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		<title>THE COLD START HEATS UP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[January got off to a very emotional and streessful start. Sure the beauty of Christmas carried over into the new year, but with the load of learning a new POS system at work, the drive to begin training with structure again, and the heavy heart carried by the illness of my Dad in NY with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CLOSURE &#8211; YEAR END REFLECTION</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Advent has been a wonderful chance for me to take stock in what was in 2011. I cherish the unstructured aspects of those four weeks to shed the inner layers, review the positives and negatives, evaluate new goals, and begin on growing those new layers that are stronger, thicker, and yet sensitive. Gina and I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markcarbone.com/2011/12/30/closure-year-end-reflection/</link>
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		<title>ADVENT&#8217;S HERE &#8211; One Last Look Back on 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent the past 2 weeks since returning from Vegas trying to get into &#8220;off-season&#8221; mode. It has been crazy at work with our Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving day and trying to learn a new POS system. The weather has been yo-yo with super warm days followed by a few cold days. The clock switch [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markcarbone.com/2011/11/27/advents-here-one-last-look-back-on-2011/</link>
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		<title>ITU Championships &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We slept early and this insured us yet another good night rest. We dined room style with our groceries and had a view of the cold windy rain hitting the area. Can&#8217;t worry about it. Certainly not the hot conditions I hoped for, but there are 1000 of the world&#8217;s finest in the same boat. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markcarbone.com/2011/11/06/itu-championships-part-2/</link>
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		<title>ITU World Championships &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The weeks leading up to our departure for this final race of the year has been more emotionally challenging than I anticipated. Training has been going well. I am fit and ready to closeout the year. It has been a long one, with great results, and being able to represent the USA in this event, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markcarbone.com/2011/11/04/itu-world-championships-part-1/</link>
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		<title>TAKE FLIGHT TRI &#8211; AND LITERALLY GET READY TO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What a weekend! Actually what a way to sum up the last 5 weeks. I handled a big training block the last 4 weeks and have been able to grasp a good plan of fatigue, recovery, and additional training stress. I have adjusted to the everyday standing and moving at work where after a month of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markcarbone.com/2011/10/09/take-flight-tri-and-literally-get-ready-to/</link>
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		<title>HOOD TO COAST RELAY &#8211; BIG KAHUNAS!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was a quick week to turn around from the duathlon and prepare to leave for the Hood to Coast Relay. I trained well since I was a bit sore from the race and also was working at the store every day through Wednesday. Got my fix at Rita&#8217;s on that Sunday which was good, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markcarbone.com/2011/09/04/hood-to-coast-relay-big-kahunas/</link>
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		<title>NUTRITHON DUATHLON &#8211; TASTES GOOD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Things have been going well for us here the past few weeks. I&#8217;ve started back at the store, and its been plenty of work organizing, planning, getting settled in, finding out how things have been handled up to this point. Everyone has been great in letting me adjust, but I have taken initiative in starting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markcarbone.com/2011/08/20/nutrithon-duathlon-tastes-good/</link>
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		<title>BUSTIN&#8217; THE MOVE &#8211; G:MC STYLE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are back in Charlotte, in our new apartment, all set up &#8211; in only 3 days. It has been a crazy, but seamless transition, only because we both planned and worked hard at making sure it went that way. We have been exhausted each evening as we were at it from sun up to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markcarbone.com/2011/08/06/bustin-the-move-mc-style/</link>
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		<title>RUNNING BACK TO CHARLOTTE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since the July 4th weekend, we&#8217;ve had plans to act upon, and then a few actions that changed and altered those plans. There have been a few hot/humid sticky days where training has really been tough to acclimate back to since I just had finished dealing with it in Texas. But since we also only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markcarbone.com/2011/07/28/running-back-to-charlotte-4/</link>
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