running

Spent the last couple of days away with the family.  I really wanted to get a run or two in on this trip, but was sort of frustrated by the location we were in, outside of Boston.  It seemed that all the roads were either multi-lane state highways, or narrow winding roads with no shoulders. [...]

(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 [...]

Rhode Races Marathon is coming up in less than 2 short weeks, and I'm feeling really ready.  I've had mostly great runs, and have put in more miles before this race than any marathon prior.  I overdid it in the last 2 weeks and then had a bad run on Saturday, but with a day [...]

Reposted from my Daily Mile report.  Click here for the route.  Finished 22.1 miles in 3:57:08. 4th and final of my planned long run for Providence Marathon, in 3 weeks on May 2.  Since the marathon is relatively flat, I decided to come up with a new long run route that was flat.  Best place [...]

Just back from the Mets game at Citifield.  Still energized and won't be able to sleep for awhile so thought I'd take this opportunity to write a little for my blog. This was my 2nd highly satisfying game witnessed in person this week, both ending in a Mets blowout win.  I've been to hundreds of [...]

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 [...]

Sorry to all of you that care about my training, but I've had very little time to blog about my training for the Rhode Races Marathon, coming up in 6 weeks (EDIT: umm, 4 weeks due to delays in getting this post finished!), on May 2.  My training has gone really, really well this year, [...]

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 [...]

Yesterday was the Manhattan Half Marathon, 2 loops of Central Park, and the kick off of the five borough NYRR grand prix of half marathons in NYC.  Half marathons in Central Park are very tough, 2 full loops of the park, but this was my 8th (3 Grete's, 5 Manhattan halves) so I knew exactly [...]