Today I ran the Fred Lebow XC 5k in Van Cortlandt Park. It was my second time racing the course, and since I performed so well last time, my only goal for the day was to improve. I didn’t have a particular pace in mind, or anything else. I merely hoped to improve upon my […]
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Last Sunday I did something that I had been looking forward to for a very long time. I ran my first cross country race in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. I love running off-road whenever I can, so running a trail race was something high up on my list of things to do when […]
A few months ago, I wrote a post about how I was choosing the Fifth Avenue Mile as my fall goal race. I ran it a little over a week ago, on September 13th. I have struggled to write a recap since because, well, it’s a pretty short race and I wasn’t too sure what […]
As long as I live I will never understand how someone could do such a thing. In the not-too-distant past, I called Boston my home for three years. I lived there in my early twenties while I attended law school. What happened today – in the city I once mocked for being too safe, too […]
Preparing for a half marathon takes months, but that last week before the race is your time to begin focusing on race day logistics. Here is how I tackled the week leading up to the NYC Half: 6 days to race day, Monday: I “saved” one of the weekend’s scheduled 6 milers until Monday since I […]
On Saturday, I raced my first 15K. I loved the distance. It was much more challenging than a 10K, but didn’t require nearly as much training and preparation as a half marathon. I think that I would prepare similarly for a winter 10K as I did in the days leading up to this race, however […]
On Saturday, I ran the Ted Corbitt Classic, a 15K in Central Park. Although I do much of my training in Central Park, the route of this race is different from my usual training route. In the weeks leading up to the race, I ran several of my training runs on portions of the course; […]
Yesterday morning, I ran in New York Road Runner’s Race to Deliver, an event that has been held annually for the past nineteen years. As I have mentioned previously, I am currently in the process of completing my 9+1 requirements in order to secure guaranteed entry to the 2013 New York City Marathon. So I […]
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