Borrell Assoc. has a new blog post on how Castello (http://ccin.com) is making money of city-dotcom and topic-dotcom sites. According to Borrell, “One of their sites makes more money than any locally owned media site in that market. They do it without a lick of broacast or print cross-promotion, a base of advertisers from which [...]

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Our team, The Flyboys (not named for any of the members aeronautical proclivities, but a legacy from a runner no longer even on the team) finished the 11th Reach the Beach in 27:20 minutes, running the 207 miles at an average 7:54 second average pace. (Though our official time is 29:20 – we were docked [...]

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207 miles, 6 people, 29 hours (give or take): Reach the Beach here we come
Did my last run, a short six miler at lunchtime, before Friday’s Reach the Beach race. Now, with the kids in bed, I’m printing out course maps, laying out gear – five pairs shorts, running shirts, two pairs sneakers, headlamp, reflective [...]

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Ernesto on September 10th, 2009

Past couple of night’s Reach the Beach and Baystate Marathon training runs have been sweet, cool and fast.  Gets me thinking… Here’s my list of fall running favorites.  Feel free to add yours!
1.    The temperature’s perfect (most days)
2.    There are a ton of great races, from 5Ks to marathons and ultras
3.    You’re probably peaking in [...]

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Having been both on the client side of a vendor client relationship, and on the vendor (service provider) side of that situation, I can’t help but laugh at this video in which client pricing negotiations with vendors are made to seem ridiculous (and sometimes they are) when put in the context of other types of [...]

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