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		<title>Rock and Roll Chicago 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2010/07/29/rock-and-roll-chicago-2010</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chicago Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll Half Marathon is coming up in a few days.  I&#8217;ve been thinking about it a lot the past few days.  I think a lot before a big race.  I guess it&#8217;s a good think that I over think now so I&#8217;ll be on automatic Sunday morning.
I haven&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Austin</title>
		<link>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2010/07/27/austin</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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Danielle planned on attending graduate school outside of the Chicago area and wanted to visit the areas her target universities are in,  Austin being one of them.  I thought, “why not?”  Texas was not on the top of my list of places to visit.  I want to tell you everything but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeking a New Roadtrip Companion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
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My Austin road trip has me thinking about my next road trip companion.  I&#8217;m ready to do a road trip across the country.  My mom has been bugging me to buy a new car because she felt Justine might kill me on day.  Justine is a 15 year old car that doesn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The First Four Weeks: Marathon 2010 Training Update #1</title>
		<link>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2010/07/05/the-first-four-weeks-marathon-2010-training-update-1</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
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The first four weeks of Chicago Marathon training has come to a close.  I learned a lot in the past few weeks. Each piece of knowledge will definitely improve my training.

The new program I am using keeps it interesting and challenges me on different levels. It&#8217;s a foreign way of training to me.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeking Independence</title>
		<link>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2010/07/04/seeking-independence</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
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Ensuring freedom and independence is a long battle.  The sacrifice is high but the rewards are endless.  The thirteen colonies fought five year long years before ensuring freedom from England.  They faced many ups and downs during until the United States of America was formed to ensure freedoms and rights mentioned in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Numbers and Calculators. A Spiritual Exercise.</title>
		<link>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2010/06/08/numbers-and-calculators-spiritual-exercises</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So there are a bunch of numbers floating and zipping around in my head.  I threw them into online calculators.  A few interesting results occurred at the end.
I ran the 2010 Soldier Field 10 in 1:28:51.  The McMillan running calculator projects that my marathon time would have been 4:08:51.   My 2010 Illinois Marathon goal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Super Start to Summer</title>
		<link>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2010/06/03/super-start-to-summer</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summer launched on a great note.  Beautiful weather. Beautiful place. Beautiful. Simply beautiful.  The Soldier Field 10 was my almost perfect.  Bike the Drive. The Chicago Blackhawks won the first two games of the the Stanley Cup finals. 
Soldier Field 10
It all started Saturday morning.  The birds sang.  While the sun struggled to wake up, I popped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Epic Weekend in Chicago</title>
		<link>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2010/05/28/epic-weekend-in-chicago</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 14:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s going to be an epic weekend in Chicago consisting of running and cycling.  Here&#8217;s the lowdown&#8230;
Epic Run. The Soldier Field 10 is a run along the lake front Saturday morning from Chicago&#8217;s museum campus south along the Southside portion of the Lakefront Path (one of my all time favorite routes) and back up to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Things I Learned Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2010/05/27/five-things-i-learned-wednesday</link>
		<comments>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2010/05/27/five-things-i-learned-wednesday#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 16:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I learned a lot of things on Wednesday.  Here are five of them.
1. Meeting people I follow, listed, or occasionally view on Twitter is a bit  awkward but rewarding. I know a lot about them and I know they&#8217;re awesome.  However, it&#8217;s such an awkward moment to make time to introduce yourself while their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the Interim</title>
		<link>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2010/05/21/in-the-interim</link>
		<comments>http://www.markemmanuel.com/2010/05/21/in-the-interim#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 01:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t done much running since the Illinois Marathon.  It&#8217;s part recovery, part laziness, and a pinch of the blahs.  During this time, I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot and preparing for the next chapter in my life.
Running through Champaign-Urbana and finishing in Memorial Stadium inspired me to finish college.  Meeting Danielle&#8217;s friend MK pushed me [...]]]></description>
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