Race Reports

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! [...]

Today 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 [...]

Thursday was the 5 mile Turkey Trot in Prospect Park.  I finished in 42:17, and had a great time. Typically, my family travels for Thanksgiving.  But this year, we had an early holiday last weekend, and so we remained behind in NY.  I decided to take advantage and run in the turkey trot race, which [...]

21 days to the Chicago Marathon!  And today I marked it by running 20 miles, my last long run before the big day.  Today was the 18 mile NYC Marathon Tune-Up race in Central Park.  I added 2 miles to the start of the race to get to 20. No sugar-coating here, the run was [...]

I raced in the olympic distance New Jersey State Triathlon on Sunday, which is held in Mercer County Park, in the south central part of the state, not too far from Princeton.  It is the largest triathlon in New Jersey, and is very well run.  They have a sprint on Sat and the olympic on [...]

(2 months late, but better late than never.  The reality is that I was not happy with how I did and was simply not excited to write about the race.  The first section was written in the 2 weeks following the race) Time - 4:46:29 Place - 696/948 Age Group - 152/192 Well, this is [...]

I'm usually good about at least getting the race reports up on my blog, but I'm behind - still have not written up the March Madness Biathlon from last weekend.  For another day, perhaps... Yesterday was the inaugural 13.1 New York race.  I've had this on my radar since mid-August, when I purchased a pair [...]

Ran one of my favorite races today, Coogan's Salsa, Blues & Shamrocks 5k.  It is loads of fun, from getting to tour around and hang out at the amazing Armory on 168th, to the electric atmosphere out on the streets, to the many many kids running on the course.  The only downer on this race [...]

Yesterday was the Cherry Tree 10 mile race, 3 loops around Prospect Park, organized by the Prospect Park Track Club.  This was originally not on my radar, because I'm deep in marathon training, and I knew this race was at the tail end of a vacation I was taking in California.  However, once I realized [...]