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Sometimes, it is really hard to get the run in.  I knew it would not happen on Friday, or over the long Labor Day weekend, since I'll be out of town, so I was able to squeeze in a nice, relatively long, 6.5 mile run last night.  I couldn't get out of the house till [...]

Another great running class this week.  Workout was .25 mile repeats up Cat Hill in Central Park.  Cat Hill is a quarter mile hill, bordered by a sheer rock face with a statue of a black panther, or cat, on the top.  As most Central Park races finish on the upper east side portion of [...]

Was able to get out for a 4 mile run last night, and in the daylight too!  Ran to the end of East River Park and back.  Finished in 35:09, a very strong time for this course.  The big question is, how far can I get it down when all out in race conditions - [...]

Shoulders are sore today from the long bike ride yesterday.  Whenever I spend more than an hour on the bike, my upper arms and shoulders definitely get sore.  Gotta get to the gym more often to work on shoulders and upper body.  I downloaded an upper body workout from Mens Health, so now I just need to [...]

Even though I didn't update my blog at all last week, it was still quite productive.  As I recapped in my last post, last Sunday I ran 15 miles, mostly flat, and and at a nice slow touring pace.  Definitely some aches and pains during the run, but all in all, it was great.  Looking [...]

I felt like I needed to start getting some long runs in.  I run lots of half marathons during the year, but don't often push myself to run longer.  In fact, after reviewing my running log from last year, I saw that only twice, yes twice, did I run anything longer than 13.1 miles.  Now [...]

So, as you know, I'm in the New York City Marathon again this year, and training hard for a 4:30 or better time, which would be a first for me! Today I got the notification from NYRR that they will be introducing wave starts this year.  I, for one, am quite happy!  I think this [...]

So as part of my strategy of running the New York City Marathon in under 4:30, I've signed up for the Bob Glover running class offered by the New York Road Runners.  The class is offered in 10 week sessions, 5 times per year.  I've taken the class once or twice a year, mostly every [...]

So yesterday I finally made it out for my run over the Williamsburg Bridge and back.  It is a 5.9 mile route down 1st Ave, over the bridge, up Roebling to Metropolitan.  Then turn around, back over the bridge and up Essex and Ave A.  I really like the route as it provides a nice [...]