running

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 [...]

Today was the Fred Lebow Classic, 5 mile race in Central Park.  It was also my birthday!  I won't repeat my thoughts on this wonderful race, you can read the first part of my race report from last year for that. First, a view of my long history with this race: My first was the [...]

Last night had a truly wonderful run over the Williamsburg Bridge and back.  Hill run, in windy conditions, while minding the slippery conditions, was completed at 9:17 per mile, a pace I seem to have had a hard time hitting lately.  It was my 13th run in December, and I think the increased workouts are [...]

At the end of November, 2009, I stood at 706.1 miles for the year.  My goal had been to get to 800 miles for the year, so I needed 93.9 miles to get there.  After the New York City Marathon, I had sort of written this off, since I was badly beaten up and not [...]

I had the most amazing epiphany on Saturday night, when I took some time to ice my (what I've been calling) sore thigh/groin/hip.  I was hurting pretty good after the NYC Marathon and fall softball season and have been working on recovery.  I'm feeling much better now and starting to run a lot again, but [...]

I'll start out with the bad news, at least for me.  I've been really bad lately with my eating habits and over the last couple months, let myself slip to a point I should not have gotten back to.  Stepped on the scale this morning and was shocked, SHOCKED, to see a number that I have [...]

I know, I know, it is late, but better late than never!  Check out part 1 here: As I started on the 2nd half of the marathon, I really felt completely comfortable, and happy with my pacing.  However, the voices in the back of my head said “you should still be feeling good at this point, [...]

Wow, hard to believe another year has gone by and another New York City Marathon has also come and past.  This is the third year in a row that I ran, and my 7th NYC since 1996.  As I've also run in 4 other marathons, this was my 11th overall. My goal, of course, was [...]

Really wish I had more time for posting here.  So much to tell, and no time to sit and write it down.  In a nutshell, things are OK.  Not perfect, but still very much OK. I've had a mixed go of it in my long runs.  The good news is that my best long runs have [...]