September 2009

While reading this season's issue of New York Runner (Fall 2009), the periodic publication of New York Road Runners, came across an interesting tidbit in an article about the upcoming New York City Marathon: "This year, a few adjustments - including a new placement of the start on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and an expanded loop [...]

My New York City Marathon training is going really well so far.  My older nagging injuries (groin pain and knee tendonitis) have gone away.  The strong back spasm I suffered after the NYC Triathlon is all better as well.  I've already even gotten over the typical fall cold, sinus infection.  Finally, the weather is cooperating [...]

Went out for a 4 mile run yesterday, and I definitely got the 'autopilot' feeling.  The one where running feels very fluid, very consistent, and feeling like I could run for miles.  I don't get there too often, but really enjoy it.  My autopilot pace felt like around 9:30 per mile.  Hope I can continue to [...]

Great effort by Ryan Hall to win the Philadelphia Distance Run half marathon yesterday, in a tune up for the New York City Marathon.  Beat out 3 Kenyan's with a strong last mile, to finish in 61:52, winning by 4 seconds! http://running.competitor.com/news/hall-ndereba-win-2009-ing-philadelphia-distance-run_5623

Had been planning a recovery run this morning.  Did 17.5 miles on Saturday night, which went really well by the way, and although not quite fully recovered, would be feeling good enough to get a run in this morning. However, not meant to be.  When working in my yard in my NJ house on Saturday, [...]

As I said in my August 2009 month in review post, "better late than never".  This race was almost a month ago, on Aug 22, but it is still important for me to write up the race, how I did, and my impressions. First of all, one of my goals is to run in more [...]

Over the last month, I sort of fell out of the habit of posting in my blog. First, I was a bit depressed after having a bad back spasm after the New York City Triathlon.  It was really crazy to be on such a high after crossing the finish line, and then being on such [...]

Better late than never, I suppose! Running – 88.3 miles over 16 runs.  Actually a pretty spectacular month.  By far, most miles ever done in August.  Also, I'm hard pressed to find another month where I had as many as 16 runs in the month.  And all that on the heels of a severe lower [...]