Race Reports

I've definitely got ties to the New Jersey Marathon. My weekend house is in Little Silver, which is two towns away from Long Branch (just need to pass through Oceanport). My home beach is Seven President's State Park, which is passed through at mile 1 and mile 14 on the course. I also follow several [...]

Ran the Coogan's Salsa, Blues and Shamrocks 5k race yesterday morning.  Actually, almost didn't run it, because I forgot to pre-register.  I really enjoy this race - 5k's are very rare and this race is a special challenge because of the hills - and have had this on my radar since the 2009 calendar went [...]

The Austin Marathon was this past Sunday, at 7am.  I always like to be at races early to make sure I don't rush myself through my final preparations, so I set my alarm for the insanely early hour of 4am.  My plan was to be at the start area by 5am to be sure I [...]

Word of the day was COLD.  No way around it.  14 degrees at the start and not much higher at the finish.  The CNN clock said 14 degrees at the start, still said 14 degrees one hour later at the 6 mile mark, and then was up to 15 degrees two hours later at the [...]

The Fred Lebow 5 mile race is one of my favorite road races of the year.  It honors a man that I respect and look up to - he inspired me in the first few years as I was getting started.  Also, the race is traditionally the first scored race on the calendar, in early [...]

What a great day.  And long. Early to Rise My bus ticket read 4am.  That is very early.  I'm typically an early arriver at races (I was the one on the 6:30 ferry before the 9:40 Staten Island Half Marathon), but this is ridiculous.  It was my choice though.  Race organizers encouraged people to take [...]

In short, had a pretty spectacular race.  Finished in 2:00:20. The day started out with an early morning ferry ride to SI.  I took the 6:30 ferry so I could chill out and enjoy a bit of serenity before the masses arrived on the 7:30 ferry.  It was a perfect ride.  Still dark when we [...]

Wow that was hard.  At least for me.  As readers of my blog know, I HATE running in the summer and HATE running in the heat and humidity.  The conditions on Sunday morning were very humid and it really killed me.  While not nearly as bad as the humidity the previous week for the fitness [...]

Busy weekend, so only able to post this race report now for the fitness Mind, Body, Spirit Games 4 mile race this past Saturday.  I was defintely a little nervous about the weather, since Tropical Storm Hannah was poised to attack Friday night into Saturday. I was up at 6am and checked the weather.  No [...]