This past Sunday was the 2nd annual 13.1 New York race, in Flushing Meadow Park in Queens. For the 2nd year in a row I had a really nice time. See last year's report here. I was heading into the race with low expectations, because my training has not been great, I was sick in [...]
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March Madness Race Report
March 28, 2011 – Posted in: bike Race Reports runningYesterday was the March Madness Biathlon in Central Park. First the vitals: Overall time - 1:28:08 Overall place - 197/376 Age Group - 26/41 Splits: Run (2.3 miles) - 19:41 T1 - 1:00 Bike (12 miles) - 46:10 T2 - 1:42 Run (2.3 miles) - 19:32 History of Central Park Biathlons: 9/16/2007 - 1:24:45 3/30/2008 [...]
A great day, with Beer!
March 13, 2011 – Posted in: injury Meetups runningToday 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, [...]
LIRRC 4 Miler Race Report
March 6, 2011 – Posted in: Race Reports runningToday I ran a 4 mile PR at the LIRRC race at Eisenhower Park! I had decided not to sign up for the Coogan's 5k race, which was also today, and then found I actually had time to race, so decided at the last minute to go out to LI. This fit for me as [...]
Cupid’s Chase 5k Race Report
March 1, 2011 – Posted in: Race Reports runningFound this sitting in my drafts. Little bit late... :) On Saturday (well, a few Saturday's ago at this point) I ran the Cupid's Chase 5k in Riverside Park. All in all, I really enjoyed the event. It is refreshing to be able to run a small 5k in the confines of Manhattan Island, and [...]
First Light Training Update
December 29, 2010 – Posted in: First Light Marathon running weatherBeen awhile since I've posted an update of my training here. With only 11 days remaining until the First Light Marathon, I've peaked my training and am now into my taper. Highlights since I last gave a training update: Week before last - I felt like I had been nursing sore calves and so worked hard [...]
New York City Half Marathon #lotteryfail
December 17, 2010 – Posted in: New York City Half Marathon NYRR Reflections runningThere was much uproar this week regarding the New York City Half Marathon. In a nutshell, the lottery system was unfair to us New Yorkers, as we had about a 12% chance to make it through the lottery, where US and international folks had about a 72% chance to get in. Really, that is no [...]
Rainy Day Update
December 12, 2010 – Posted in: First Light Marathon runningToday is a rainy day in NYC. I'm not feeling motivated to do much of anything this afternoon. Can't even watch the Giants game at 1pm due to the bad weather in Minneapolis. The game was pushed to Monday, and then pushed to Detroit when the Metrodome roof caved! So, this was the perfect time [...]
Gunnin’ for a PR Sunday
December 3, 2010 – Posted in: Predictions runningJust thinking about my upcoming race on Sunday. Will be running the Joe Kleinerman 10k, and I think my PR is within reach. My PR was set in April 2007 (April Fools Day actually) at the Scotland Run, in 52:43. In fact, I remember this day well because it was the day the March Madness [...]
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 [...]
