I'm still really happy about the 2011 Boston Marathon. Such an exciting race ( Read more... )

So far in 2011, only 1 in 3 runs have been while the temperature was above freezing. With all the snow and ice, the sidewalks have been a near solid block of ice for weeks now. I've taken to running in the road, wearing an orange jacket that I hope tells cars, "Please don't hit me!" On the plus side, I set a new personal record. My coldest run ( Read more... )

Thanks to cmmunchkin and chipleduff, I've decided to try streaking. Before you book flights to come visit and post videos to YouTube, I'm talking about something more G-rated. The United States Running Streak Association (www.runeveryday.com) has collected the names of compulsive runners who run every day. At least one mile. Every day. No excuses about "I stayed up ( Read more... )

Is it a sign of old age that when I had originally written down my target dates, I looked up the wrong age groups because I had forgotten how old I was? I would've passed all three areas if I were in the 32 to 36 age group. But alas, as a member of the 27-31 group, I didn't pass the 2-mile run. I can't really blame my age there...I haven't run ( Read more... )

I ran 26.2 miles to get here


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This past weekend I scanned through over 28,000 pictures in the Lost-n-Found section to see if I could find any more pictures of myself from the marathon (my race report in a previous post). I did pick up one more of myself and got to play detective and matched up about 3 dozen other unidentified runners (based on clues like partial bib #s, names ( Read more... )

Short Version: I did it! Finished with a chip time of 4:42 on a warm and humid day.

The rest is really long behind the lj-cuts. I'm pretty happy. I can imagine trying to do this again some day (though not soon).


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I'm not familiar with NYC's layout or bridges so I've been doing a bunch of websurfing trying to keep my nerves in check this week. I'm tempted to do no runs at all this week since I still feel tired. The predicted weather so far looks pretty good. On this weekend's run, it occurred to me that the temperature was 30 degress less than what I had run ( Read more... )

My running partner called late yesterday afternoon and invited me to join him for a 5-mile run. I looked out the window and it was still sunny. Windy but no rain. And I needed to clear my head anyhow. We headed out on a new loop and chatted. I felt like we were going at a comfortable but faster pace than our previous runs together and yet I still ( Read more... )

For last week's runs, the temperatures didn't get past 50F and Friday morning's run was at 37F. I should find my gloves. Forget fall, we've moved right into winter as far as I'm concerned. I take that back...there are plenty of signs of autumn still. On Wednesday there were shattered pumpkin rinds along the side of the road. For Friday's chilly run ( Read more... )