After setting all sorts of records opening weekend records with $158M, The Dark Knight had a solid second week rising to a combined $314M.  This means that Batman is currently holding the 23rd position of highest grossing movies of all time - after 2 weeks.  Another week should place it in the top 10 and gunning for the #2 spot (Star Wars $460M) in its first month.  The mighty Titanic still has some breathing room at $600M and it will be interesting to see if DK has the staying power to knock off the “king of the world”.  Here’s hoping.

I’m adding this guide to my site since it apparently doesn’t exist on the web yet (odd as that seems).  .htaccess files are great and handy but the online info about them is sketchy at best.  Everyone seems to have the same 5 examples on their page, copied verbatim from someone else’s site without any extra explanation.

So here was my quandry…

It’s well known how to redirect single pages (note the first option is the page being moved and is a relative location from the main domain directory while the second option is the absolute location to the new file - even if it is the same domain):

Redirect 301 /oldpage.html http://www.domain.com/newpage.html
Redirect 301 /oldpage2.html http://www.domain.com/newpage2.html
Redirect 301 /oldpage3.html http://www.domain.com/dir/
Redirect 301 /oldpage4.html http://www.domain.com/dir/newpage4.html

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Robert “the SPAM King” Soloway is up for sentencing which looks to include jail time  and a hefty fine based on the wasted man-hours cleaning up his mess.  A jail sentence could shift the legal landscape and possibly slow the SPAM tide slightly.

• Judge Puts off ’spam King’ Sentencing

Well after much preparation and with much prayer support against cramping the day is here!  Put up or shut up time.  My goals this race were 1) finish 2) finish without crawling 3) finish sub 4 hrs.  So call it a trifecta!

• 1.5k Swim -  35:25
• Transition 1 - 5:50
• 42k Bike -  1:37:30
• Transition 2 - 3:00 - estimate, split was lost due to equipment failure and was included in run time
• 10k Run - 1:15:41
• TOTAL - 3:37:26

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Today is my last ride before race day.  It was a short course just to keep loose and not lose ground without tearing down.

• Bike 9.76 miles - 41:42 (14mph, 442 cals) Hilly course

Today was my last big ride before the race and the official wet test of my new running shorts.  There are actual tri-unitards that the pros use.  I personally don’t like them A) they run well in excess of $100 B) they have a bike pad in them.  Bike pads are great for biking - not so great for running. I recently added true bike shorts to my workout arsenal.  I have learned that once you cross about 20 miles on a bike, better shorts become more necessary.  So while I use bike shorts for long bike rides, they don’t work well for multisport - at least for me personally.

Anyway my new running shorts featured a very breathable tech short with a pseudo-spandex compression short underneath.  In order to simulate race conditions I thoughly soaked the shorts before my ride today.  They passed with flying colors - by mile 2 they were as dry as my sweating would allow and induced zero chaffing.  They are made by Asics, cost $40, and come in a few colors.  Check your local running shops for them.

I tried several different clothing solutions, but this was by far the best and I wholeheartedly recommend them to tri-beginners not ready for the unitard duck waddle running.  I was glad to find them as my race is only a week away.
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