I know I owe you guys a race report for the First Light Marathon, which was 8 days ago! The funny thing is that I find very little motivation to write a report after the race is over. For me, I'm more interested in posting about the effort that went into *preparing* for the race! [...]
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Mobile, Here I Come!
January 4, 2011 – Posted in: First Light MarathonFirst Light Marathon is a mere 4.5 days away, and I'm getting excited about the trip out there. Came across this very informative and entertaining article in the Press-Register. Informative - Mobile is the host of this week's GoDaddy.com bowl game. Now I have some interest to perhaps watch! Entertaining - A crowd of 40,000 [...]
First Light Training Update
December 29, 2010 – Posted in: First Light Marathon running weatherBeen awhile since I've posted an update of my training here. With only 11 days remaining until the First Light Marathon, I've peaked my training and am now into my taper. Highlights since I last gave a training update: Week before last - I felt like I had been nursing sore calves and so worked hard [...]
Rainy Day Update
December 12, 2010 – Posted in: First Light Marathon runningToday is a rainy day in NYC. I'm not feeling motivated to do much of anything this afternoon. Can't even watch the Giants game at 1pm due to the bad weather in Minneapolis. The game was pushed to Monday, and then pushed to Detroit when the Metrodome roof caved! So, this was the perfect time [...]
Joe Kleinerman 10k Race Report
December 5, 2010 – Posted in: First Light Marathon Race ReportsToday was the Joe Kleinerman 10k race in Central Park. As I posted the other day, I thought I had a fair shot at my PR for the 10k distance. This was based on the notion that my PR is around 8:30 pace, and I raced 5 miles last week at 8:27 pace. However, in [...]
A Nice Week of Training
November 7, 2010 – Posted in: First Light Marathon gym New York City Marathon runningToday was a big day in NYC running circles, the New York City Marathon. A thoroughly exciting event which makes for a distracting (in a positive way) week leading to the race, and an amazing race weekend. I was not running this year, and nor did I have time to get to the expo or [...]
Marathons Galore!
November 2, 2010 – Posted in: First Light Marathon ReflectionsThis is a great time of the year, namely marathon season. Big marathons are going on virtually every weekend, and now with Twitter and Dailymile, I know of so many people running each of the races. This past weekend was Marine Corp Marathon, where the runners had great conditions. It was fun to track everyone's [...]
Turning the Page
October 27, 2010 – Posted in: bike First Light Marathon injury Speed WorkoutYes, yes, I know, late again with my race report. Still working (in theory) on my Chicago Marathon race report. The short version is that it was a great day, a great race, hot, sunny, with lots of walking late in the race, and super glad it's done! Time to turn the page, and my [...]
Successful Recovery Week
October 16, 2010 – Posted in: First Light Marathon Reflections running Speed Workout UncategorizedIt has been a week since the Chicago Marathon. The more I reflect, and read other people's accounts of the race, the prouder I am of my accomplishment. It was one of my slowest marathons ever, but I ran a consistent race and was done in by the sun and heat only in the late [...]
