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Today was a great day.  Well, after the bit about losing an hour of sleep last night was done, I suppose... First, I loved today's #dailymission on dailymile, asking people what they do with their race bibs after the race is done.  For me, I have a manila folder that they all get shoved into, [...]

So, the Manhattan Half is on Saturday, and it is going to be a cold one!  I'm a little sad I'm not running this year, as it brings back fond memories of the cold 2009 edition.  If you want to get a sense of what to expect, read my report from that race! Back update [...]

I've been feeling great lately from an injury point of view, and was just thinking about how I have not had any back problems in awhile.   I think it was Joe that was recently complaining about his own back issues on Twitter, and I completely identified with that as I have had lots of [...]

Yes, 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 [...]

12 days to the Chicago Marathon!  And I'm nursing myself back to health, hopefully.  My back is still a bit tight at times, but running is manageable.  Last night I had a very strong 6.2 mile workout along the East River.  While my time was a little on the slow side (9:50 pace), the effort [...]

13 days to the Chicago Marathon!  This morning I rested and slept in, until 6am.  My back is still a bit tight and stiff in places, and I think a little worse after my 4 mile run yesterday, so decided to take it easy this morning.  My intention is to exercise tonight, late in the [...]

14 days to the Chicago Marathon!  3 days into my back injury, and, it is feeling much better!  Enough so that I was able to run today, which is awesome!  On the one hand, I had about 20 miles planned for this weekend and only ended with 4, but on the other hand, at least [...]

15 days to the Chicago Marathon! And I am still a bit down for the count (back spasm yesterday), but it is not nearly as bad as I feared, or as bad as I've had it in prior back episodes. Really counting my blessings. I stayed home from work yesterday, but was not relegated to [...]

16 days to the Chicago Marathon!  And in the wee hours of this morning, the other shoe dropped.  Severe back spasm in the night, and I'm down for the count.  I predicted this in my post just yesterday: "Third, my back is very tight for some reason, which makes me nervous.  I’m concerned that I [...]