I recieved my Marathon Handbook in the mail this past week, and noticed that one of the 'changes for 2009' is the switch from ChampionChip to the Chronotrack DTag timing system. Then, this weekend, I was trying to do some planning for upcoming races, and noticed that many (all?) of the upcoming 2009 races are [...]
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Brooklyn Half Marathon Nearing Capacity
May 8, 2009 – Posted in: NYRRNYRR announced that the Brooklyn Half Marathon, on May 30, is nearing capacity, and registration will soon close. So, if you want to run and are not signed up, go quickly! My original impression was that it was just the Central Park races that were capped, not all races. Perhaps I mis-understood? Good to know... [...]
NYRR Grand Prix
March 4, 2009 – Posted in: NYRR runningI'm a bit behind with my running news, but a few weeks ago I received a package from NYRR recognizing my completion of the Half Marathon Grand Prix for 2008. Last year was the first time I completed the full Grand Prix, finishing all five of the NYRR half marathons. Do I get bonus points [...]
Getting my bike and swim on
February 28, 2009 – Posted in: bike gym swimTime to start focusing on the swim and bike portions of the triathlon as I start training for the New York City Triathlon, coming up late July. Took a couple of big steps today. First, took my bike into Metro Bikes to get a tune up. In addition to basic free tune up I get [...]
What happened to Brooklyn?
February 6, 2009 – Posted in: NYRR runningThanks to Run Dangerously, I see that the Brooklyn Half Marathon date is again up in the air for 2009. I, for one, would love to see it moved back to March, or even April, where it belongs. I've already bemoaned the original May 30 date. Who knows what's going on. On a related note, [...]
Manhattan Half Marathon Race Report
January 26, 2009 – Posted in: Austin Marathon 2009 Race ReportsWord of the day was COLD. No way around it. 14 degrees at the start and not much higher at the finish. The CNN clock said 14 degrees at the start, still said 14 degrees one hour later at the 6 mile mark, and then was up to 15 degrees two hours later at the [...]
Fred Lebow 5 Mile Race Report
January 11, 2009 – Posted in: Austin Marathon 2009 NYRR Race Reports runningThe Fred Lebow 5 mile race is one of my favorite road races of the year. It honors a man that I respect and look up to - he inspired me in the first few years as I was getting started. Also, the race is traditionally the first scored race on the calendar, in early [...]
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 [...]
