Race Report
Nice warm day on Sunday, so it was off to the races! It was the NYRR Join the Voices 5 Miler in Central Park for me. And it turned out to be a good day. I don’t think I can oversell the weather. It was 44° at the start according to the race results, but [...]
I don’t know if I mentioned it, but I pulled my hamstring last summer. Since then, I’ve been taking it easy, cycling, etc. This last week I got hit by a car. Not to make anything too easy, I went to the track on Thursday (car was Tuesday) and felt like absolute crap. Tried to [...]
When I was just starting running, I heard anecdotally that the 5k was a magic distance. We all start running a little, walking a lot, then running a little more, then eating a sandwich, then running more. Once we can run three miles, the conventional wisdom goes, it all starts to come together, and we’re more comfortable conquering longer distances. [...]
I ran the Putnam County Classic 8 miler yesterday, a race I ran last year. A great race that I’d highly recommend — it’s a challenging distance and a tough course, but we had well over 300 runners. I was drafted into MCing the awards, which wasn’t awkward as I placed 4th in my division so I didn’t [...]
I’m a geek. And a runner. And a running geek. This manifests itself in many ways. I love to read a good training plan. My running clothes look like they were picked out each moment by someone who is visually impaired. I’m scared of new people. And, of course, I wear a GPS. Which I look at constantly. [...]
Continue reading about NYRR Portugal Day 5 miler: Wardrobe Malfuction
I don’t want to bury the lede here. I ran Boston in 3:19:13, which is both a personal record and a qualifying time for next year’s Boston. So I should be very happy. With nothing to complain about. Maybe I could write a post about meeting our goals, about enjoying the crowd, loving the gift [...]
It was the inaugural run of Sleepy Hollow Half Marathon. It’s my first time running a virgin race, and I was a little nervous about logistics and the course. There was no elevation profile to obsess on, no lore of years gone by shared by other Taconics, no assurance that the porta potty count had been developed [...]
Continue reading about Sleepy Hollow Half Marathon: Mantras and Mountains
On Sunday, I ran the Boston Buildup 20k. This race, as the name might imply, is part of a series of races that are ostensibly for people training for Boston, but can be run by anyone. It’s a great series — this is only my second one, but I’m a big fan. I imagine there [...]
Continue reading about Boston Build Up 20k: good race, cold legs.
It was one of those race weekends. You know the kind. The kind where starting on Monday you become vaguely aware of the weather report. Maybe you browse weather.com, wunderground.com, weather.yahoo.com, a few other hot spots. A step outside in the morning, a quick survey of the temperature and we’re all meteorologists. ”It’s going to be cold. It’s going [...]
Continue reading about NYRR Joe Kleinerman 10K. A nice end to the year.
I live in Croton-on-Hudson, a hilly town. I’m sure there are towns around here with more hills. But we’ve got some good ones. And the Harry Chapin Run Against Hunger manages to hit two of the worst! This was the 30th running of this course, and my 2nd time through. I had run it as [...]
