Austin Marathon 2009

It was an amazing month for me.  First time I ever reached 100 miles in a month!  Between 15 runs and 7 trips to the gym, I 'worked out' 22 out of 31 days.  Also, I did the first 2 weeks of the Hundred Pushup Challenge.  Big event for Feburary is the Austin Marathon, on [...]

If I read the email I received from the folks at the Austin Marathon properly, I am bib #36.   Wow!  Never had a number that low before.  Maybe never will again?  I signed up very early, so maybe they assign numbers based on registration order?  Otherwise, I guess it is totally random. I feel soooo [...]

Speed workout tonight in Central Park was a 4 mile tempo run of the middle 4 miles of Central Park.  While this is the least interesting of the various workouts we can do, it is always a great chance to race the distance on a familiar course and with lots of hills. It is the [...]

Started noticing a pain in the toe today.  Left foot big toe is hurting a bit when I put pressure on it.  It is not a nail issue, but more of a joint pain - hoping it goes away soon!  I'll test it out in my speed workout tonight. Also, since Saturday, my left shoulder and neck has [...]

Word of the day was COLD.  No way around it.  14 degrees at the start and not much higher at the finish.  The CNN clock said 14 degrees at the start, still said 14 degrees one hour later at the 6 mile mark, and then was up to 15 degrees two hours later at the [...]

I was recovering pretty nicely from Sunday's long 17.5 mile run.  By Tuesday, I only had some muscle tightness in the right leg.  Otherwise felt fine.  So, went ahead with my normal Tuesday night speed workout in Central Park with NYRR.  I hardly ever stretch on my own, but in this class, there is a [...]

Unless I'm totally going crazy and this was already done last year, I notice that the course for the Manhattan Half Marathon is slightly different this year, and a nice little improvement!  In the past, the race would start in the East 80's behind the museum, and finish in the 102nd transverse, the 1 mile distance [...]

Only 4 weeks to the Austin Marathon, and I had so far only managed 1 long run, as I failed miserably on a planned long run 2 weeks ago.  So, with my back to the wall, and time running out, I needed to get back on track with my long runs. Thankfully, I was able [...]

Countdown to Austin Marathon - 30 days.  Yikes!! Boy is it cold here in New York.  Went out for my run at 8pm, and it was 11 degrees, wind chill of 0.  In scouring my records, which go back to 1999, I've only once before run in colder weather.  It was 10 degrees for the [...]