Countdown to Austin Marathon - 59 days! This is a very busy week, so little time to run. No running Tuesday or Wednesday. With a really bad forecast on Friday, I decided to get a late night run in tonight. Went out at 10:30, and did the 5.2 mile 2 loop tour of Stuyvesant Town, [...]
December 2008
Volunteer policy change for 2009 New York City Marathon
December 17, 2008 – Posted in: NYRR runningAnyone with an interest in running the New York City Marathon already knows that for automatic entry, if you are a NYRR member, you need to run 9 qualifying races, plus volunteer once during the year. NYRR has announced that they will extend the volunteer period to the end of January for qualification for the 2009 New York [...]
Recovery run, plus Straw interview
December 16, 2008 – Posted in: runningMade it out at around 10pm tonight for a 5.2 mile recovery run, twice around Stuyvesant Town in the service roads. It was a balmy 61 degrees, with light rain. This was actually my third straight day of running, which for me is very unusual. I built some handy dandy Excel formulas, and see that [...]
64 degrees? 6:30pm? For real?
December 15, 2008 – Posted in: UncategorizedWow - gotta get out and run tonight. It will probably be a late run as I know I'm occupied till at least 10ish. Tuesday forecast? light snow and sleet likely in the afternoon.
Super fast (record breaking!) 4 mile run
December 14, 2008 – Posted in: East River Park runningI was a little unhappy that I cut yesterday's planned 10.3 mile run down to 6.5 miles, so decided to go out again today. Conditions were perfect for a hard 4 mile run in East River Park. Temps in the low 40's, little wind, and time to run in the middle of the day (daylight!). [...]
Tourist dodging in NYC
December 13, 2008 – Posted in: Austin Marathon 2009 runningCountdown to the Austin Marathon - 64 days to go! Very excited about Austin. Today, I've been transferring some of my recorded New York City Marathon coverage to DVD, so am getting in the spirit again. I was out this morning to run some errands, and it was very cold and windy. When I saw [...]
Good ole fashioned soaking
December 12, 2008 – Posted in: Austin Marathon 2009 runningWent out for a run last night in the pouring rain, and had a great time! My last run had been on Monday night. By last night, Thursday, I was really itching to get out for a run. Been busy lately and wasn't able to get any running in on Tues or Wed. I also [...]
Would rather be running
December 9, 2008 – Posted in: running56 beautiful degrees outside, and I can't run due to other obligations :( I'll hopefully get up for an early run in the morning...
Jam Packed Weekend
December 8, 2008 – Posted in: East River Park runningHad a very busy weekend running around all over the place. Was at my house in New Jersey Friday night into Saturday lunchtime. Had to get all the leaves out from the back of the house to the street. Hard labor, but fun. My 13 year old helped me drag the tarp out and back [...]
NYRR Race Participation Cap
December 5, 2008 – Posted in: runningBreaking news! I see on the NYRR site that they are announcing a cap of 5000 runners for most races starting in Jan. It is a great testament to the popularity of running events and the increase in participation in the 15 years I've been participating. I remember fondly the races that used to start [...]
