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 […]
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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 […]
My race day outfit is something that I try to start thinking about 2-3 weeks in advance of a big race. This gives me the opportunity to test out possible outfits on my longer runs leading up to the race. It also gives me the opportunity to test out my outfits in all sorts of […]
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; […]
On Sunday, I ran a four mile race. For a short race such as Race to Deliver, I like to begin my race preparations three days out. Three days before race day, I go for my final pre-race training run. I wanted to keep my legs fresh for race day but not feel as though […]
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