<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085196387711780942.post5900087326390078177..comments</id><updated>2012-02-03T00:07:19.023-05:00</updated><category term='Rocks'/><category term='Public Micturition'/><category term='Umstead Park'/><category term='Race Report'/><category term='Trail Race'/><category term='Umstead Marathon'/><category term='Marathons'/><category term='Red shoes'/><category term='Mud'/><category term='Godiva'/><category term='Dogs'/><category term='Uwharrie'/><category term='Half Marathon'/><category term='RunDown'/><category term='Favorites'/><category term='Cold'/><category term='Elevation Profiles'/><category term='Gatorade'/><category term='5K'/><category term='Boston Marathon'/><category term='Gear Review'/><category term='Getting lost'/><category term='Runners Knee'/><category term='Injuries'/><category term='Workout'/><category term='raven rock'/><category term='Ultra Marathon'/><category term='Bonk'/><category term='Trail shoes'/><category term='Q and A'/><category term='Barefoot running'/><category term='Sports Medicine'/><title type='text'>Comments on Running Down: 2012 Umstead Marathon Mascotolgy</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.running-down.com/feeds/5900087326390078177/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/5900087326390078177/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.running-down.com/2012/01/2012-umstead-marathon-mascotolgy.html'/><author><name>Anthony Corriveau</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/100425652025634662685</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2lwN8de1t_g/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/PrOXKW1dbjg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085196387711780942.post-8984561811743094792</id><published>2012-02-03T00:07:19.023-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-03T00:07:19.023-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&amp;#39;m betting on moss</title><content type='html'>I&amp;#39;m betting on moss</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/5900087326390078177/comments/default/8984561811743094792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/5900087326390078177/comments/default/8984561811743094792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.running-down.com/2012/01/2012-umstead-marathon-mascotolgy.html?showComment=1328245639023#c8984561811743094792' title=''/><author><name>Ryan McCarty</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18151762170904131400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06230362890314992308'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WeI_4iWmfok/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/jCp2vb9SnT8/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.running-down.com/2012/01/2012-umstead-marathon-mascotolgy.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085196387711780942.post-5900087326390078177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/posts/default/5900087326390078177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-977802742'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085196387711780942.post-6802117302261427942</id><published>2012-02-01T08:51:03.233-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-01T08:51:03.233-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Snake is my prediction . . . or maybe the opossum....</title><content type='html'>Snake is my prediction . . . or maybe the opossum.  But it could be . . .</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/5900087326390078177/comments/default/6802117302261427942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/5900087326390078177/comments/default/6802117302261427942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.running-down.com/2012/01/2012-umstead-marathon-mascotolgy.html?showComment=1328104263233#c6802117302261427942' title=''/><author><name>Triple F</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17973044642640967617</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11799069435861668577'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QdAzWiJtpGs/Tvx1sX0hb-I/AAAAAAAAAvs/zSYxOcVwc40/s220/Frank.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.running-down.com/2012/01/2012-umstead-marathon-mascotolgy.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085196387711780942.post-5900087326390078177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/posts/default/5900087326390078177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-828856703'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085196387711780942.post-1802298912588168978</id><published>2012-01-31T10:44:13.776-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T10:44:13.776-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&amp;#39;m sticking to my original pick of horse dung...</title><content type='html'>I&amp;#39;m sticking to my original pick of horse dung.  The presence and intangible make it an obvious choice.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/5900087326390078177/comments/default/1802298912588168978'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/5900087326390078177/comments/default/1802298912588168978'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.running-down.com/2012/01/2012-umstead-marathon-mascotolgy.html?showComment=1328024653776#c1802298912588168978' title=''/><author><name>Jim</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00921924865002345936</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18438394894085901761'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ibSf2xyWWPk/S-QPTfSGW0I/AAAAAAAAMDI/dscTNq-Krqw/S220/screaming-chimp.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.running-down.com/2012/01/2012-umstead-marathon-mascotolgy.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085196387711780942.post-5900087326390078177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/posts/default/5900087326390078177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1630925537'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085196387711780942.post-5665519958230115341</id><published>2012-01-31T09:54:29.115-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T09:54:29.115-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Has anyone mentioned raccoon yet? I would love a s...</title><content type='html'>Has anyone mentioned raccoon yet? I would love a shirt that could double as my &amp;#39;coon huntin&amp;#39; shirt. To paraphrase the bard, Cry &amp;quot;Yee Haw!!!!&amp;quot; and let loose the &amp;#39;coon dawgs of huntin&amp;#39; !!!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/5900087326390078177/comments/default/5665519958230115341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/5900087326390078177/comments/default/5665519958230115341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.running-down.com/2012/01/2012-umstead-marathon-mascotolgy.html?showComment=1328021669115#c5665519958230115341' title=''/><author><name>Scott Lynch</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16562035275775508430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16853423320189506216'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-W7tXJEd2KEw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAA34/NcbJjtsZvZQ/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.running-down.com/2012/01/2012-umstead-marathon-mascotolgy.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085196387711780942.post-5900087326390078177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/posts/default/5900087326390078177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1316414550'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085196387711780942.post-7704903243126925737</id><published>2012-01-31T09:24:53.210-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T09:24:53.210-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Okay, based on your scoring metrics, the bear and ...</title><content type='html'>Okay, based on your scoring metrics, the bear and the crayfish are definitely not ideal mascots. I&amp;#39;ve changed my preferences anyway. I want the bat or the fox/coyote this year. Although, the possum carving with a rope for a tail would be extremely cool.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/5900087326390078177/comments/default/7704903243126925737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/5900087326390078177/comments/default/7704903243126925737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.running-down.com/2012/01/2012-umstead-marathon-mascotolgy.html?showComment=1328019893210#c7704903243126925737' title=''/><author><name>.:Ash:.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09717520650782636286</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16739891887724639052'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eIHhojpZKJ8/Tp7L6Lt3HyI/AAAAAAAABHM/WwHLp13W1V0/s220/DSC_0060square.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.running-down.com/2012/01/2012-umstead-marathon-mascotolgy.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085196387711780942.post-5900087326390078177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/posts/default/5900087326390078177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-748044064'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085196387711780942.post-6456274890895607659</id><published>2012-01-31T08:21:41.939-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T08:21:41.939-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It seems like I am seeing more foxes in Cary, I th...</title><content type='html'>It seems like I am seeing more foxes in Cary, I think their population must be growing.  I am terrified of all snakes, even the harmless black snakes in Umstead, but I saw very few snakes this year compared to years past. However, my worst ever experience in Umstead was meeting a crazed raccoon on company mill in the middle of the day that started waddling straight towards me when it saw me.  I turned tail and ran as fast as I could all the way back to the parking lot.  I think it must have been rabid to act like that, and it was a long time before I could run that part of the trail again without feeling nervous.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/5900087326390078177/comments/default/6456274890895607659'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/5900087326390078177/comments/default/6456274890895607659'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.running-down.com/2012/01/2012-umstead-marathon-mascotolgy.html?showComment=1328016101939#c6456274890895607659' title=''/><author><name>Garth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06452125195868922617</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.running-down.com/2012/01/2012-umstead-marathon-mascotolgy.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085196387711780942.post-5900087326390078177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/posts/default/5900087326390078177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1292737671'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085196387711780942.post-8337341399664574195</id><published>2012-01-31T07:36:59.785-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T07:36:59.785-05:00</updated><title type='text'>There is no doubt it SHOULD be the opossum. But I&amp;...</title><content type='html'>There is no doubt it SHOULD be the opossum. But I&amp;#39;ve been burned twice already. So I deducted 2 points. Plus, as a rival mascotologist, I had to pick something different than you.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/5900087326390078177/comments/default/8337341399664574195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/5900087326390078177/comments/default/8337341399664574195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.running-down.com/2012/01/2012-umstead-marathon-mascotolgy.html?showComment=1328013419785#c8337341399664574195' title=''/><link rel='related' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/5900087326390078177/comments/default/7057981427207543915'/><author><name>Anthony Corriveau</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05177599337836349850</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2lwN8de1t_g/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/PrOXKW1dbjg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.running-down.com/2012/01/2012-umstead-marathon-mascotolgy.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085196387711780942.post-5900087326390078177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/posts/default/5900087326390078177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-750865692'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085196387711780942.post-4222650937126246170</id><published>2012-01-31T07:26:25.150-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T07:26:25.150-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Damn, Fox is a good one. I thought with 10 candida...</title><content type='html'>Damn, Fox is a good one. I thought with 10 candidates I have the field covered.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/5900087326390078177/comments/default/4222650937126246170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/5900087326390078177/comments/default/4222650937126246170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.running-down.com/2012/01/2012-umstead-marathon-mascotolgy.html?showComment=1328012785150#c4222650937126246170' title=''/><link rel='related' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/5900087326390078177/comments/default/9149706802003797205'/><author><name>Anthony Corriveau</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05177599337836349850</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2lwN8de1t_g/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/PrOXKW1dbjg/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.running-down.com/2012/01/2012-umstead-marathon-mascotolgy.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085196387711780942.post-5900087326390078177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/posts/default/5900087326390078177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-750865692'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085196387711780942.post-9149706802003797205</id><published>2012-01-31T07:22:56.096-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T07:22:56.096-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Fox.  I&amp;#39;ve seen a good number of these this ye...</title><content type='html'>Fox.  I&amp;#39;ve seen a good number of these this year.  One sat like a dog and watched me enter the park ... seemed like I could have walked over and scratched her ear.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/5900087326390078177/comments/default/9149706802003797205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/5900087326390078177/comments/default/9149706802003797205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.running-down.com/2012/01/2012-umstead-marathon-mascotolgy.html?showComment=1328012576096#c9149706802003797205' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.running-down.com/2012/01/2012-umstead-marathon-mascotolgy.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085196387711780942.post-5900087326390078177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/posts/default/5900087326390078177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1888467065'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085196387711780942.post-7057981427207543915</id><published>2012-01-31T06:11:41.561-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T06:11:41.561-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I say this is the year they relent. I say opossum....</title><content type='html'>I say this is the year they relent. I say opossum. And the rope-tail-hanger is brilliant - that makes the silhouettability a perfect 10 in my book.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/5900087326390078177/comments/default/7057981427207543915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/5900087326390078177/comments/default/7057981427207543915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.running-down.com/2012/01/2012-umstead-marathon-mascotolgy.html?showComment=1328008301561#c7057981427207543915' title=''/><author><name>BarefootJosh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03723994360604534157</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H4TahbOwX_0/Sr5EU9NZ39I/AAAAAAAAACw/zcLrMBmL68w/S220/mefacebook1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.running-down.com/2012/01/2012-umstead-marathon-mascotolgy.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085196387711780942.post-5900087326390078177' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4085196387711780942/posts/default/5900087326390078177' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-833678122'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4085196387711780942.post-1285053742674760728</id><published>2012-01-31T05:53:19.321-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T05:53:19.321-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Honey Badger?  Seeen a few owls in the daylight ho...</title><content type='html'>Honey Badger?  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