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		<title>Road to Nations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Road to Nation&#8217;s
September 23, 2009
Innocent Beginnings
I started a journey four months ago. The journey was initially a personal endeavor to complete a new challenge, but turned into an amazing experience where I met some amazing people while supporting an amazing charity. I would like to share a few highlights and thanks with you in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mingram.wordpress.com&blog=4342367&post=249&subd=mingram&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
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I am happy to report that I am going on a short vacation for four days to Maine to chill out in a log cabin at the side of a lake. I will manage to keep my training up with some open water swimming and runs around the area &#8211; however I do not want [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mingram.wordpress.com&blog=4342367&post=242&subd=mingram&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Donate Your Status Day!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Everyone!
If you have found yourself here from a friend&#8217;s status update please take a moment and donate to a very worthy cause. Any amount, no matter how small can really make a difference in the lives of those affected by these blood diseases.
http://pages.teamintraining.org/nca/nattri09/mingram
With the help of friends I have managed to raise more than [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mingram.wordpress.com&blog=4342367&post=238&subd=mingram&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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The Situation
As you may or may not know, I am spending my summer supporting the Leukemia &#38; Lymphoma Society this year. Part of this endeavor is raising funds to support cancer research and help individuals and families in need. The other part includes the Nations Triathlon – an Olympic distance triathlon through the Potomac and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mingram.wordpress.com&blog=4342367&post=234&subd=mingram&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An advanced version of the little train that could</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you stuck behind a desk?
Is your day workout the walk to the car and snacks in the break room?
Workout vicariously through this blog post.
To begin, I have not updated my blog recently for a little more than a week.  I apologize.
Visualize this &#8211; A key jolts the tumblers of the bolt lock to my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mingram.wordpress.com&blog=4342367&post=232&subd=mingram&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quick Updates
Saturday (7/18)
The group workout in Loudoun County this past Saturday was awesome! I am happy to report that it was much different than the prior week. I kicked butt on the ride and did a full 85 minute bike ride up and down some tough hills followed by a 30 minute run! Total ranged [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mingram.wordpress.com&blog=4342367&post=230&subd=mingram&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
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It was a busy weekend!
Saturday’s group brick (bike &#38; run) was near Greenbelt, MD [Our Ride]. My group mentor, Rich, and I convinced ourselves that we would be early. Was that the case? Not so much. More than 15 people were already getting ready in the parking lot when we arrived and it was 7:20 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mingram.wordpress.com&blog=4342367&post=226&subd=mingram&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been working out a lot over the past two days to catch up since my injury on Tuesday (6/30).
I rode my bike for more than an hour and a half this morning (7/4) though a good 40 minutes or so was probably puttering around the White House, the Washington Monument and the U.S. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mingram.wordpress.com&blog=4342367&post=216&subd=mingram&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The traithlon group had a bike clinic a few weeks ago and we heard from an owner of a local bike shop. The owner is a participant in RAAM &#8211; The Race Across America. I actually took a moment to look up the Web site here.
http://www.raceacrossamerica.org


This stuff is amazing. What an accomplishment for everyone involved! [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mingram.wordpress.com&blog=4342367&post=212&subd=mingram&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;On your Leeeeeft&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had great intentions to write a post on last Saturday’s workout earlier this week; however I injured my eye during a company softball game on Tuesday (6/30) night and well between the ER and trying to work with one eye – the time to write escaped me. 
I would still like to give a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mingram.wordpress.com&blog=4342367&post=208&subd=mingram&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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