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March 2011

March Madness Race Report

– Posted in: bike Race Reports running

Yesterday was the March Madness Biathlon in Central Park.  First the vitals: Overall time - 1:28:08 Overall place - 197/376 Age Group - 26/41 Splits: Run (2.3 miles) - 19:41 T1 - 1:00 Bike (12 miles) - 46:10 T2 - 1:42 Run (2.3 miles) - 19:32 History of Central Park Biathlons: 9/16/2007 - 1:24:45 3/30/2008 [...]

Updates and upcoming races

– Posted in: injury Looking Ahead sick

Just wanted to catch you up on what's happening with me. In the last two weeks, I've been dealing with a bunch of issues, it seems. First, I've had these nagging injuries that don't all seem to want to go away. Two weeks ago I went for a bike ride on Tuesday night and followed [...]

A great day, with Beer!

– Posted in: injury Meetups running

Today was a great day.  Well, after the bit about losing an hour of sleep last night was done, I suppose... First, I loved today's #dailymission on dailymile, asking people what they do with their race bibs after the race is done.  For me, I have a manila folder that they all get shoved into, [...]

Flat Tire in NJ

– Posted in: bike

Got a flat tire on my bike ride today in NJ.  You can see the incompleteness of my route in the picture.  This was not supposed to be a point-to-point ride :) I've been trying to ease back into biking, in the lead up to the March Madness Biathlon, which is coming up in 2 [...]

LIRRC 4 Miler Race Report

– Posted in: Race Reports running

Today I ran a 4 mile PR at the LIRRC race at Eisenhower Park! I had decided not to sign up for the Coogan's 5k race, which was also today, and then found I actually had time to race, so decided at the last minute to go out to LI. This fit for me as [...]

First Ride of the Year

– Posted in: bike

While I will run in just about any weather condition, and usually enjoy myself, on the bike I'm a bit of a wimp.  I don't like riding in cold weather.  I don't have the right gear, and having my extremities cold is really annoying, and so I just bide my time until the weather warms before I [...]

Loving Runmeter

– Posted in: Uncategorized

I'm a tech guy at heart, and over the years have experimented with different tech related to running.  While I skipped the whole Garmin movement in the last 2-3 years, I did previously toy with the old Timex model that GPS-mapped runs based on a device you would strap to your arm.  That was awful, [...]

Cupid’s Chase 5k Race Report

– Posted in: Race Reports running

Found this sitting in my drafts.  Little bit late... :) On Saturday (well, a few Saturday's ago at this point) I ran the Cupid's Chase 5k in Riverside Park.  All in all, I really enjoyed the event.  It is refreshing to be able to run a small 5k in the confines of Manhattan Island, and [...]

Feb 2011 in Review

– Posted in: Month End Summaries

Running – 82.4 miles over 12 runs.  15 straight months over 70 miles! While I have definitely stepped back a little this year from prior years, I had 2 marathon long training runs which boosted the total.  As the weather warms, I expect to get out on my bike more and run less.  At the [...]