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 […]
I always find it a little tough to write a race recap for a non-goal race. I didn’t really train for this race by following any sort of prescribed plan. I had no real goal time. I had never raced the distance before, and frankly, had no idea what to expect. I was supposed to […]
Alternate title: All You Have to do is Run I had set my alarm for 5:20, but woke at 5:19. I shut my alarm before it went off, and set about getting ready. I checked the weather one last time to find that it was going to be pretty cold at the start. I settled […]
Many people view the “long run” as a dress rehearsal for an upcoming race. In some ways it is. It offers a fantastic opportunity to run a significant portion of your race course, and test out gear and fueling methods. In other ways it is not. Running a long training run at race pace isn’t […]
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