Running – 70.7 miles over 10 runs. 17 straight months over 70 miles! I was so obsessed with getting to 70 miles again, that I ran 16.7 miles during the week of the Flying Pig Marathon. I know this would not be advisable for someone who has only run a max of 19 miles in [...]
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Flying Pig Marathon Results
May 1, 2011 – Posted in: Race ReportsA race report will probably come at some point in the next couple of weeks, but for now, here are the details of how I did today at the Flying Pig Marathon. My goal was 4:45, and ultimately would be happy with anything under 5 hours. I finished in 4:58:04, and had a great time, [...]
Tough Mudder – Part I
April 24, 2011 – Posted in: Race ReportsIt has been 2 weeks since I completed the Tough Mudder with Joe and Nate. This was easily the most bad-ass thing I've ever done in terms of physical activity, fitness or racing. Here is the intro from the website, to give you a taste: Tough Mudder is not your average lame-ass mud run or [...]
Consuming
April 22, 2011 – Posted in: UncategorizedToday I played the role of a healthy triathlete consumer :) I spent a little time at the JackRabbit New York City Running Show. What drew me in was the Atlantic City style payment. Yes you have to pay $10 to get in, but you get a $15 discount card, and since I was going [...]
Grete Waitz passing
April 19, 2011 – Posted in: TributeSo sad to hear of Grete Waitz passing due to cancer. She was the one that sparked my interest in the NYC Marathon while she won 9 races in 11 years when I was a kid. I also loved running in her namesake half marathon race, Gete's Great Gallop in Central Park, which I ran in [...]
Construction disappointments
April 8, 2011 – Posted in: ReflectionsI recently was looking at my blog entries from last year, and came across this positive gem, which included descriptions of several construction projects along my routes that had been making great progress or were completed. Unfortunately, 2 of those projects, a year later, are still not done. These are the expansion of the sidewalk [...]
13.1 New York Race Report
April 6, 2011 – Posted in: Race Reports runningThis past Sunday was the 2nd annual 13.1 New York race, in Flushing Meadow Park in Queens. For the 2nd year in a row I had a really nice time. See last year's report here. I was heading into the race with low expectations, because my training has not been great, I was sick in [...]
March 2011 in Review
April 1, 2011 – Posted in: Month End SummariesIn summary, I'm not so happy with the efforts put forth in March. Just didn't get nearly as much done as I wanted. There are a bunch of real good reasons why, so I'm not upset about it, but I do feel there was more that could be done. On the positive side, I had [...]
Inspiring Video
April 1, 2011 – Posted in: UncategorizedThis has probably made the rounds before, but I've never seen it. Talk about falling and getting back up. Go and watch this: http://tridigest.com/the-race
March Madness Race Report
March 28, 2011 – Posted in: bike Race Reports runningYesterday was the March Madness Biathlon in Central Park. First the vitals: Overall time - 1:28:08 Overall place - 197/376 Age Group - 26/41 Splits: Run (2.3 miles) - 19:41 T1 - 1:00 Bike (12 miles) - 46:10 T2 - 1:42 Run (2.3 miles) - 19:32 History of Central Park Biathlons: 9/16/2007 - 1:24:45 3/30/2008 [...]
