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The New York City Marathon has posted the race numbers for participants.  I got 36423, which translates to the last corral of the wave 2 green start.  Just being in the race is very cool, and I don't want to come across as a big complainer but this is just not my first choice for a [...]

Not quite sure how it happened, but I caught the cross training bug this week.  Coming off the Staten Island Half Marathon on Sunday and preparing for a 20-22 mile run this weekend, I didn't want to overdue anything.  When getting this close to the marathon I start getting paranoid about every little ache and pain, [...]

With a successful Staten Island Half Marathon today, I completed the NYRR Grand Prix circuit for the first time ever!  Last year I only missed Manhattan, so I've completed 9 GP events in a row. Summary: Manhattan - 1:59:05 Bronx - 1:56:54 (PR) Brooklyn - 1:56:41 (PR) Queens - 2:17:01 Staten Island - 2:00:20 My [...]

In 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 [...]

Few notes for a Thursday morning: I got wave start #2 for the New York City Marathon.  Means I'll be starting at 10am.  Also implied is that it won't take 25 minutes to cross the start line again - that was miserable last year!  They have not yet posted our actual numbers, so don't know [...]

Was able to get a 4 miler in this morning, my typical run to the end of East River Park and back.  First morning weekday run for me since 8/8.  Nice time of 35:55.  At 50 degrees, the weather was perfect.  Lots of people running - got passed a few times and was able to [...]

NYRR had already announced the wave start for the New York City Marathon this year, but now also announced that they will enhance the use of splits this year. Of course, the wonderful NYRR and Marathon websites make absolutely no mention of the news, but I read it in the new Fall 2008 issue of the [...]

Great news!  I was able to get a good long run in on Sunday.  20.7 miles in total, in 3:37.  Check it out here. Anyone who follows me here knows that I have had some good runs, and also some bad ones.  The bad ones are usually on days when it is hot, or humid.  [...]

Lot's of great New York City Marathon coverage in the November 2008 issue of Runners World. I'm only 25 pages into the issue and there is already an article about the Judd Ehrlich documentary about Fred Lebow, 'backstory' sidebar about Mary Wittenberg, links to coverage on runnersworld.com, and what looks to be several features related [...]