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Quick recap of prerace news and coverage at the New York City Marathon:Interesting comment from Ryan Hall today during a press conference today: Myindicators are like I am a minute faster then when I did mypreparations for Boston. And if I ran a minute faster, I would have wonBoston. So, well see.The NYC Marathon is a race within a race. Its also the U.S. Marathon Oris replica watches Championships, and 85 year old institution, but theres not a lot competitive bluster coming from the elite American men about that. I dont really feel competitive toward these guys, Hall said. Were going to be working together. Brian Sell, Jorge Torres and the other Americans echoed the idea.

Though melting glaciers are at the top of the list for me in terms of visible changes on Rainier, let me point out a few positive changes that I’ve watched over the years. The National Park Service has a difficult job balancing resource management and recreation. As a concessionaire at Rainier, obviously I’m pro-recreation. I make my living guiding climbers on the mountain. As one of the largest users of the resource, it’s our responsibility to reduce replica Rolex Sports Models watch the impact on the mountain. Several examples: 1) “Turds on Top.” I first summitted in 1971. It was a hard climb, and I have many great memories of my first ascent. But what I still recall to this day is the amazing amount of freeze-dried turds on the crater rim. Fortunately, that’s a different story today. About 15 years ago, climbers were encouraged to crap in blue plastic bags and carry them down off the mountain.

Regardless of how overshadowed the championships is next to the main NYC race, its clearly a rare opportunity to see the best U.S. marathoners square off at one time.NYC marathon race favorite Martin Lel of Kenya withdrew yesterday due to a leg injury. Lel won here in 2003 and 2007, and was among the fastest of the elite mens field going into Sundays race. Tatyana Petrova of Russia also withdrew from the race. The Running Timess replica Sarcar watch Jim Gerwick has posted nice profiles of one the races international frontrunners, Jaouad Gharib of Morocco, and Parker Morse wrote a nice pieces on Salina Kosgei, last years Boston champ one of the top womens contenders, and Marilson Gomes dos Santos, the surprise winner of NYC in 2006 and 2008.JUSTIN NYBERG