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Predictions and rankings: NCRunners.com offers its final rankings for private schools (High Point Christian boys No. 8, Caldwell girls No. 9). And a panel of six coaches makes predictions for the team standings at the N.C. High School Athletic Association state meets Saturday at Tanglewood Park in Clemmons.

More on the state meet: NCPrepTrack.net is aggregating content as it is available.

Margaret Banks' blog: The News & Record assistant sports editor begins blogging about her training for the half-marathon of the North Carolina Marathon in March in High Point.

Charlotte editor's New York moment: Theoden Janes, the Charlotte Observer's features editor, like me, writes a blog about the running community as a side task to the day job. Janes writes about his experience at the New York City Marathon.

A run in the slow lane: The New York Times' Tara Parker-Pope also ran the race and writes about the back of the pack.

Best-laid plans: Greensboro's RunnerDude, Thad McLaurin, writes about recent plans that went awry.

And for your viewing: NYC winner Meb Keflezighi presents the Top 10 on "The Late Show with David Letterman."