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		<title>Training update: 5 weeks to 5k</title>
		<link>http://heyrickie.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/training-update-5-weeks-to-5k/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 04:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the first day of a very brief training cycle. I am 5 weeks away from racing the 5 km event at the Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon. Believe it or not, this will actually be my first ever 5 km race. Based on recent performance on other race distances, I could break 25 minutes [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=heyrickie.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2454470&#038;post=1896&#038;subd=heyrickie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Race report: 2013 BMO Vancouver Half Marathon</title>
		<link>http://heyrickie.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/race-report-2013-bmo-vancouver-half-marathon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 00:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bmo half marathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[race report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Before I tell you about what happened during the race, let me catch you up with what has happened in my training. I more or less followed the Furman FIRST program all the way through. Without a GPS watch to track instant paces, I found myself running slightly faster than I should be during the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=heyrickie.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2454470&#038;post=1877&#038;subd=heyrickie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Training update</title>
		<link>http://heyrickie.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/training-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bmo half marathon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve posted here, but I&#8217;m taking the opportunity of the new Family Day holiday here in British Columbia and put something new on the blog. You can see on the sidebar on the right my race schedule so far. My current training cycle is for this year&#8217;s BMO Vancouver Half [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=heyrickie.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2454470&#038;post=1859&#038;subd=heyrickie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2012 wrap-up</title>
		<link>http://heyrickie.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/2012-wrap-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rickie Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[year in review]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I look back at 2012, I feel I&#8217;ve moved forward in some respects (running, relationships) but stalled in others (job), and for that I feel that it was a good year overall, despite the specific goals I set for myself. Going back to this time last year, I put down five goals. Goal #1 [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=heyrickie.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2454470&#038;post=1854&#038;subd=heyrickie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>TransLink service optimization proposed for 2013: focus on the 22</title>
		<link>http://heyrickie.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/translink-service-optimization-proposed-for-2013-focus-on-the-22/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Transit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bus routes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open house]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public consultation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, I blogged about the poor scheduling coordination between routes 2 and 22 through Kitsilano. I suggested that the frequencies for the two routes be made equal to allow for improved coordination. It appears that TransLink might be taking steps to improve that, with an additional step that is long overdue. This PDF [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=heyrickie.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2454470&#038;post=1844&#038;subd=heyrickie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">22 refinement</media:title>
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		<title>Cancellation of 2012 NYC Marathon and running instead in support of Staten Island</title>
		<link>http://heyrickie.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/cancellation-of-2012-nyc-marathon-and-running-instead-in-support-of-staten-island/</link>
		<comments>http://heyrickie.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/cancellation-of-2012-nyc-marathon-and-running-instead-in-support-of-staten-island/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricane sandy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nyc marathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[staten island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[storm relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[volunteering]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I started composing a post soon after learning of the cancelation of the 2012 New York City Marathon, but I was so affected I couldn&#8217;t put anything into words. Having arrived in New York a few days earlier amid the growing controversy over letting the marathon continue as scheduled, I personally felt torn about running [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=heyrickie.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2454470&#038;post=1822&#038;subd=heyrickie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Race report: 2012 Surrey Half Marathon</title>
		<link>http://heyrickie.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/race-report-2012-surrey-half-marathon/</link>
		<comments>http://heyrickie.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/race-report-2012-surrey-half-marathon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[half marathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nyc marathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[race report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surrey half marathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve totally neglected the blog over the last couple of months. But I&#8217;m not going to neglect the tradition of posting a report after a running race. This past Sunday was the inaugural running of the Surrey Marathon. Like the Green Sock Half this past March, I&#8217;m treating the half marathon event in Surrey as [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=heyrickie.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2454470&#038;post=1811&#038;subd=heyrickie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>September 2012 TransLink service changes</title>
		<link>http://heyrickie.wordpress.com/2012/09/01/september-2012-translink-service-changes/</link>
		<comments>http://heyrickie.wordpress.com/2012/09/01/september-2012-translink-service-changes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2012 23:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Transit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bus routes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[schedules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[translink]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://heyrickie.wordpress.com/?p=1805</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[Full details of changes in September Buzzer PDF] A couple of things of note with the fall service changes, which, when you remove the usual upticks in services to post-secondary institutions, are rather light. There is some inconsistency with how TransLink is notifying  customers of these changes, particularly with decreases in headways. Example: the C26 [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=heyrickie.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2454470&#038;post=1805&#038;subd=heyrickie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Down but not out</title>
		<link>http://heyrickie.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/down-but-not-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rickie Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job interview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postaweek2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://heyrickie.wordpress.com/?p=1797</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[4 interviews; 3 companies; 2 weeks; 1 offer; zero job. That&#8217;s the summary of what&#8217;s happened to me in the last couple of weeks, and that is why I&#8217;ve been away from the Twitter (and missed one blog post) during that time. The offer came from company #1, one day after my interview. I was [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=heyrickie.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2454470&#038;post=1797&#038;subd=heyrickie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Training update: gotta find some place to stay!</title>
		<link>http://heyrickie.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/training-update-gotta-find-some-place-to-stay/</link>
		<comments>http://heyrickie.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/training-update-gotta-find-some-place-to-stay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new york]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nyc marathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postaweek2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I picked up these two books I had placed on hold at my local library. I hope to spend some time in New York (likely after the marathon) exploring, both by transit and on foot. The book on the left should be a good introduction to the High Line, which is an abandoned elevated railway [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=heyrickie.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2454470&#038;post=1790&#038;subd=heyrickie&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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