Yesterday was the Cherry Tree 10 mile race, 3 loops around Prospect Park, organized by the Prospect Park Track Club.  This was originally not on my radar, because I'm deep in marathon training, and I knew this race was at the tail end of a vacation I was taking in California.  However, once I realized

Running – 102.5 miles over 16 runs.  Big mileage month, my 2nd biggest ever, a hair behind Jan 2009.  Lots of miles without trying too hard!  Year is definitely off to a great start in the running dept. Races – 2 (Fred Lebow Classic 5M - 43:15; Manhattan Half Marathon - 1:58:54) Biking – 9.3

My run tonight was intended to be a ho-hum mid-week 5 mile run, but it turned into one of the best non-race running experiences I've had in a long time. Let me back up to this morning. I set the alarm early, intending to get up early for a bike ride. Although I did get

Yesterday was the Manhattan Half Marathon, 2 loops of Central Park, and the kick off of the five borough NYRR grand prix of half marathons in NYC.  Half marathons in Central Park are very tough, 2 full loops of the park, but this was my 8th (3 Grete's, 5 Manhattan halves) so I knew exactly

Came back from an early morning run, which was autotweeted by RunKeeper.  TK (Pigtails Flying) was up and out early and we had a little twitversation and she asked me if I was going for a PR at the Manhattan Half on Sunday. It's funny.  I hadn't really thought about it yet.  The quick answer, of

Why does my blog traffic spike every second or third day?  So strange.  It's not like I put a new post up every 2 or 3 days.  New posts go up maybe once per week, if I'm lucky!

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

Wow, realized in the excitement of year end, and my year in review post, that I forgot to post the simple December month in review.  So, here goes: Running – 94.9 miles over 19 runs.  Met my goal of 800 miles for the year (801.0) on the last possible day!  94.9 miles represents my 2nd

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