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Was able to get a 4 miler in this morning, my typical run to the end of East River Park and back.  First morning weekday run for me since 8/8.  Nice time of 35:55.  At 50 degrees, the weather was perfect.  Lots of people running - got passed a few times and was able to [...]

NYRR had already announced the wave start for the New York City Marathon this year, but now also announced that they will enhance the use of splits this year. Of course, the wonderful NYRR and Marathon websites make absolutely no mention of the news, but I read it in the new Fall 2008 issue of the [...]

Great news!  I was able to get a good long run in on Sunday.  20.7 miles in total, in 3:37.  Check it out here. Anyone who follows me here knows that I have had some good runs, and also some bad ones.  The bad ones are usually on days when it is hot, or humid.  [...]

Lot's of great New York City Marathon coverage in the November 2008 issue of Runners World. I'm only 25 pages into the issue and there is already an article about the Judd Ehrlich documentary about Fred Lebow, 'backstory' sidebar about Mary Wittenberg, links to coverage on runnersworld.com, and what looks to be several features related [...]

Not only have I been bad in the last week about posting to my blog, but I've been equally as bad in getting my runs in!  In fact, I missed a whole week of running.  I had a nice long run a week ago Sunday, and then didn't run again until this past Sunday. The [...]

Finally got my long run in last night.  17.5 miles!  3:08.  See the route here.  Generally speaking, felt great.  Little slower than I would have liked, and definitely a little tough in the small uphills on 1st ave in the last 3 miles.  Good news was that I was very strong up the 59th St [...]

Great bounceback tonight after Sunday's Dreadful, Disasterous, Depressing and Demoralizing Queens Half Marathon. Had a great speed workout tonight in running class.  While still a tad hotter than perfect for me, the weather was more my style.  66 degrees!  Workout was two 2-mile tempo runs around the lower loop in Central Park.  First of all, [...]

Picked up new shoes Tuesday.  The last pair was Saucony Grid Hurricane.  Got more mileage out of those shoes than I ever have before - 378 miles.  Also have not had any injury problems with them.  So, just picked up another pair of Hurricane's.  New model is mostly black - very stylish.  Nothing like the [...]

My next race is the fitness Mind, Body, Spirit 4 miler on Saturday morning.  I'm using this as a speed race to see if I can get down below 8:15 per mile, and hopefully down to 8 min per mile.   Will be tough, but is possible.  The course will help.  Up the East Side from [...]