While my right foot has been hampering my running, not letting me run nearly as often or as far as I would like, I've finally fallen into a nice habit of going to the gym for a strength workout, as a form of cross-training. My biggest problem is never knowing what to do at the [...]
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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 [...]
My weekend
June 22, 2009 – Posted in: gym runningJust a recap of my recent activities: Friday - in the summer time, I get out of the office early on Friday and so took advantage of the extra time to go to the gym for a workout. With my leg issues, I focused mainly on my lower body. Little surprised at how crowded the [...]
Think I messed up
May 29, 2009 – Posted in: gym injury swimLast night, I decided I would go to the gym and swim, rather than run, to rest my legs for the Brooklyn Half Marathon. Good plan. However, I did something kind of silly. Over the last few weeks, a nagging injury to my upper thigh/groin area, has gotten steadily worse. Lately, I've been icing [...]
Active, but didn’t get a run in
April 20, 2009 – Posted in: bike gym injury running swimGot home from my vacation on Thursday night with the intention of getting in a good bike, run and swim over the nice weekend. Don't you hate how things don't work out as planned? I guess with a swim and bike, I was close, but was not able to get a run in, and now [...]
Still alive…Just not motivated!
March 23, 2009 – Posted in: bike gym injury running swim weatherI've been pretty quiet on my blog since the marathon in Austin last month. Just haven't been able to get myself properly motivated. I think this is partly because I'm starting to step up swimming and biking, and I'm just not so strong in those disciplines yet! I've also had this nagging groin pull for several months. [...]
Forward progress
March 16, 2009 – Posted in: bike gym running swimSince I'm stepping up the biking and swimming aspects of my training, I have spent significantly less time on running. Only 4 runs this month so far for ~24 miles. Even though I know it is not true, it somehow makes me feel like I am accomplishing less. I think that may be because a [...]
Blogging outdoors!
March 12, 2009 – Posted in: gym New York City Triathlon swim weatherIt is still kinda cold outside, 40 degrees, but I've got spring on the brain and so am walking downtown to pick my 13 year old from dance class. Stopped off at Madison Square Park to take advantage of the free wi-fi to kill some time. Funny, last time I did this, I also had [...]
Feeling better and planning the next few days
March 10, 2009 – Posted in: bike gym injury running Speed Workout swimFeeling a lot better today. The knot in my back that suddenly popped up on Saturday is gone. That one was strange. It was not lower back or neck/shoulders, areas where I've had trouble in the past and are a major source of concern. It was on the left side of the back below the [...]
Getting my bike and swim on
February 28, 2009 – Posted in: bike gym swimTime to start focusing on the swim and bike portions of the triathlon as I start training for the New York City Triathlon, coming up late July. Took a couple of big steps today. First, took my bike into Metro Bikes to get a tune up. In addition to basic free tune up I get [...]
