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High School:St. Ignatius
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#34
None   April 26, 2008 at 2:55pm
she's cute
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#33
Bénédicte (carro Fan)   April 4, 2008 at 1:18pm
great video! I really enjoyed it.
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#32
Caroline From SWE   April 3, 2008 at 3:48am
Great video Mark! You should definitly come to Sweden more often and meet some more of our Swedish-athletes.
It was so much fun to see you practising a little bit you're self as well. Keep up the good work!
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#31
Swifty   February 5, 2008 at 10:29pm
Oh yeah!
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#30
girl_loves_2_run   February 3, 2008 at 5:37pm
nice work, Mark!

go, Carolina!!
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#29
Siri   January 28, 2008 at 2:38pm
mark, you are a legend. your work keeps getting better and better- flotrack 2008 is especially off to a great start. videos like these bring our sport to life and would surely bring more fans to the sport. carolina is a fun-loving as usual. hope when she retires (in a few decades) she could lead the iaaf! next time you get to hang out with her, i hope you will practice some swedish too!
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#28
John Davis   January 22, 2008 at 12:58pm
Wow this is great. Mark you are gonna be one rich man when I make you the Executive Producer of NBC and ESPN Track Coverage!
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#27
Mark From Flotrack   January 21, 2008 at 11:42pm
Thanks Goucherette.
It was fun
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#26
K Gouch   January 21, 2008 at 5:15pm
Mark- this video is awesome! You are doing such a great job, loved this!
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#25
Thad Moren   January 21, 2008 at 3:20am
Transcribed and instantly blogged... http://www.teamolympians.com "I think it is not about the results or being a champion, it's about finding your thing and living your dream."

And my dream would be to have a "little" gym like that to play in by myself and share with guys wanting to long jump in jeans.
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#24
Dj Twan   January 21, 2008 at 12:50am
that was really cool. Another athlete's personality brought to life. You're a pioneer Mark, keep it up.
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#23
Christina Floreani   January 20, 2008 at 6:06pm
Alright mark! One of your best--of your videos, jumps, and backflips--all in one! Definitely golden.
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#22
Shelbinator   January 19, 2008 at 7:51pm
This was a cool video getting to see inside a field event persons life, very refreshing.
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#21
Stephanie Lowe   January 19, 2008 at 7:43pm
learn2spell,
"its" should be "it's," as in "it is."
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#20
Learn2spell   January 19, 2008 at 12:47pm
so "YOUR" telling me...
its "YOU'RE"
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#19
AmericanFyeah   January 19, 2008 at 7:11am
PR = United States
PB = The rest of the world, including the IAAF
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#18
Schoolsy_x   January 18, 2008 at 4:09pm
Mark is having too much fun.
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#17
Kluuuuuu   January 18, 2008 at 3:23pm
Sweet Love her!
seems pretty cool
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#16
Lurk   January 18, 2008 at 2:22pm
Nice Dumb and Dumber reference.
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#15
John Doe   January 18, 2008 at 1:54pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
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#14
Mark From Flotrack   January 18, 2008 at 1:41pm
Yes

Mark Flo
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#13
Tim Christian   January 18, 2008 at 12:01pm
So Mark, while Carolina's helping you with these backflips, did you ever think to yourself, "crap, if I kick her in the face, or if she lands funny on her ankle while she's messing around with me, I just injured one of the greatest Hept women of all time and it will be completely my fault..." ?
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#12
Floie   January 18, 2008 at 9:32am
Wow, another great interview... Crazy stuff....
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#11
Robert E. Lee   January 18, 2008 at 9:28am
Very good!
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#10
Dave Fontaine   January 18, 2008 at 9:10am
Her event is so incredibly underrated in the US. Great video. Mrs. Kluft is gonna be in Boston this weekend. Is flotrack? Or do i need to bring a camera of my own?
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#9
Rebecca DJ   January 18, 2008 at 7:41am
she is a such a beast. most inspiring, compelling, remarkable athlete ever. I totally wanna be her when I grow up.
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#8
Stanhope_x   January 18, 2008 at 6:12am
Kluft!!! :-D The best add to track and field... no worry about JG, MJ or TM... she's the one and only STAR!!!
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#7
ANON   January 18, 2008 at 3:37am
Loved your beast of a run-up for the long jump. Your backflips were inspiring. Awesome vid.
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#6
JKLondon_x   January 18, 2008 at 2:54am
Best Video Yet!
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#5
David Williams   January 18, 2008 at 2:25am
Mark, looks like you're having a blast man. Keep up the great work.
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Cheryl_x   January 18, 2008 at 1:12am
Carolina's comment at the end about living your dream was really good. She's an inspiration. Maybe one day we will all grow up and be just like her.
Congrats on the 5.07 meters!
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#3
D   January 18, 2008 at 1:11am
that is one of the best videos yet. Great Job
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#2
William Rogers   January 18, 2008 at 1:01am
great video. how cool is it to be "coached" for a day by the best female athlete in the world?

you look like you're following her advice man. Livin' the dream.
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#1
Stephanie Lowe   January 18, 2008 at 12:25am
Were you wearing jeans? hahahahaha
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When I grow Up

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Whenever I film workouts I always get the urge to participate. I want to pace the first 200 of 300s or at least do the cool down. Sometimes I find myself stretching for no good reason other than when I think I can still do any workout even though I spend all my time in front of a computer or behind a camera. Most of the time I am filming distance runners, but yesterday I was hanging out with Carolina Kluft and she was doing jumps, so of course I started seeing how far I could jump, trying to match Carolina's PR or PB depending on where you are from. Carolina's PB is 6.97 meters and my first jump went abysmal 4 odd meters. So I decided to make a goal of getting over 5 meters. After coaching from the best female athlete in the world and a lot of tries I .............. Well I will let you watch the video. Hope everyone who is running this weekend gets the job done, I look forward to seeing some PBs and PRs from the community.

Later
Mark Flo

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