Well, a tiny bright spot... police have now confirmed that the JFK library fire was indeed unrelated.

Unbelievable! The official time was 4:09 which would be a crowded time on the course (although it's just alway crowded, isn't it). The video I saw from CNN shows that spectators, not runners, were in the thick of the blast. This is the most bizarre terrorist attack - what is the target? What would ...

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ultraslacker wrote:a third explosion is confirmed, but they're not saying if it's related. :/

At JFK in New York, no less.

No, JFK library in Boston, no?

Ironboy wrote:Anyone heard from Ken yet?

Cell phone service is down (or at least partially), so if he's not somewhere where he can access the 'Net, we won't hear from him for a bit. Let's just remember that and hope for the best.

Yep, at JFK library.

Dee, police are asking everyone to stay home, in hotels, etc. "Make their way calmly back to their homes... their hotels..."

I do hope we hear from Ken and the others soon. Jogger Barbie?

Boston PD are doing news conference in about 5 mins.

Mass Gen Hospital news conference. Dr. Alasdair Conn says: 19 patients in total. Mostly orthopaedic injuries, but not all completely assessed. 6 critical severely injured, needed immediate resuscitation. 5 very serious. Some traumatic amputations at the scene. Compared them to military explosion inj...

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That said, at the exact same time, someone else was tweeting air space is closed.

At least one news outlet is reporting 2 dead at Mass Gen Hosp.

Edit: Mass Gen says they have no casualties. They have 19 injuries.

The friend that I'm visiting is a doctor and at work today. She said the staff are crying and they are calling for all hands on deck in the ER. People are having a lot of trouble getting through on land lines so lots of ppl relying on texts to check in. I've seen the footage a dozen times. I haven'...

deerdree wrote:I have to leave for the airport but I'm almost frozen in spot. I don't want to go out there. . I don't know what the coverage is like in Canada but the news station here is terrifying.

"Police not positive that explosions are done".

Oh D... big hugs to you.

Do we know about our Maniacs, other than D?

Very impressive finishes!

Quite the win on the wheelchair side!

As the announcer asked, "How is it possible that one man can be so much more powerful...?", the cynic in me thought, "Didn't they ask that about Lance?"

Did anyone else notice that the promotional info only says 'Canada Line' will be open prior to the race? no mention of the rest of the skytrain lines. And wheres the shirt pics? Interesting that you bring this up, I've noticed that Translink has been slow to get any info out. I've been trying for a...

I thought of you today as I listened to this podcast (though I haven't listened to all of it yet). Running Stupid CXII (WSER 2012 Crew Report) Crew report from WSER 100, Crewing for Ellie Greenwood while she breaks Ann Trason's 18 year old record!! http://runningstupid.net/running-stupid-cxii-wser-2...

I volunteered myself to be a pacer this September for a 100 miler. I'm allowed to join at either the 44 mile mark or the 50 mile mark (depending upon how fast the runner is). This would be my first time pacing. Any hints/tips/suggestions? I've never done it, but have gotten stories from numerous pe...

La wrote:Honestly, I throw up in my mouth a little bit just thinking about this race , so I've decided that I'm not going to think about it anymore!

That's perfect! Keep up the not thinking!

Or, as I was repeatedly told: Shut up and run.

That's kind of how I am feeling about my upcoming 10K. It's a down hill course (and it's my PB course from a few years ago). Based on my training, there's no reason why I shouldn't be able to shave a minute off my time, but the paces "scare" me! I guess I just have to not think about what...

Today, we ran on a trail that can be easily mapped, so I got to compare RunKeepr, Garmin, and gmap-pedometer, when I got home. Runkeeper said 17.3km, with 822m of climb G-map said 17.6km. Elevation isn't totaled, but the elevation profile is very similar to Runkeeper, with the highest point being 1m...

I ran 154km, did one 24km snowshoe hike, and played 6h45min of ultimate. (Most recently, this past Thursday, when I played outdoors, on turf, for the first time since late last winter. So intense!)

ETA: Oh, and one yoga class, and weekly yoga/strength at home. Ha. (Yes, I'm reaching here!)

I think there's a time for both approaches, and this is a key: "...after all, the art of racing is to go as fast you can without blowing up ." To reach that "as fast as you can" (whether you blow up or not), you have to find out what it feels like, to push past that comfort level...

Meanwhile Jim says to himself "okay, my last two threads have stirred up controversy, I'll post something about rice. That should be safe." Ha! Poor Jim. :) As I understand it selective breeding is "natural" in that it's just the retaining of seeds from plants with characteristi...

... If anything, I see a slower overall pace, because I start it, then put my phone in my backpack, then fuss around with adjustments before I start running. :) I used mapmyrun and it has a feature to delay the start of your run for 30 seconds or a minute, then it buzzes / beeps when the timer star...

Interesting. My Garmin has been pretty wacky on and off over the past few months (either way off course or just not finding me at all). On Sunday, I had forgotten it at home so my friend used his iPhone and RunKeeper. We did about 13.5km and It was pretty darned accurate on our route, as far as we c...