Happy to see NYRR announcing a triathlon (their first???) , to be held in Flushing Meadows Park, on August 23rd. This is big news, and maybe a sign to come of more triathlon events in the New York City area. Right now, besides the New York City Triathlon, we are limited to the New York Triathlon Club [...]
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Nice 10.3 miler
May 25, 2009 – Posted in: runningAfter yesterday's freak out about the Brooklyn Half Marathon, I went out tonight for a 10.3 mile run - my 3 bridges 3 boros course. Finished in approx 1:40, which included several stops to drink, and one bodega stop by buy a water. I was very satisfied overall and think I'm in fine shape for the [...]
Nervous about Brooklyn Half Marathon
May 24, 2009 – Posted in: bike runningGetting a bit jittery about the Brooklyn Half Marathon coming up next Saturday. Since the Austin Marathon in mid-Feb, I've only had one run over 7 miles. I've been putting a fair amount of miles in, and was well trained for marathon distance 3 months ago, so will just have to hope that is [...]
First hot weather run of the year
May 23, 2009 – Posted in: East River Park running weatherI was very naive at the start. The humidity was not high, and the temperature didn't seem too crazy, at 84 degrees, but it was still the afternoon and the sun was shining. That, combined with not having run in anything higher than 72 degrees since early September (except for a couple of rough runs [...]
A Race With No (Good) Name
May 21, 2009 – Posted in: swim triathlonMost races we run in have nice catchy names, worst case named after city or location (New York City Marathon, Austin Marathon, Brooklyn Half Marathon, etc), and in the best case, a wonderfully creative name (Grandma's Marathon, Flying Pig Marathon, and my new favorite, Slacker Half Marathon). A quick check at Daily Mile shows the [...]
Nice track workout
May 20, 2009 – Posted in: East River Park running Speed WorkoutInspired by Runners World, (although I still want to know how to properly run a true mile on the track) I set out to do a track workout at East River Park. Needed to be sure I timed it just right. If you go too late, and it is dark, the lighting is terrible. If [...]
A new feature
May 18, 2009 – Posted in: videoCheck out my first video! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbbWmYeDdyU]
Track workouts – Runners World
May 17, 2009 – Posted in: East River Park runningWhile I don't do track workouts all that often, I do enjoy them. My 'home' track is at East River Park. It is about 1.1 miles from my front door to the track, which is a perfect warm up / cool down distance. In the last year, my typical track workout is 2 x 1 [...]
A Rather Blustery Day
May 17, 2009 – Posted in: bike runningWas too busy last week to get much exercise in. I was only able to play softball on Tuesday (7-6 loss in extra innings) and go for a run last Monday night. The run was a hill workout, over the Williamsburg Bridge and back. My anger has fizzled over the last week, but I was [...]
Too busy, grumble grumble, to blog…
May 16, 2009 – Posted in: Time time time...and also too busy to run, bike or swim, apparently. In a long all day seminar Friday at Sat (today), so back on the running, biking, swimming, and blogging horse tomorrow! Sarcastic good news of the day - flat tire as I pulled up to hotel holding the seminar. Now I have something to do [...]
