Reflections

First Bridge Update: Yesterday I was out on my long run (which was great by the way, and my blog report is partway finished), which included the RFK Bridge (formerly known as the Triboro Bridge).  For the last couple of years, the pedestrian path has been under construction that added MANY, MANY steps onto the [...]

I'm 2 days late, of course, but 2 years ago, on 3/14/08, I started my very own blog!  See the first post here.  Wish I had more time to write some reflections...

Yes, I know, I hardly ever post on here it seems.  Even more rarely is it that I update the surrounding administrivia.  Tonight, for some odd reason, decided to update the blogroll.  These new additions are ALL worth checking out and are all inspirations to me... A Marathoner Bridges Runner In A New York Minute [...]

My run tonight was intended to be a ho-hum mid-week 5 mile run, but it turned into one of the best non-race running experiences I've had in a long time. Let me back up to this morning. I set the alarm early, intending to get up early for a bike ride. Although I did get [...]

Came back from an early morning run, which was autotweeted by RunKeeper.  TK (Pigtails Flying) was up and out early and we had a little twitversation and she asked me if I was going for a PR at the Manhattan Half on Sunday. It's funny.  I hadn't really thought about it yet.  The quick answer, of [...]

Why does my blog traffic spike every second or third day?  So strange.  It's not like I put a new post up every 2 or 3 days.  New posts go up maybe once per week, if I'm lucky!

I love so many things about marathon training.  Running with a purpose.  Eating whatever I want.  Watching the miles pile on.  The journey to meet a difficult goal.  Impressive comments I get from people who don't run.  But the thing I love most of all, the part that I have the most fun with as [...]

I've always measured my winter running primarily by the temperature and secondarily by the wind chill.  Wind chill is a relatively simple calculation, or chart, based on the air temperature and the wind speed. No doubt, it is a highly subjective number for us runners, but a good measurement to compare cold weather runs to [...]

Wow, what a year.  Headed into 2009 totally energized from a great 2008 (see 2008 year end report) with a clear picture of what I wanted to do in 2009.  Namely, 2 marathons (Austin, NYC), my first olympic distance triathlon (NYC) and 800 miles running for the year. 2009 could easily be broken down into [...]