Thinking ahead to 2009 a little bit. NYRR has released dates for Jan - March races. I'll most likely run the Fred Lebow 5 mile race, on 1/10. I love this race. It is the first race of the year (with the exception of the New Years Eve run), is usually around my birthday (1/9) [...]
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Sunday morning run
November 23, 2008 – Posted in: runningDragged 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 [...]
Winter is coming!
November 19, 2008 – Posted in: running7:15am - 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 [...]
Catching up
November 17, 2008 – Posted in: runningIt 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 [...]
Back on the road
November 7, 2008 – Posted in: runningNice 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 [...]
In the home stretch
October 30, 2008 – Posted in: UncategorizedSitting in the Detroit airport waiting for my flight back to NY. Thinking that maybe I'll see a bunch of runners heading in for New York City Marathon weekend! I'm doing OK, but definitely not the smooth kind of week I'd have hoped for leading to the race. Felt the first throat tickle of a [...]
Milestones
October 28, 2008 – Posted in: UncategorizedWhere to start. First, had a great 3.1 mile run last night. 3.1 mile course is a single loop of Stuyvesant Town in the service road, hitting all the loops, and then 2 times around the oval in the middle of the complex. This used to be a very typical run for me, my default [...]
T minus 6 days
October 27, 2008 – Posted in: UncategorizedNew York City Marathon is coming up in exactly 6 days, and I'm very excited. Got a 4 mile run on Saturday at East River Park. Yesterday I got to the gym and had a nice workout, including lots of sit ups (trust me, need lots of work there). In the morning, I also got [...]
Tapering, I guess
October 25, 2008 – Posted in: UncategorizedKinda hard to taper when you usually don't run any more than 3 times per week! I guess I'm tapering in the sense that I'm running 4 milers rather than 6 or 7 milers. Took some extra time off after last week's 21.5 mile final tuneup. Was able to get two 4-mileish runs in so [...]
Business Trip – perfect timing
October 21, 2008 – Posted in: UncategorizedI've been very healthy this year. Haven't had so much as a cold since the winter. So, of course, I'm paranoid that I'll get some kind of sickness right before the New York City Marathon to mess up my plans to finish in 4:30. If I don't get sick, maybe I'll throw my back out [...]
