Discussion: nice run!
in: iansmith; iansmith > 2009-05-10
May 12, 2009 1:58 PM
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You did really well to be by yourself most of the way, and sounds like you were reasonably clean.
May 12, 2009 3:51 PM
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Ty. You and I will have to be faster next year. Top ten is attainable.
May 12, 2009 3:56 PM
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If you are curious how I got to 13 without you seeing me, look here: http://www.mapsurfer.com/gadget/cgi-bin/reitti.cgi...
Obviously, I was strenuously endeavoring to avoid you.
Obviously, I was strenuously endeavoring to avoid you.
May 12, 2009 6:30 PM
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Clem, I was sort of amused encountering you at 12 for two reasons:
- You greeted me as Mr. Smith, then remarked "it's you!" I presume you initially thought I had not used my skip, but it was also funny because it reminded me of this (0:16): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qItugh-fFgg
- I was puffing and wheezing like a dying person with an asthma attack, while your breathing was regular and conversational.
Your subsequent disappearance was also most entertaining. The thought trickled in the back of my mind that I might follow you a bit to 13, but on principle I was too proud to wait for you to punch at 12 (it's a race after all, and while waiting 10 seconds in a global sense was undoubtedly the correct strategic decision, that sort of local compromise is unacceptable. Any instance in which it is globally advantageous to make a local compromise is peculiar at best).
- You greeted me as Mr. Smith, then remarked "it's you!" I presume you initially thought I had not used my skip, but it was also funny because it reminded me of this (0:16): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qItugh-fFgg
- I was puffing and wheezing like a dying person with an asthma attack, while your breathing was regular and conversational.
Your subsequent disappearance was also most entertaining. The thought trickled in the back of my mind that I might follow you a bit to 13, but on principle I was too proud to wait for you to punch at 12 (it's a race after all, and while waiting 10 seconds in a global sense was undoubtedly the correct strategic decision, that sort of local compromise is unacceptable. Any instance in which it is globally advantageous to make a local compromise is peculiar at best).
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