running

Had a very busy weekend running around all over the place. Was at my house in New Jersey Friday night into Saturday lunchtime.  Had to get all the leaves out from the back of the house to the street.  Hard labor, but fun.  My 13 year old helped me drag the tarp out and back [...]

Breaking news! I see on the NYRR site that they are announcing a cap of 5000 runners for most races starting in Jan.  It is a great testament to the popularity of running events and the increase in participation in the 15 years I've been participating.  I remember fondly the races that used to start [...]

Had a very strong 5.9 mile run on Wednesday night over the Williamsburg Bridge and back.  My wife was away for the night so a late night run was out of the question - I needed to get home from work quick and get an early run in before relieving the babysitter.  Therefore, I was able [...]

Full NYRR 2009 calendar is out.  Good job in getting the full calendar out early so we can start planning!  In the last couple of years, some of the half marathon dates were not known until mid year. Biggest changes appear to be in the timing of the half marathons.  My favorite race, the Brooklyn [...]

Still feeling nice and sore in the legs from yesterday's workout.  For me, that is a sign of a good workout - if a true long run does not hurt a little the next day, then I know I didn't push hard enough! My upper shin bone is still very sore to the touch following my 'accident' at [...]

The good news is that it is done.  The bad news is that it seemed to take hours to dry out and get my body temp back to normal after my 15.5 mile run in the cold rain today.  Today is 11 weeks before the Austin Marathon, and today I covered the same long run [...]

I'm a firm believer that speed workouts is a great way to get faster.  The only problem is, I hate them!  I have a hard time doing them on my own, which is why at least for one session a year, I'll take the 10 week NYRR running class.  Since the next session doesn't start [...]

Thinking ahead to 2009 a little bit. NYRR has released dates for Jan - March races.  I'll most likely run the Fred Lebow 5 mile race, on 1/10.  I love this race.  It is the first race of the year (with the exception of the New Years Eve run), is usually around my birthday (1/9) [...]

Dragged my butt out of bed at 6:30 this morning and was out the door at 7:15 for a nice 10.3 mile tour of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.  Have a full plate of familiy activites today, so my only real chance to get a 10 miler in was first thing this morning.  Despite the cold [...]