Dragged my butt out of bed at 6:30 this morning and was out the door at 7:15 for a nice 10.3 mile tour of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.  Have a full plate of familiy activites today, so my only real chance to get a 10 miler in was first thing this morning.  Despite the cold

I have a few minutes to kill, so I'm sitting outside at Madison Square Park (awesome free wifi by the way), freezing, but catching up on email, blogs, etc.  Hopefully I'll get a run in later tonight, but with the cold weather, I'm just kind of curious what the weather is like in Austin in

7:15am - waiting for the M15 bus on 1st Ave to take 7 year old to school, watching the snowflakes come down.  Can't really call it a snow flurry, really just a few flakes, but exciting. 10:15pm - running around the Stuytown loop, watching a few snowflakes come down.  Again, can't even call it a

It feels like it has been forever since I last wrote in my blog.  It's actually been 9 days, which is too long a break.  It's just been hard to get the time to sit and write.  Life is pretty hectic right now and it's hard enough just to find the time to exercise, let

This year, I've proved that stepping up the training will lower your marathon time.  I dropped 20 minutes off my time from last year, and I think it was a direct result of running 605 miles from Jan-Oct, rather than the 447 miles I ran last year. However, there is still room for improvement, and

Nice little 4.6 mile run last night.  44:28.  First run since the marathon.  For the most part, my muscle soreness seemed to have retreated, and I was itching to get out for some exercise.  Took awhile to loosen up.  Right hamstring was tight, which went away pretty quickly, and also I could feel the plantar fasciitis

I've read lots of reviews and accounts of the New York City Marathon - I thought this one was the best: http://www.runblogrun.com/2008/11/ing_new_york_marathon_2008some.html

Running - 88.2 miles over 10 runs - 2nd highest mileage month ever! Races - 1 (Staten Island Half Marathon) Biking - 10.8 miles - 1 ride Softball - 1 games (loss) Injuries - 0 Sicknesses - 1 Swims - 0 Visits to gym - 4

What a great day.  And long. Early to Rise My bus ticket read 4am.  That is very early.  I'm typically an early arriver at races (I was the one on the 6:30 ferry before the 9:40 Staten Island Half Marathon), but this is ridiculous.  It was my choice though.  Race organizers encouraged people to take