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French Connection II (1975) IMDB rating: 6.70 Plot: New York narcotics detective Popeye Doyle follows the trail of the French connection smuggling ring to France where he teams up with the gendarmes to hunt down the ringleader.

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Romeo And Juliet Play HElP! serious help needed.?
I have to do a project on Act 2 Scene 4. i need to make a math connection with my act 2 scene 4 (doesnt have to be difficult). A history connection, science connection, and have to have 3 figurative languages with pictures (lyke oxymorons, puns, mataphors and stuff). I NEED HELP… tell me if you can help me… and give me ideas to make connections with my scene,, remember i need a math, history, science, and 3 figurative languages for act 2 scene 4

ACT II SCENE IV A street.
Enter BENVOLIO and MERCUTIO
MERCUTIO Where the devil should this Romeo be?
Came he not home to-night?
BENVOLIO Not to his father’s; I spoke with his man.
MERCUTIO Ah, that same pale hard-hearted wench, that Rosaline. 5
Torments him so, that he will sure run mad.
BENVOLIO Tybalt, the kinsman of old Capulet,
Hath sent a letter to his father’s house.
MERCUTIO A challenge, on my life.
BENVOLIO Romeo will answer it. 10
MERCUTIO Any man that can write may answer a letter.
BENVOLIO Nay, he will answer the letter’s master, how he
dares, being dared.
MERCUTIO Alas poor Romeo! he is already dead; stabbed with a
white wench’s black eye; shot through the ear with a 15
love-song; the very pin of his heart cleft with the
blind bow-boy’s butt-shaft: and is he a man to
encounter Tybalt?
BENVOLIO Why, what is Tybalt?
MERCUTIO More than prince of cats, I can tell you. O, he is 20
the courageous captain of compliments. He fights as
you sing prick-song, keeps time, distance, and
proportion; rests me his minim rest, one, two, and
the third in your bosom: the very butcher of a silk
button, a duellist, a duellist; a gentleman of the 25
very first house, of the first and second cause:
ah, the immortal passado! the punto reverso! the
hai!
BENVOLIO The what?
MERCUTIO The pox of such antic, lisping, affecting 30
fantasticoes; these new tuners of accents! ‘By Jesu,
a very good blade! a very tall man! a very good
whore!’ Why, is not this a lamentable thing,
grandsire, that we should be thus afflicted with
these strange flies, these fashion-mongers, these 35
perdona-mi’s, who stand so much on the new form,
that they cannot at ease on the old bench? O, their
bones, their bones!
Enter ROMEO
BENVOLIO Here comes Romeo, here comes Romeo.
MERCUTIO Without his roe, like a dried herring: flesh, flesh, 40
how art thou fishified! Now is he for the numbers
that Petrarch flowed in: Laura to his lady was but a
kitchen-wench; marry, she had a better love to
be-rhyme her; Dido a dowdy; Cleopatra a gipsy;
Helen and Hero hildings and harlots; Thisbe a grey 45
eye or so, but not to the purpose. Signior
Romeo, bon jour! there’s a French salutation
to your French slop. You gave us the counterfeit
fairly last night.
ROMEO Good morrow to you both. What counterfeit did I give you? 50
MERCUTIO The ship, sir, the slip; can you not conceive?
ROMEO Pardon, good Mercutio, my business was great; and in
such a case as mine a man may strain courtesy.
MERCUTIO That’s as much as to say, such a case as yours
constrains a man to bow in the hams. 55
ROMEO Meaning, to court’sy.
MERCUTIO Thou hast most kindly hit it.
ROMEO A most courteous exposition.
MERCUTIO Nay, I am the very pink of courtesy.
ROMEO Pink for flower. 60
MERCUTIO Right.
ROMEO Why, then is my pump well flowered.
MERCUTIO Well said: follow me this jest now till thou hast
worn out thy pump, that when the single sole of it
is worn, the jest may remain after the wearing sole singular. 65
ROMEO O single-soled jest, solely singular for the
singleness.
MERCUTIO Come between us, good Benvolio; my wits faint.
ROMEO Switch and spurs, switch and spurs; or I’ll cry a match.
MERCUTIO Nay, if thy wits run the wild-goose chase, I have 70
done, for thou hast more of the wild-goose in one of
thy wits than, I am sure, I have in my whole five:
was I with you there for the goose?
ROMEO Thou wast never with me for any thing when thou wast
not there for the goose. 75
MERCUTIO I will bite thee by the ear for that jest.
ROMEO Nay, good goose, bite not.
MERCUTIO Thy wit is a very bitter sweeting; it is a most
sharp sauce.
ROMEO And is it not well served in to a sweet goose? 80
MERCUTIO O here’s a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an
inch narrow to an ell broad!
ROMEO I stretch it out for that word ‘broad;’ which added
to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose.
MERCUTIO Why, is not this better now than groaning for love? 85
now art thou sociable, now art thou Romeo; now art
thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature:
for this drivelling love is like a great natural,

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Can you give a little more info??? I’d love to help you, but what do you mean, "connection?"

Erin!! | May 07, 2009

Kokoda (2006) IMDB rating: 6.20 Plot: A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.

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Does Australia owe its survival to the soldiers who fought in Kokoda?
There is a debate on whether Australia was fighting for it’s survival in 1942 because it is unknown whether the Japanese would invade it. If invasion theory was true, does Australia owe it’s survival solely to the soldiers who fought in Kokoda and the New Guinea campaign or must the Battle of Midway and Coral Sea be taken into account? Who does Australia owe it’s survival to?
However, if this invasion was a myth, what threatened Australia’s suvival that it was compelled to send out it’s troops? What were those men fighting for?

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The initial goal of the Japanese campaign in SE Asia was to seize the oil fields of Indonesia / Borneo.

Check.

Drive out Allied bases in the area that would interfere with the supply lines. Singapore, Philippines, Indo China.

Check.

Extend Japanese bases west to interfere with British attempts to retake those bases. Burma campaign.
Check.

Extend Japanese bases southeast to interfere with American/Australian attempts to build up forces to counterattack from that direction. Rabaul, Port Morsbrey, Guadalcanal.

Ooops.

Once the Japanese had established bases in New Guinea to support bases in the Solomons to attack the supply line from America to Australia, the next step was to eliminate the ability of Australia to be used as a threat against them, which was invade somewhere north of Brisbane and drive south.

The Japanese were not only concerned with the oil of the Dutch East Indies, but like their German allies, something called lieberstrand, literally "Living Room". Japan is CROWDED. China is filled with Chinese. Australia was a whole continent , comparatively barely settled, with a few people who could become comfort women or slave laborers, who’s army was 7,000 miles away fighting the Italians in North Africa.

The Japanese never had a detailed plan for Australia, the way, say, the Germans had "Sea Lion" for England, but it was next.

and yes, you Aussies owe your survival to the few Australian ..and one US regiment…that fought in those hellish conditions; to the improbable alliance of a vain aristocratic genius American general and a radical leftist Prime Minister who saw that "Australia must be defended in New Guinea"…….and yes, to the USN that stopped the sea born invasion of Port Morsebry which would have cut off the Allied troops ashore at Coral Sea; and to the USN ( and the cruisers Australia and Canberra ) and the US Marine Corps that stopped the right flank attack on the communication lines at Guadalcanal.

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Silver City (2004) IMDB rating: 6.10 Plot: Set against the backdrop of a mythic “New West,” a satire that follows grammatically-challenged, “user-friendly” candidate Dicky Pilager, scapegrace scion of Colorado’s venerable Senator Jud Pilager, during his gubernatorial campaign. When Pilager finds that he’s reeled in a corpse during the taping of an environmental political ad, his ferocious campaign manager, Chuck Raven, hires former idealistic journalist turned rumpled private detective Danny O’Brien to investigate potential links between the corpse and the Pilager family’s enemies. Danny’s investigation pulls him deeper and deeper into a complex web of influence and corruption, involving high stakes lobbyists, media conglomerates, environmental plunderers, and undocumented migrant workers.

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Why do Christians ignore Jesus' words in Matthew 10?
5 These twelve Jesus sent forth after he had charged them, saying: Into the road to the Gentiles go not, and into a city of the Samaritans enter not;

6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

9 Provide not gold, neither silver, nor brass in your girdles;

10 no bag for the journey, neither two coats, nor sandals, nor a staff; for the laborer is worthy of his support.

11 Into whatever city or village you enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till you go forth.

12 And when you enter a house, salute it.

13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

14 And whoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when you go out of that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.

Especially verse 5 and 14…
EDIT@me. Yes I do.
Now, do you have an answer or not?

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They lack the sense of answering a question is the reason why.

Sirius R?g?n?rat?d | Feb 04, 2010

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do you even understand those verses?
Me | Feb 04, 2010

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You have to be filled with the Holy Interpreter to understand those verses. SInce I am, I will explain. It means people are supposed to wait until planet Mars (called "city of the Samaritans") is inhabited before taking any action.
EddieJ | Feb 04, 2010

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I follow them every day.
masternachos | Feb 04, 2010

Cocoon (1985) IMDB rating: 6.60 Plot: Meet Art, Ben and Joe. Three simple, aging senior citizens who like to swim in an unguarded swimming pool next door from the old folks home they live in. So one day when they go swimming, they feel energized and “ready to take on the world!” What they don’t know is that the pool was recently bought by four alien Antereans incognito as humans. Art, Ben, Joe and their friends soon discover this and offer to help the Antereans return the cocoons back to Antarea and as a reward, they offer something magnificent.

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lining the track of my storm window were single cocoons with straw around them, maybe and inch long grey white?

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These will be the pupal stage of a moth of some sort. By your description of a storm window I guess that you are not in the UK so exactly which moth I could not tell you.
steve j | Jan 26, 2010

American Beauty (1999) IMDB rating: 8.50 Plot: Lester and Carolyn Burnham are on the outside, a perfect husband and wife, in a perfect house, in a perfect neighborhood. But inside, Lester is slipping deeper and deeper into a hopeless depression. He finally snaps when he becomes infatuated with one of his daughters friends. Meanwhile, his daughter Jane is developing a happy friendship with a shy boy-next-door named Ricky who lives with a homophobic father.

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What does this mean?
I was reading a biography on Mariah Carey and it said this

Her father, Alfred Roy Carey, was African-American and Venezuelan, and her mother, Patricia Hickey, was Irish American. Her racial background gave Mariah Carey her unique beauty.

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It means that her mix of a lot of races is what makes her beautiful.

Michelle | Jan 31, 2010

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its saying being biracial is beautiful

Racing Stripes (2005) IMDB rating: 5.30 Plot: In the middle of a raging thunderstorm, a traveling circus accidentally leaves behind some very precious cargo—a baby zebra. The gangly little foal is rescued by horse farmer Nolan Walsh, who takes him home to his young daughter Channing. Once a champion thoroughbred trainer, Walsh has given up horse training for a quiet life with Channing on their modest Kentucky farm. The little zebra, or “Stripes,” as Channing calls him, is soon introduced to the farm’s misfit troupe of barnyard residents, led by a cranky Shetland Pony named Tucker and Franny, a wise old goat who keeps the family in line. The group is joined by Goose, a deranged big-city pelican who’s hiding out in the sticks until the heat dies down in Jersey. The un-aptly named bloodhound Lightening keeps a lazy eye on goings-on at the farm – in between naps. The Walsh farm borders the Turfway Racetrack, where highly skilled thoroughbreds compete for horse racing’s top honor, the ultra-prestigious Kentucky Crown. From the first moment Stripes lays eyes on the track, he’s hooked—he knows that if he could just get the chance, he could leave all those other horses in the dust. What he doesn’t know is—he’s not exactly a horse. But with characteristic zeal, he devotes himself to training for the big time, with a little help from Tucker, who has coached a host of champion racehorses in the past.

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i want to get them removed and i was gonna bring it to a body shop, how much would they charge me?

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if they are painted you need body shop/if they are decals get hair drier and heat it up and slowly walk the drier along peeling the decal off/get a little polishing compound and some wax and go over the area
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Passchendaele (2008) IMDB rating: 7.30 Plot: Sergeant Michael Dunne fights in the 10th Battalion, AKA The “Fighting Tenth” with the 1st Canadian Division and participated in all major Canadian battles of the war, and set the record for highest number of individual bravery awards for a single battle.

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Battle Of Somme & Passchendaele Casualty Figures?
What were the casualty figures for the Battle Of The Somme and the Battle Of Passchendaele?

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It took an entire generation, read the books 1915, The Guns of August, etc.

Warbird Pilot | Oct 13, 2009

Manderlay (2005) IMDB rating: 7.60 Plot: In 1933, after leaving Dogville, while traveling with her father (Willem Dafoe) and his gangsters to the south of USA, Grace Margaret Mulligan (Bryce Dallas Howard) sees a slave ready to be punished in a property called Manderlay. The slavery had been abolished seventy years ago, and Grace becomes revolted with the attitude of the owners of Manderlay, keeping slaves in their cotton fields and following predetermined despicable rules called “Mam’s Law”. Grace decides to stay with some gangsters in Manderlay and give notions of democracy to the slaves and to the white family. When harvest time comes, Grace sees the social and economical reality of Manderlay.

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When will the film Manderlay be released in wide release in the U.S. or released on DVD? (I live in Oklahoma)?
I live in Oklahoma so there are no good film festivals or independent movie theatres anywhere remotely near me. I will probably have to wait until the DVD comes out… but when will that be? I can’t find any details on IMDB or on the Manderlay website. Thanks!
It is not already out on DVD, and I can’t find DVD release details anywhere on the internet. If you know the actual DVD release date, please put a citation in your answer. Thanks!

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It has only had a limited release since Jan 2006:

27 January 2006 (New York City, New York)
3 February 2006 (Los Angeles, California)

You didn’t let me know what City you live in, but one of the closest place you can see it is:

Carmike Peachtree 8 (Columbus,GA)

xoanontorn | Jun 04, 2006

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I’m guessing it is already out
kelly s | Jun 07, 2006

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2 months
Derrick Sandoval | Jun 08, 2006

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one day
aljanese | Jun 08, 2006

All the Days Before Tomorrow (2007) IMDB rating: 6.20 Plot: In this quirky episodic tale about a friendship that’s almost something more, Joey Kern and Alexandra Holden play pals who ought to be lovers, but their timing has never been right. When Alison (Holden) makes a late-night visit to Wes (Kern) on the eve of leaving for Tokyo to rejoin her beau, the two chums travel down an emotional memory lane, discovering truths about their relationship in the process. Richard Roundtree also stars as El Doctor, Wes’ mysterious and comical guardian angel.

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White Guys vs. Black Girls?
Hi.
Im a black girl. I never rly date a white guy before, but I highly think white guys are hot. Reasons why I never did is because their were none that I felt had no intrest in me but there were blacks/spanish behind me alot so why not just pursue those that pursue me, was mi motto. NOW recently in college theres this HOT im talking SMOKINNNGG white guy in mi class and we sat right next to each other. Im usually good at gettin the guys i want, BUT HIM? i feel like theres nooo way. First, because im black. Second, white girls are hot to. Third, I dont think black chicks are his type. Tomorrow im going to see him again, and I was hoping on talking to him making him mi first friend in the class since the semester just started few days ago. So Im excited. MI mind is tellin me the closest that i might get to him is friendship level and nothing past that because of me being black. FOR YOU WHITE GUYS OUT THERE, Would you date a black girl/?????????? Even if you normally dated inside ur race, would u atleast tried something new if u sensed a black girl had a thing for you…

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heck ya

good luck tomorrow
lesscaffeine | Feb 03, 2010

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i hate playin this game, i alway lose, totally sux.
Kyle | Feb 03, 2010

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Ummm it kind of depends i mean if its a hot black girl yess if shes ugly no amd it this offends anyone it was not mean to
Forrest Gump | Feb 03, 2010

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Honestly i (as a white guy) have been more atracted to black girls. the only white girl ive ever dated is my current girlfriend and that was just because shes amazing. and im not a wiger either. i think you have more than enough of a chance with him but for most guys the thing that turns them off is the ghetto black girls im not trying to be mean either.
shawn | Feb 03, 2010

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I’m not a guy, but I think I can help you. I’m white, and I have never dated a guy that wasn’t white. But I think that black guys are EFFIN HOT! But I haven’t ever dated a black man because only white men have pursued me. So maybe you should pursue him and let him know you’re interested. Your skin color honestly shouldn’t matter, it doesn’t make you any different, you’re still a person. So just flirt with him and maybe get to know him a little better. Maybe he will like you too.
Stoner | Feb 03, 2010

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If this guy is a typical college student, then he should be open-minded. You should also try to get to know him better as a friend and then flirt with him. As a white college student, I’d definitley say that some guys feel uncomfortable dating outside their race, but you should show him your personality and then maybe something will develop. Good luck!
Henry | Feb 03, 2010

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I have seen a lot of different colors of people being with each other. One of my best friends is a black woman married to a white guy and he’s the sweetest guy you can meet. But that’s not the only people I am friends with that have a person of a different race loving them. I hate when people get all up tight about race like white people should be with white people that’s BS. I love everyone and don’t care what you look like as long as your a nice person who treats me the same as I want to be treated. My opinion is if the person making you happy no matter what race they are they make you happy and that’s that ^_^. GOOD LUCK I HOPE IT WORKS
Melissa H | Feb 03, 2010

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I would say no, and that is because I think that we as people should stick to our own race. How are we supposed to all be different if we all look alike. We are different for a reason and I think that it should stay that way.
Chris | Feb 03, 2010

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i’m a white girl
but i have a lot of guy friends who are white.
who i NEVER would think would date a black girl.. just from how they act
but i heard a lot of them talking and to be honest as long as you’re pretty they don’t care what color!
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yeah i’d say go for it! try to talk to him, you know get to be his friend make a connection idk facebook or getting his number or whatever. but try to flirt a little bit because you sure never know!
my boyfriend almost dated a black girl before me too

i don’t think you should have to worry about your skin color getting in the way but i know what you mean i’ve wondered that about myself when flirting with a black guy before.
but don’t hold back because of something like that b.c. i’m sure he’d give you a chance )

good luck! go get himmm haha.
laurenxlame | Feb 03, 2010

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I dated a black woman and she was hot – like in the song "Some Girls" by the Rolling Stones. Great memories and yes, I would do it again.
bmy | Feb 03, 2010

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its like this……white guys don’t think black girls are hot. they never do. but black guys think white chicks are hotter than fire. sorry, its just the ghetto. black girls are just too ghetto and they look dirty too. the way they talk, act and the clothes they wear, don’t make them palatable to white guys. like u said, there is not way with this white guy. there are numerous other white hot chicks there for him to date. again, even if he wanted to date u, it will only be for sex. he won’t wanna introduce u to his family cos mommy and daddy and would freak out. am white, and i really will date a black girl only if she was as pretty as Hally berry, Alicia Keys, Beyonce and Ciara. anything less than that is crap to me. sorry. i got a lot of white chicks out there.
rhymez80k | Feb 03, 2010

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personally, ( im a white guy) i don’t tend to be attracted to black girls, except for a select few. But i wouldn’t call it out of the question.
Kevin | Feb 03, 2010

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i am a white girl and i feel the same way with african american guys, like i really like this one guy who is african american but not so sure if they would want their own race better, however you should go for it because who knows he might be interested, color shouldnt matter to him and if it does he is messed and you deserve someone way better! (:
Jellianne | Feb 03, 2010

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Everyone feels like that sometimes trust me i know i did until i told the white guy in my class that i liked him yeah and he did too..lol don’t let race get in between you guys i suggest you let him know. Most white guys don’t care where the girl is from they like cute pretty or hot chicks with nice personalities.So go ahead tell him how you feel i am sure hell respond positively unless hes racist.
fashion<3 | Feb 03, 2010

8 Mile (2002) IMDB rating: 6.60 Plot: A rap version of “Saturday Night Fever.” B-Rabbit, a wannabe rapper from the wrong side of Detroit’s 8 Mile, has problems: he dumps his girlfriend when she tells him she’s pregnant; to save money to make a demo tape, he moves into his alcoholic mom’s trailer; his job’s a dead end, and he’s just choked at the local head-to-head rap contest. Things improve when he meets Alex – an aspiring model headed for New York – and a fast-talking pal promises to set up the demo. Then new setbacks: Alex isn’t faithful, mom rejects him, rifts surface with his friends, and he’s mugged by rivals. Everything hinges on the next rap showdown at the club. Can B-Rabbit pull truth out of his cap?

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Comeback run strategy for tomorrow?
Hi. I have been laid low by a cold for the past 8 days but feel like I am ready to make it to a 5KM race tomorrow. Any ideas how I should plan this race. I want to run it in under 24 mins (I guess that is like 7:40 mile) do you think I should hold back in the first couple Ks?

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Let’s see what I can suggest…

A cold for a week is a double edged sword.

If you rest for a week before an important race then you are full of energy and recovered enough from your training to really go for it. Any little problems should have cured themselves and you are refuelled – if your previous training was good you should be in your peak condition. Obviously you can’t rest for 8 days every week and hope to get a good time each weekend – so the rest period has to follow a period of good training.

So you have had 8 days rest… which should be good apart from the next point

After having a cold. A cold does more than you think for a runner. You don’t sleep so well for the week which slows recovery from day to day living, to fight the cold your body uses it’s fuel stores (the heat rise in a flu is caused by this) and you might not eat so well – leaving your fuel reserves a bit depleted.

So 8 days rest and a cold – the best and worse you can have I think. If you look at it you might say that they balance each other and you should be able to run a normal training run paced race.

I would enter the race but forget the time. Treat it like a training run with other people.

However it is a race… I ran a 5k "Fun Run" at the end of last year and as I left the flat I said to the GF "This is a fun run, I will start in the middle, jog round and have a laugh with the other runners" and then we all lined up and I ’somehow’ ended up on the front row… well that was it, the red racing mist came along and as 1 lad raced away I thought "I can catch him" and that was the last of the fun run idea of jogging round!

What I am saying there is that you can go out tomorrow thinking you will treat it as a fun training run, but when you line up, well it turns into a race…..

So what I would suggest is to leave the watch at home (if you run with one). When you set off run the first part thinking "I can run faster", for the first 750m to 1km. After that you will be nicely warmed up and know how well you are running and feeling. If you are going OK then start to pick of the people in front, overtake them and pick up your speed.

Holding back in the 2nd KM? I would just start going of it then – if you go slow for 40% of a race, then you aren’t going to get a good time.
whycantigetagoodnickname | Feb 05, 2010

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Holding back, as long as you dont hold back too much for reaching your goal, is a frequently used plan after coming back from illness. It allows you to re-assess your new fitness level, albeit lower than before, and allow you to decide when to push hard or lay off. Also, a sub-24 minutes attempt would mean any miles time under 8 minutes per mile, each mile.
James | Feb 05, 2010