Word: paces
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...halfway point I was on pace for a 2:42 finish, way ahead of where I wanted to be. I wished the people would stop cheering so I could slow down...
...miles came the ascent over the Queensboro Bridge, taking us out of Queens and into Manhattan. Going uphill and facing a stiff headwind, I slowed my pace...
After about 18 miles the blocks seemed to get longer and I could feel pace getting slower. I walked some and took water more often. The crowd was yelling for me to push...
After passing through the Bronx, we went into Harlem where the spectators were going wild. Music blasted from a huge stereo system and everyone was clapping to the beat. I picked up the pace and headed down 5th Avenue toward Central Park...
Though such steps are heartening, concerned academics like Harry Edwards remain impatient at the slow pace of fundamental change. Berkeley, which has joined the Lapchick consortium, has not yet enrolled any local pros. Neighboring University of San Francisco has enlisted just one. Meanwhile, the majority of major sports colleges go on shuffling their players through, mainly to the limbo of underqualified, often marginally employed ex-jocks. "It's a plantation system," growls Edwards. "They use up (the athletes), and when they're finished, there's no place...