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		<title>The Last Mile</title>
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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>On 9/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 04:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[the corporate ladder]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The week after next will be the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the US, including the World Trade Center towers.  Like everyone else, I can remember exactly where I was at the time &#8211; such a pivotal moment in global history and a very personal experience. In September 2001, I was heading Marketing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mitch 5.2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After getting through this first 90 days at Microsoft and culminating in the successful WPC and MGX days in New Orleans and Atlanta, it is now time for phase 2.   One of the areas I have had a hard time getting into a rythm is around running and training.  Though I did a half-marathon and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New PR at Kirkland Half-Marathon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 18:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The day started out fairly warm and sunny and waking up to views of Lake Washington, downtown Seattle and the brilliant Olympic snow-capped mountains standing sentinal sharply over the lake.  Awake at 5:15 AM, I had the usual trepidation about what the race would bring.  Not having trained really at all the last month (except [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So what are you doing to get ready?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[50 miles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone asked me the question today, &#8220;So, what are you doing to get ready for your 50-miler on Saturday?&#8221;.  I don&#8217;t think I had a great answer.  In an ideal world, I would have run several 30 mile training runs in the past 6 weeks and have piled on the mileage while staying healthy.  But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mount Whitney Update Day One</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a plan to complete a trifecta of the highest mountains in North America (Denali), South America (Aconcagua) and Continental US (Whitney).  The first two were completed and summited in 2008 and Whitney at 14, 505&#8242; could have easily been climbed in the summer &#8211; without attempting a winter assault.  But that would have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Napa Valley Marathon</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was definitely a unique marathon for me.  The end result was the same &#8211; crossing the finish line and keeping my perfect record intact (16 for 16 for this distance).     I ended up having a completely different pre-marathon routine.  There were a number of things that made this race different The first is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climbing or Running &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mt. Whitney]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Completed 35k PCTR race at Woodside on Sunday February 7th.  Felt good.  Great day.  Wonderful. Until I spoke with someone (late in the race) who had run the American River Fifty Mile (AR50) event &#8211; for which I am signed up for on April 4th.  She asked what was I planning to do tomorrow.  When I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mount Whitney in the snow</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been trying to find a good challenging climb to do before the Vinson and Everest climbs are ready&#8230; and I might have found it. I was talking to John Morgan today (he did Rainier with us) and I think he is on for doing Mount Whitney in the spring. Mount Whitney, at 14,497&#8242; is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lake Sonoma Run</title>
		<link>http://www.climbingandrunning.com/lake-sonoma-run/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Lewis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trails]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A brilliant day, the January sun Cold at first and warm when done The sky as blue as some friends are true Music in the ear Synchronized footsteps to hear Sometimes up, sometimes down Lake Sonoma all around Thirsty for water, nothing on hand We find a stream, cold in the hand Views seen Where [...]]]></description>
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