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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I had one of those “character building” runs today. It all began with my inability to fall asleep last night, even though I was so exhausted that I declared “lights out” at 9 PM. At 11:30, I shut off my 6 AM alarm and reset for 7 AM. This turned my planned 9.5 mile run […]
Goals. They may change over time, but setting them always has a magical way of providing much needed direction — especially at times in life when you’re otherwise lost. Knowing that I am writing this in the shadow of this post, I want to say at the outset that 2012 has otherwise been a wonderful year, […]
Before it even began, yesterday promised to be a crazy day. Due to a family matter, my husband and I would be spending the day on Long Island with family and friends at a house that was dark and cold without heat or power as a result of this week’s Nor’easter. Knowing that we were planning […]
This morning, I woke up ten minutes before my alarm clock. I layered, warmed up, and headed to Central Park for a six mile run with ten one-minute aerobic intervals. I returned home and got ready for work. Work was pretty mellow today, so I took a bit of a longer lunch so that I could […]
This morning, I set my alarm for the new seven o’clock and headed toward Central Park. I was unsure what I would find when I got there, but committed to running my usual 15k weekend long run. It is no secret now that the New York City Marathon, scheduled for today, was cancelled. But what […]
Tuesdays are for speedwork. I would imagine that most runners have training plans. The plans could be as simple as something devised on a personal level to accomodate your schedule, or an official training plan prescribed by a coach, a book, or a magazine. Mine is loosely adapted from a half marathon training guide that […]
Each month, Runners World publishes a feature called Rave Run. It is always a photograph featuring one or two runners running through an idyllic terrain. And month after month, I want to jump in to the Rave Run photograph. I find myself envious of the beauty that some runners experience. A few days ago, when […]
I live in NYC, which means that I am fortunate (for many reasons, but among them…) to be able to train in Central Park. I love running at the Reservoir, the Bridle Path, and doing hardcore hill workouts in the Northern Loop. But more often than not, I find myself running the full six mile […]
A couple of days ago, I set out on an easy five mile run. The planned course was two laps of a two-and-a-half mile loop around a small lake. About a half mile into my run, I felt a tightness in my left calf. I felt the urge to stop. But knowing myself, I knew […]
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