With races routinely selling out in Central Park now, I've resorted to creating my own race! Well, not really. I only had time for a short 4 mile run yesterday, so figured, why not make it a speed workout, and treat it as a 'race'. The course was my usual 2 mile out and 2 mile back [...]
East River Park
Nice weekend
March 8, 2009 – Posted in: bike East River Park running UncategorizedMy original plan was to bike on Sunday, which was forecasted to be the warmer day. But Saturday was so nice, and the forecast for Sunday ended up being cooler and possibly rainy, so I decided to get my bike ride in on Saturday instead. As my first ride of the year, had a good [...]
East River Park – A Star!
February 6, 2009 – Posted in: East River ParkLast night was the big Red Bull Snowscrapers snowboard competition at my main running spot, East River Park. I've seen estimates of 10,000 and 20,000 people in attendance. Amazing, considering it was something like 15 F last night. Check out this amazing picture of the snowboard ramp and the packed-in crowd.
Beautiful East River Park Morning
January 23, 2009 – Posted in: East River Park runningActually went on a morning run today! I needed to, because I'm heading out to my NJ house right after work and I didn't want to miss another day. For a true early morning run, I'd need to be out the door by 5:30 to be back in time to get my 7 year old [...]
Brrrr its cold
January 16, 2009 – Posted in: Austin Marathon 2009 East River Park runningCountdown 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 [...]
East River Park
January 5, 2009 – Posted in: East River Park runningLittle East River Park update... On Saturday, I was in my car on FDR Drive and noticed that the north section of the main path in East River Park looked to be open again! It has been closed the last few weeks while they repaved the road surface, forcing runners on a roundabout detour, which [...]
Cold and icy week
December 24, 2008 – Posted in: Austin Marathon 2009 East River Park runningBeen too lazy to write lately, so this is an attempt to catch up over my last several runs. Sorry for the length! -------------------- Been very cold and stormy here in the northeast this past week. In the last week, we had snow on (last) Tuesday night, then had snow followed by sleet and rain [...]
Super fast (record breaking!) 4 mile run
December 14, 2008 – Posted in: East River Park runningI was a little unhappy that I cut yesterday's planned 10.3 mile run down to 6.5 miles, so decided to go out again today. Conditions were perfect for a hard 4 mile run in East River Park. Temps in the low 40's, little wind, and time to run in the middle of the day (daylight!). [...]
Jam Packed Weekend
December 8, 2008 – Posted in: East River Park runningHad a very busy weekend running around all over the place. Was at my house in New Jersey Friday night into Saturday lunchtime. Had to get all the leaves out from the back of the house to the street. Hard labor, but fun. My 13 year old helped me drag the tarp out and back [...]
Long (wet and cold) Run
November 30, 2008 – Posted in: Austin Marathon 2009 East River Park runningThe good news is that it is done. The bad news is that it seemed to take hours to dry out and get my body temp back to normal after my 15.5 mile run in the cold rain today. Today is 11 weeks before the Austin Marathon, and today I covered the same long run [...]
