Yesterday was the Cherry Tree 10 mile race, 3 loops around Prospect Park, organized by the Prospect Park Track Club. This was originally not on my radar, because I'm deep in marathon training, and I knew this race was at the tail end of a vacation I was taking in California. However, once I realized [...]
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New York City Marathon Race Report – Part II
November 25, 2009 – Posted in: New York City Marathon Race Reports runningI know, I know, it is late, but better late than never! Check out part 1 here: As I started on the 2nd half of the marathon, I really felt completely comfortable, and happy with my pacing. However, the voices in the back of my head said “you should still be feeling good at this point, [...]
New York City Marathon Race Report – Part I
November 10, 2009 – Posted in: Race Reports runningWow, hard to believe another year has gone by and another New York City Marathon has also come and past. This is the third year in a row that I ran, and my 7th NYC since 1996. As I've also run in 4 other marathons, this was my 11th overall. My goal, of course, was [...]
Nike Human Race Race Report
October 26, 2009 – Posted in: Race ReportsSaturday, Oct 24, 2009, was "the day the world runs", and I took part in the New York event, a 10k race in Prospect Park in Brooklyn. I jumped at the chance to run this race, because, I enjoy running in Prospect Park and rarely do. Only chance I really have has been at the Brooklyn [...]
Staten Island Half Marathon Race Report
October 13, 2009 – Posted in: New York City Marathon NYRR Race Reports runningLet me start by saying that I love the Staten Island Half Marathon. Of the Grand Prix events, I enjoy this 2nd most, just behind Brooklyn. The course is not particular difficult, has great water vistas and great views of the Verrazano Bridge. It also has a wonderful staging area in the parking lot of [...]
NYC Marathon Tune Up Race Report
September 28, 2009 – Posted in: New York City Marathon Race ReportsFirst, couple of things to get out of the way before I get into the race details: 1) On long races like this, you overhear lots of things. The best one today was this exchange between guy and gal. Gal - "Are you running the marathon this year". Guy - "No". Gal - "Why are [...]
Shore Runners Summer Showdown Race Report
September 20, 2009 – Posted in: Race ReportsAs 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 [...]
Salsa, Blues, Shamrocks and … PRs!
March 2, 2009 – Posted in: Race Reports runningRan the Coogan's Salsa, Blues and Shamrocks 5k race yesterday morning. Actually, almost didn't run it, because I forgot to pre-register. I really enjoy this race - 5k's are very rare and this race is a special challenge because of the hills - and have had this on my radar since the 2009 calendar went [...]
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 [...]
Staten Island Half Marathon
October 12, 2008 – Posted in: Race ReportsIn short, had a pretty spectacular race. Finished in 2:00:20. The day started out with an early morning ferry ride to SI. I took the 6:30 ferry so I could chill out and enjoy a bit of serenity before the masses arrived on the 7:30 ferry. It was a perfect ride. Still dark when we [...]
