running

My New York City Marathon training is going really well so far.  My older nagging injuries (groin pain and knee tendonitis) have gone away.  The strong back spasm I suffered after the NYC Triathlon is all better as well.  I've already even gotten over the typical fall cold, sinus infection.  Finally, the weather is cooperating [...]

Went out for a 4 mile run yesterday, and I definitely got the 'autopilot' feeling.  The one where running feels very fluid, very consistent, and feeling like I could run for miles.  I don't get there too often, but really enjoy it.  My autopilot pace felt like around 9:30 per mile.  Hope I can continue to [...]

I've noticed something very troubling - too much consistency.  I know consistency is good, and you often want your individual runs to be consistent.  But each and every run should not be done at the exact same pace.  Lately, my runs have been ridiculously consistent: 7/2 - 42:19 / 4.6 = 9:12 pace 7/5 - [...]

Have started scaling back the bike rides and runs, in preparation for the New York City Triathlon, in 8 days!  I will still be swiming hard over the next week, since my swimming is so bad.  Swam twice this past week, but prior to that, it had been a month since I last swam.  Yesterday [...]

Only 13 days till the New York City Triathlon!  Nervous about it in generally, and most specifically, nervous about the swim.  Since the pool I go to has been under renovation for the last 2 weeks, its been 4 weeks since I have last gone swimming.  Pool supposed to be open again as of today, so [...]

The twist... on my bike, not on my feet!  First time I've done hill repeats on my bike. I only have 19 days till the New York City Triathlon, and think I need a little more hill work on my bike.  So, last night, biked out to Central Park, did 3 hard repeats of Harlem [...]

Had an awesome weekend.  Was off on Monday so spent almost 3 days down at my weekend house in New Jersey.  Topped it off with a long 8.7 mile run Monday night - more on that below. Friday, kicked things off with an early morning run to East River Park.  It is notable that it was [...]

T minus 31 days till the New York City Triathlon.  Need to get a good bike ride in this weekend. I'm really high on triathlons after having a great time at Harriman State Park 2 weeks ago.  I WILL do a half ironman some day - they seem so cool.  I've getting notices from the Toughman [...]

Just a recap of my recent activities: Friday - in the summer time, I get out of the office early on Friday and so took advantage of the extra time to go to the gym for a workout.  With my leg issues, I focused mainly on my lower body.  Little surprised at how crowded the [...]