swim

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 [...]

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 [...]

Was listening to the Steve Somers interview of Dave Lennon of Newsday from last night where they were talking about the Mets injuries, and Jose Reyes in particular, and discussing discomfort vs pain.  Discomfort is something you can continue to work through, where pain is when you need to shut it down.  It really hit [...]

Last night, I decided I would go to the gym and swim, rather than run, to rest my legs for the Brooklyn Half Marathon.  Good plan.  However, I did something kind of silly.   Over the last few weeks, a nagging injury to my upper thigh/groin area, has gotten steadily worse.  Lately, I've been icing [...]

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Most races we run in have nice catchy names, worst case named after city or location (New York City Marathon, Austin Marathon, Brooklyn Half Marathon, etc), and in the best case, a wonderfully creative name (Grandma's Marathon, Flying Pig Marathon, and my new favorite, Slacker Half Marathon).  A quick check at Daily Mile shows the [...]

After getting a so-so run in on Tuesday night, my intention was to get two more good efforts in Wed and Thurs.  I'd have preferred to bike ride, but it was still simply too cold for me after work. So, on Wed, I went to the gym for a swim.  Half hour in the pool, [...]

Got home from my vacation on Thursday night with the intention of getting in a good bike, run and swim over the nice weekend.  Don't you hate how things don't work out as planned?  I guess with a swim and bike, I was close, but was not able to get a run in, and now [...]

Been a bit active over the last few days. Last Thursday I went for a late bike ride to Central Park.  First nighttime ride of the year - it is finally getting warm enough for me.  Love biking in Central Park late night when it is empty.  Can fly through without worrying so much about [...]