running

Had a great run on the Downtown Loop last night.  I was fearing the worst earlier in the evening.  At 4:30 I had to run out of the office to meet my daugther at Eleanor Roosevelt High School (she's applying to high schools and doing the tour thing).  It was very humid out and the walk [...]

With a successful Staten Island Half Marathon today, I completed the NYRR Grand Prix circuit for the first time ever!  Last year I only missed Manhattan, so I've completed 9 GP events in a row. Summary: Manhattan - 1:59:05 Bronx - 1:56:54 (PR) Brooklyn - 1:56:41 (PR) Queens - 2:17:01 Staten Island - 2:00:20 My [...]

In short, had a pretty spectacular race.  Finished in 2:00:20. The day started out with an early morning ferry ride to SI.  I took the 6:30 ferry so I could chill out and enjoy a bit of serenity before the masses arrived on the 7:30 ferry.  It was a perfect ride.  Still dark when we [...]

Few notes for a Thursday morning: I got wave start #2 for the New York City Marathon.  Means I'll be starting at 10am.  Also implied is that it won't take 25 minutes to cross the start line again - that was miserable last year!  They have not yet posted our actual numbers, so don't know [...]

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 [...]

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.  [...]

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, [...]