November 2008

I'm a firm believer that speed workouts is a great way to get faster.  The only problem is, I hate them!  I have a hard time doing them on my own, which is why at least for one session a year, I'll take the 10 week NYRR running class.  Since the next session doesn't start [...]

Thinking ahead to 2009 a little bit. NYRR has released dates for Jan - March races.  I'll most likely run the Fred Lebow 5 mile race, on 1/10.  I love this race.  It is the first race of the year (with the exception of the New Years Eve run), is usually around my birthday (1/9) [...]

Dragged my butt out of bed at 6:30 this morning and was out the door at 7:15 for a nice 10.3 mile tour of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.  Have a full plate of familiy activites today, so my only real chance to get a 10 miler in was first thing this morning.  Despite the cold [...]

I have a few minutes to kill, so I'm sitting outside at Madison Square Park (awesome free wifi by the way), freezing, but catching up on email, blogs, etc.  Hopefully I'll get a run in later tonight, but with the cold weather, I'm just kind of curious what the weather is like in Austin in [...]

7:15am - waiting for the M15 bus on 1st Ave to take 7 year old to school, watching the snowflakes come down.  Can't really call it a snow flurry, really just a few flakes, but exciting. 10:15pm - running around the Stuytown loop, watching a few snowflakes come down.  Again, can't even call it a [...]

It feels like it has been forever since I last wrote in my blog.  It's actually been 9 days, which is too long a break.  It's just been hard to get the time to sit and write.  Life is pretty hectic right now and it's hard enough just to find the time to exercise, let [...]

This year, I've proved that stepping up the training will lower your marathon time.  I dropped 20 minutes off my time from last year, and I think it was a direct result of running 605 miles from Jan-Oct, rather than the 447 miles I ran last year. However, there is still room for improvement, and [...]

Nice little 4.6 mile run last night.  44:28.  First run since the marathon.  For the most part, my muscle soreness seemed to have retreated, and I was itching to get out for some exercise.  Took awhile to loosen up.  Right hamstring was tight, which went away pretty quickly, and also I could feel the plantar fasciitis [...]

I've read lots of reviews and accounts of the New York City Marathon - I thought this one was the best: http://www.runblogrun.com/2008/11/ing_new_york_marathon_2008some.html