Welcome to winter! I wish I had a short memory because if I did: I would forget that we had temperatures around 80 earlier in October I would also forget that it snowed for 5 months last winter We got about 6 inches of snow the day before Halloween. Much damage, to my training schedule [...]
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This week of training featured my first tempo run at Rockefeller State Park (aka “the Rockies”), and it was enjoyable. It’s a good park to run in once you figure out how not to get unspeakably lost. The last time we ran there one area in particular caught my eye: Swan Lake. This small lake [...]
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My foray into the virgin territory of dedicated training for the 5K continues. It was kind of a strange week. I will eventually be doing tempo runs that are solid blocks of 30-45 minutes, but after months of no tempo work I need to ease into them. Fortunately, Jack Daniels agrees, so I’m following his [...]
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Well, I won. I wish I could say this was a hard race to win, but it wasn’t. In some ways, winning was a drawback. Read on. My winning time was not great, but it wasn’t terrible either. It’s about where I expected to be: 6:09. I was incredibly nervous before this race for some [...]
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Joe did a recent tour of Mount Vernon’s track. Here’s my travelogue of the Edgemont High School track.
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Lots of variety this week. The highlights included a speed session Tuesday that went eerily well. Like “10-15 seconds per mile faster than the previous try at this workout” well. Then on Thursday I ripped through a 7 mile recovery run at 8:30 pace. Hey, Lady. Watch it! The next day, I screwed up my [...]
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I ran a horrible half marathon this morning on Long Island. So horrible that I’m not going to write an official race report, although I’ll give a summary in a bit. But I’m glad I ran this race because I had something resembling an epiphany during the final 4.1 miles of Gallowalking. That epiphany was [...]
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I don’t usually plug races, but I’ll make an exception in the case of the Sleepy Hollow Half, debuting this year. This is a race I’d like to see succeed, since late March/early April is a handy time of year to schedule a half marathon and we don’t have that many appealing choices around here [...]
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The grind continues. Today marks 11 weeks since someone or something gave my running the stinkeye. I continue to train hard using alternate methods. To break up the monotony, and make sure I’m working hard enough, I’ve started getting creative with cross-training: Spinning: I naturally tend to work harder in a spin class than when [...]
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Sunday October 31st will mark 12 weeks since my injury occurred. I am a lot better now. No pain in the glute/hip/hamstring. I still have issues with my right adductor, but I’ve been applying Voltaren (gel) for the last couple of days and it’s clearing up nicely. This morning I could put on below-the-waist clothing [...]
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