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	<title>Climbing and Running &#187; Continents</title>
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	<description>7 marathons. 7 continents. 7 years.</description>
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		<title>A New Record &#8211; 55.89 Miles on New Year&#8217;s Eve</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wasn’t having any fun. Seven hours into the race and I had already run about 35 miles, but there were over five hours to go and I was cramping.  My legs were dead, it was getting cold, my stomach wanted to heave, and I was wondering what the hell I was doing running when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JiaYou!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a moment I got to feel what it is like to be a celebrity.  We were surrounded by dozens of fans, pushing their pens on us as we signed shirts, programs and flags.  Two tall &#8211; and one not so tall &#8211; white guys in Hainan Province in China who had just finished running [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marathon History</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the &#8220;Introduction of Marathon&#8221; for the Hainan China Marathon on 12/17/11 &#8230; Courtesy of http://www.hndzmarathon.org/en/intro_marathon.jsp &#8220;The Marathon as we know it today is little more than 100 years old, but there have been forms of long distance races since the time of the ancient Egyptians. The Marathon has been an Olympic distance since the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Years (and counting)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My legs were cramping and I had two immense blister clusters on each foot.  The stomach wasn’t great and I had not done nearly enough training miles.  I felt a lot of internal pressure to at least finish the Tucson Marathon since this would be 10 consecutive years of starting and finishing at least one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Last Mile</title>
		<link>http://www.climbingandrunning.com/the-last-mile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With about one mile to go I decided that I was going to turn on the after-burners and try to pass as many runners as I could &#8211; and not get passed by anyone else.  There was nothing to say that I would be successful and there was no ribbon or PR on the line [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After Everest</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What was it like on the summit?&#8221; and &#8220;What&#8217;s Next?&#8221; are two of the questions I&#8217;ve been asked over the past 93 days after returning from Everest.  Having had some time to re-acclimate and talk to my fellow climbers, I thought I&#8217;d share some thoughts that can only come several months after summiting when perspective [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bold Aspirations!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; So I finally got off my arse and tried to create some sort of music-in- background, slide-show with small-video showing some fun scenes from Everest and Juniper&#8217;s role in same. OK, so I still have a lot to learn about editing, and Animoto is cheap and easy, but not super-professional, but it&#8217;s a start!]]></description>
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		<title>Tragedy on the Mountain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Falling!!!&#8221;.  When I heard this word shouted from my climbing companion who was falling downhill headfirst into a massive crevasse on Mt. Baker in September 2006, I had a couple of seconds to get my ice-axe jammed into the ice above me into a classic self-arrest position that we had just learned a few days [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Lessons from Everest</title>
		<link>http://www.climbingandrunning.com/leadership-lessons-from-everest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 17:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Between 22,000&#8242; and 26,000&#8242; I spent time mentally on some big thinking about leadership examples and tried to consolidate into one coherent list and words.  When your own life and goal are in danger and success is not guaranteed, you can manage and lead in some areas. My top ten as below. 1. Set big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everest Summit advice &#8211; what worked and not &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.climbingandrunning.com/everest-summit-advice-what-worked-and-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 06:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On an incredibly long mountain expedition like Everest, one has both lots of time to think while climbing or trying to sleep while curled into a warming fetal position in their (supposedly) -40 sleeping bag while wearing more layers than any human should have to.  For me, I had many long hours to reflect both [...]]]></description>
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