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		<title>Solinsky Takes 3rd at US Indoor Championships</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the altitude of Albuquerque, Chris Solinsky took third place in the 3000m at the USATF Indoor Championships.  With a championship on the line, the early work was tactical and much of the field remained in contention until late, Solinsky included.
In the end, the finishing speed of double World Champion Bernard Lagat was too much [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kimbia.net/2010/03/01/solinsky-takes-3rd-at-us-indoor-championships/</link>
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		<title>Brent Vaughn Featured on RunnersWorld.com Front Page</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brent Vaughn: runner, father, music-lover.
Brent is the latest athlete to be featured in a RunnersWorld series that shares music playlists from distance runners, and Vaughn&#8217;s entry landed him on the front page of RunnersWorld.com.  The accompanying interview, conducted by friend of KIMbia, Peter Vigneron, explains the influence that the youngest Vaughn &#8212; daughter Ciara &#8212; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kimbia.net/2010/02/11/brent-vaughn-featured-on-runnersworld-com-front-page/</link>
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		<title>Solinsky Sizzles Season Opener with UW Mile Win</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With a wedding to plan and a marriage to start, it&#8217;s been a busy winter for Chris Solinsky &#8212; to the point where it might be forgiven if he started 2010 showing a little rust.  Yet a new house, wife, and home life seem to be agreeing with the Stevens Point native, as he ran [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kimbia.net/2010/02/01/solinsky-sizzles-season-opener-with-uw-mile-win/</link>
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		<title>Michelle Sikes in Kenya: A Long Hill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michelle Sikes, Rhodes Scholar-extraordinaire, has spent the past few weeks in and around western Kenya  pursuing some first-person scholarship about the rise of the female Kenyan distance runner.  Between dozens of interviews with local running legends, she has even managed to fit in some training, and shares below&#8230;

We ran up a mountain today.  Godfrey (Kiprotich) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kimbia.net/2010/01/27/michelle-sikes-in-kenya-a-long-hill/</link>
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		<title>Bairu Beats Hall, Nelson and Vaughn Impress in Debuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a match-up pitting Canada&#8217;s best distance runner against the fastest American half-marathoner in history, KIMbia&#8217;s Simon Bairu came home the victor, winning the Rock and Roll Arizona Half Marathon over Olympian Ryan Hall.  Bairu&#8217;s 1:02:47 not only won the day, but also took nearly of two-minutes off of the course record.  Running [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kimbia.net/2010/01/18/bairu-beats-hall-nelson-and-vaughn-impress-in-debuts/</link>
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		<title>2010 US Season Set to Kick Off in Houston, Phoenix</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The domestic professional season kicks off this Sunday with the American southwest serving as ground zero.  The US Half Marathon Championships will run through the streets of Houston and feature a handful of KIMbia athletes, while the Rock and Roll Arizona Half Marathon goes off in Phoenix, with Simon Bairu taking on American Record Holder [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kimbia.net/2010/01/15/2010-us-season-set-to-kick-off/</link>
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		<title>End of 2009 Q&amp;A: Matt Tegenkamp</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we move into 2010, our athletes will each be sharing a look back at 2009, which we will be running throughout the next two weeks.  Next up: Matt Tegenkamp, who spent the past year making his third global championship final and breaking 13:00 in the 5k, running 12:58.56 in Brussels &#8212; a 6+ second [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kimbia.net/2010/01/11/end-of-2009-matt-tegenkamp/</link>
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		<title>End of 2009 Q&amp;A: Brent Vaughn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we move into 2010, our athletes will each be sharing a look back at 2009, which we will be running throughout the next two weeks.  Next up: Brent Vaughn, who is preparing to step up to the half-marathon later this month.
1. You have talked a bit about moving up in distance starting in 2010.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kimbia.net/2010/01/06/end-of-2009-brent-vaughn/</link>
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		<title>End of 2009 Q&amp;A: Tim Nelson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we move into 2010, our athletes will each be sharing a look back at 2009, which we will be running throughout the next two weeks.  First up, Tim Nelson, arguably the most-improved male American distance athlete in 2009.
This year you qualified for your first National teams, competed in your first World Championsip, became the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kimbia.net/2010/01/04/end-of-2009-tim-nelson/</link>
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		<title>Paul Norton: Business Savvy in Kenya</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brandeis student Paul Norton traveled to Kenya this past summer to intern with the KIMbia Foundation.  Below, we continue sharing his journal entries, which will run daily for the remainder of the 2009.
Perhaps American investment bankers (if any of them still exist) could learn a thing or two from Kenyan athletes.  Paul Koech and Lornah [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kimbia.net/2009/12/30/paul-norton-business-savvy-in-kenya/</link>
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