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Not only have I been bad in the last week about posting to my blog, but I've been equally as bad in getting my runs in!  In fact, I missed a whole week of running.  I had a nice long run a week ago Sunday, and then didn't run again until this past Sunday. The [...]

Finally got my long run in last night.  17.5 miles!  3:08.  See the route here.  Generally speaking, felt great.  Little slower than I would have liked, and definitely a little tough in the small uphills on 1st ave in the last 3 miles.  Good news was that I was very strong up the 59th St [...]

Great bounceback tonight after Sunday's Dreadful, Disasterous, Depressing and Demoralizing Queens Half Marathon. Had a great speed workout tonight in running class.  While still a tad hotter than perfect for me, the weather was more my style.  66 degrees!  Workout was two 2-mile tempo runs around the lower loop in Central Park.  First of all, [...]

Wow that was hard.  At least for me.  As readers of my blog know, I HATE running in the summer and HATE running in the heat and humidity.  The conditions on Sunday morning were very humid and it really killed me.  While not nearly as bad as the humidity the previous week for the fitness [...]

Picked up new shoes Tuesday.  The last pair was Saucony Grid Hurricane.  Got more mileage out of those shoes than I ever have before - 378 miles.  Also have not had any injury problems with them.  So, just picked up another pair of Hurricane's.  New model is mostly black - very stylish.  Nothing like the [...]

Busy weekend, so only able to post this race report now for the fitness Mind, Body, Spirit Games 4 mile race this past Saturday.  I was defintely a little nervous about the weather, since Tropical Storm Hannah was poised to attack Friday night into Saturday. I was up at 6am and checked the weather.  No [...]

My next race is the fitness Mind, Body, Spirit 4 miler on Saturday morning.  I'm using this as a speed race to see if I can get down below 8:15 per mile, and hopefully down to 8 min per mile.   Will be tough, but is possible.  The course will help.  Up the East Side from [...]

Running - 68.2 miles (3rd highest month in 2008) over 12 runs Races - 0 Biking - 37.5 miles over 2 rides Swims - 0 Visits to gym - 0

I finally have a name for the loop that I run down 4th ave and chuch and up the east side - the downtown loop.  See it here.  Ran this again last night around 9pm.  Same run I did last Thursday night.  Boy was it tougher today for some reason.  Well, I know the reasons.  [...]