow Google is cool)

as we have had some funky weather the past 2 days. It is actually pretty neat when the weather is like that, because the kite surfers are out in full force. Pretty awesome to watch. I… Continue

Posted by Adam on April 18, 2008 at 9:40pm — No Comments

Le vent est tres fort

Oui, aujord'hui le vent etait tres fort au bord de l'Ocean. C'etait un peut dur de courir vite, mais j'ai essaye. La seance etait 60 minutes en bloc the 20 minutes avec chaque bloc un peut plus vite que le dernier. Je crois que les kilometres etaient a peux pres 4:10-3:55 pour les premieres 20 min, puis 3:45-3:30 pour la deuxieme partie, et enfain 3:20 pour les dernieres 15, mais je ne suis pas certains car j'avais un vent de tete pour la derniere portion et je devais vraiment forcer. C'est poss… Continue

Posted by Adam on April 17, 2008 at 9:30pm — 2 Comments

Sit dog, sit!

I appreciate Old Dog New Tricks' comments and well wishes, however unfortunately, I will not be racing in Zurich as originally planned this weekend. I mentioned why a few days ago, but essentially, I took on a little too much and cooked myself. The expenses were just too big for me to go over only half motivated and I didn't feel that the outcome would be that stellar. Had the race been here, I probably would have sucked it up and been fine, but instead, I am putting the ticket on hold and will… Continue

Posted by Adam on April 16, 2008 at 9:02pm — No Comments

Adam Goes For it in Zurich

Hey everyone, Lets wish Adam good luck for a great time in the Zurich Marathon this weekend. He will be surrounded by Kenyans by the look of the start list. He will also be shoulder to shoulder with his coaching advisor Jonothan Wyatt. Continue

Posted by Old Dog ...New Tricks on April 16, 2008 at 12:58am — No Comments

A little lost and something gained

Last night, as Sonja continued to run with her clinic, I went out for my last true workout prior to Boston. Meandering around Kits and the endowment lands of UBC, I spotted a trail and took it for a ride. I have been on the road so much of later in preparation for the pounding of the Boston roads, that the idea of running on a trail was too inviting. As I am fully in my taper now, everything is a little mixed up. Science tells us that the training effect for any given stress (read: workout) on t… Continue

Posted by Brad on April 15, 2008 at 7:23pm — No Comments

Nipika Adventure

"If you come out this week, I'm sure we can find some trouble" - Lyle Wilson, owner of Nipika Mountain Resort It doesn't take much to get me hooked on an adventure, so when Lyle threw out the line, I jumped! Nipika Mountain Resort remains one of my favorite trail running destinations. It's about 1.5hr drive from Canmore straight South (via hwy 93 South), and borders Kootenay National Park. Lyle (ex-National Team coach) moved to the Invermere area following hi… Continue

Posted by Phil Villeneuve on April 15, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments

Heads up to the athlete/endurance world.

This is my first attempt ever at a blog post and I am going to use my fiancees post from another site. It is an important post as it was just discovered that she had a massive blood clot in her left leg. I mention this because she is a current World Cup cross-country skier with the US ski team and a few of the environmental factors that led to the clot were from her athletic lifestyle i.e. travel - long periods of immobility, and dehydration. Since her initial post listed below it was discovered… Continue

Posted by Jeff Ellis on April 15, 2008 at 12:42am — No Comments

Cultural running

I am currently reading Barefoot Runner: The Life of Marathon Champion Abebe Bikila I am all of 20 pgs in, so any review would be rather shallow, but I would recommend it, simply because it seems to be quite descriptive of a time and place that many of us would normally associate with, or even really understand. It helps that Bikila is a legend of the sport and the inspiration for a whole… Continue

Posted by Adam on April 14, 2008 at 11:18pm — No Comments

Phil is a legend

Everyone needs to check my comment section for the carcass that Phil found on his ski. Either that or he is becoming entirely feral. Well what a difference a few good nights sleep make. I am a total victim of my own head sometimes. When I get stressed, I just stop sleeping, when I don't sleep, my stress compounds and I feel overwhelmed...hmmm...slippery slope anyone? Anyway, I dug into my bag of tricks and slept well the last 2 nights. No, that doesn't mean pills and an evening with Jack, more… Continue

Posted by Adam on April 14, 2008 at 10:45pm — No Comments

Fast & Light-

Another snow storm this morning...great... As much as I love skiing, i'm ready for summer! That said, my volume training still consists of about 50% skiing as I'm still in a transition phase and getting my legs back in running action. So far so good, the IT's are loose, the achilles is getting stronger and legs are starting to feel 'light' again. If the body keeps progressing, I'll crank up the running kms next week- In the meantime, I'm taking advantage of the great snow to attempt a few spee… Continue

Posted by Phil Villeneuve on April 14, 2008 at 9:07am — No Comments

Big Up

To Da Simon and the Rappstar for some stellar racing this weekend. Simon for his 11th WC win!!!! and the Rappstar for being in a 3 way sprint at Ironman AZ. Congrats on your first podium. But dude, really, you need to dust those suckers earlier in the race, much less painful. Also, double props to Jordan for sporting the man bra and ball gown length arm coolers-doing what you… Continue

Posted by Adam on April 13, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Saturday and the Sun

Saturday and the Sun Well, we are getting down to go time. Yesterday, basking in the sun and 20 degree weather, a hint of the summer to come, I hit the track with Jay, Paul, and the VFAC crew. Coach John had a "surprise" workout for us. I remember doing this for my running clinics, and now I see why it was both loved and loathed. All we knew was that we had 4200m of effort to complete. A 400m warm up (70 seconds) and a mile (4:40) were the first two pieces. After that we were told what the dis… Continue

Posted by Brad on April 13, 2008 at 12:04pm — No Comments

Running as play

He who has never hoped can never despair. William Shakespear, The Winter's Tale (Paulina at III, ii) Okay, so I had some big hopes for a spring marathon this year. I did about 11 weeks of great training with some of my biggest mileage ever and some solid and fast workouts, however over the past 3 weeks this has all sort of crumbled. I got sick after a bit of travel and have just never felt quite right since, so those plans have gone out the window!!!! I just don't feel like slogging my w… Continue

Posted by Adam on April 12, 2008 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Ah, taper...

So while tonight was a day off, yesterday was a day to test out the new shoes I just received from Brooks. The new racing flat, the Racer ST, arrived at my door yesterday and I was eager to give them a go because I was considering them as my Boston shoe. The look awesome and fit well, but they do have a degree of medial posting. I have not worn a posted in shoe in about 6 years, so this feeling was simultaneously odd and familiar. I gave the shoe 30 minutes and I loved everything about it except… Continue

Posted by Brad on April 12, 2008 at 12:00am — No Comments

Run-climb-run

So yesterday was a "scholastic day"-after reading the post about "Death by blogging", I chose to slow it down a bit and catch up on the rest of my life!!!! I did sneak out for a little shakeout run and felt a bit sore through the quads. My recovery has been quite bad recently and I'm not too sure why, I hope that it is just a rough patch. I haven't actually felt sore from running in a long time. I normally just get tired. The body is a strange thing and it is telling me something. I just wish it… Continue

Posted by Adam on April 11, 2008 at 1:30pm — No Comments

the rss feed

this is an interesting little device. big thanks to adamo for spending the afternoon with me online trying to figure it out. i think i have it now, but not entirely sure. we'll see. Continue

Posted by Brad on April 9, 2008 at 4:43pm — No Comments

Beer mile record holders have wheels

I met up with legendary Beer Miler Jim Finlayson this AM. Don't let anyone tell you that beer milers aren't athletes, this guy can roll. The fact that he is a former national marathon champion and national x-country team member has nothing to do with it.

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Posted by Adam on April 9, 2008 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

It Hurts When I Cough...

Is it a bad thing if everything hurts when I cough? I didn't sign up for this... Ok, maybe I did. So back to the grind really means getting back into the world of 'hurt'. With 3 strength workouts a week plus the regular volume days to get me back in the groove, I'm a hurtin' unit these days. It really does hurt to cough as my core is mush from Van's workout Monday. Last night, she ran me through a vicious full-body circuit that got every other muscle particle that didn't get hit on Monday. The… Continue

Posted by Phil Villeneuve on April 9, 2008 at 9:30am — 3 Comments

April shower washes stress away

Ah money, you are a worthy adversary, friend and foe at the same time. Lucky for me I have my feet and now muddy legs to get me to stop thinking. An EZ 50 min jog with Jasper in a freak rainstorm and then a strength session with Tre. He was thinking up some weird new core stuff. Got to love being the guinea pig. I am currently reading "The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards… Continue

Posted by Adam on April 8, 2008 at 8:07pm — 1 Comment

Saturday and Sunday

Just briefly. Saturday was 3 x 5 min fast with 2 min rest and it felt good. My 30k on Sunday was cruise-y and felt decent. A little dip from 18-25k but that is to be expected, especially when I wasn't taking in any food or gel. The last 5k felt quite good once I started to hit the hills (which is always encouraging). Came in at 2:03 which means that it was 2:53 pace for the marathon, which is good since the weather was terrible and I was purposely not going hard. 2:45 is definitely achievable,… Continue

Posted by Brad on April 8, 2008 at 6:20pm — 2 Comments

Time

Well, this new obsession is proving an interesting time waster.

I am a huge fan of strategic procrastination and this little website certainly is proving an effect… Continue

Posted by Adam on April 7, 2008 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Back to the Grind...

With another ski season behind me, it's time to get the legs back in shape! For those of you that don't know me, I usually steer clear of any type of running in the winter as the nordic ski scene takes over my life! I'll spare you the lip service but if you're interested, check out www.x-c.com for a quick glimpse into this part of my life. After 'chasing the dream' in elite xc ski racing for so many years, I have a pretty good sense of what I need to do, to get… Continue

Posted by Phil Villeneuve on April 7, 2008 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Weekend Warrior????

Okay, so I have become a weekend warrior. After smashing it out on a short set yesterday, I met up with the CNTC gang for some figure 8s at Beacon Hill. Mr. SQW was just rolling along, a wee bit motivated by this guy I think. I didn't have the legs (never have) to keep up with the man, but had the company of a fleet footed… Continue

Posted by Adam on April 6, 2008 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Bike-Gym-grass

Had a fun spin with Jazzy yesterday AM-we will take over the business world if any of our plans stick. I guess they have to get started first. I then jogged over to the gym for a Miller Performance system (MPS) special. A whole bunch of jumping around and failing miserably to skip. Just like in swimming, I am once again foiled by an activity that little school children can master. I guess I need a daily recess to practice. Last night I watched Trevor transcend to God-like status as a cougar eye… Continue

Posted by Adam on April 5, 2008 at 2:32pm — No Comments

Pavement-no trails

Tonight I ran with the Aspire Running gang- For the Thursday 10 miler through Broadmead-no trails, but hilly as anything. I was dragging ass today, but it is always a fun group to run with and a bloody hard training loop. Thanks coach O'Callaghan Continue

Posted by Adam on April 3, 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments

"experiment"

I love to run trails, so lets see if I can build a community of fellow "muddy sockers" Continue

Posted by Adam on April 3, 2008 at 4:29pm — No Comments

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