Oh Mike, you being fairly new here you didn't know.......NO daily thread on Monday August 8th, out of respect.....

Oh no

T

CRAP!  So sorry!  I did not mean to be disrespectful...now what happens?

Short slow recovery run of 3.3 on the dirt track at Andy Brown Park, and now a heavy work day.

And now I have a story for you.  Twice a week I post to the running blog of my local newspaper and it's now doing quite well.  Rather than post race reports, I comment on the people in the race and stories that I think will be interesting.  When i don't race I offer running tips or encourage discussions.

Well, the news hires this new online sports editor who sends us 3 bloggers a scolding email about our headlines.  He says they aren't interesting enough and we need to do a better job.  I had to admit he was right.  I was paying no attention to them at all, so I wrote back and said I would make a better effort.  But then the guy went into my old posts and rewrote all my headlines!

So I got even with him today.  Please go check out today's entry about my "Watermelon Dash" 5K that I ran on Saturday.

http://runningblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/08/why-cats-dont-eat-watermelon-t.html

Spareribs

One of the greatest tempations in life is to edit (read correct)  someone else's writing...

It wouldn't have bothered me if he rewrote them and made them better.  He made them longer, but just as boring!  In the interest of full disclosure however, the guy is a fine reporter.  He covers golf for Yahoo! News and does a great job.  I am hoping he enjoys the humor in this and that we can keep up some banter about it as if it's a real fight.  Arguments drive people to follow the blog.  Spareribs

It was a great article Ribs, with enough humor to make the race and experience sound like fun ! You're an outstanding writer.....and color coordinated too   

Bill.....LOL

Sorry Ribs.  I hate to break it to you but ...

 

Bill

 

Kitty addicted to Watermelon

 Is that a cat or some flat faced alien creature?

Spareribs if he does not take your post script with some humor the guy has none!  Very cute.  Also congratulations on your second place AG award in the watermelon race!

Now as a guy who just finished editing academic journals for 13 years I want to say something in the defense of editors.  (Not, however, editors that go back and rewrite an author's material without conferring with the author first and certainly not for previously published material!  That really is stepping beyond the lines of acceptable editing in my view.)  Here is the problem editors face.  Authors think it is their job to convince the editor to publish their work.  They then think it is the outlet's job to get somebody to read it.  Nope.  People only read material that is interesting.  It is the editor's job to find work that is interesting and publish it.  Typically, authors are asked for changes in the hopes of taking a piece, making it more interesting, and with the hope this then draws in more readers.  I actually had a bit of a debate about the editorial process with an old friend of mine.  He too is an academic and thus (like me) has to publish papers at a pretty good clip to keep up his standing in the profession.  But he has never edited a journal.   Our debate was about how a journal should be run and which systems would produce the best outcomes.  Personally, I think my record says I am right! 

perchcreek congratulations on your 10k AG award.

evanflein how is it you keep getting faster?  Congratulations on both a new PR and AG #1 award!

Saturday's race was 5.853 miles.  Yes, that was what it was.  I pulled in popsicle stick #17.  That was 3rd in my AG.  But at a 7:14 pace it was only due to the fact that the NYC Triathlon was the next day so many of the faster runners were not there.  I had hoped to keep seeing steady improvement in my overall pace, but McMillan tells me this was relatively speaking somewhat slower than my last race.  I am likely seeing what my new normal will look like.  But the fact that I can race run at all is very nice so no complaints.  Today it was off for a morning speed work session with my training partner.  We were supposed to meet up at 6am, but at 5:30 I get a text saying she is going to be a no show.  Just as well, it means I will have her company on my "long" run later this week and that is actually better for me.  Any, this morning I did 6x600's.  They felt easier than last week.  And the paces indicated that I experienced less of a fade towards the end so perhaps they were!