2008 Ted Corbitt 15K

This race report is a little late and it’s going to be a little short. It’s tough to find time for writing when you have an apartment full of family in town for the holidays. Still, I feel the race deserves at least a few words written about it…

My kid sister and I [...]

2008 Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis

I won! That pretty much sums up the whole race right there. Everything else is just details. Details are fun, though, so here goes:

Last night, I ended up going out with my friend in the Lower East Side. My foot was really hurting and so I had pretty much abandoned the [...]

NYRR Holiday 4-Mile

I’m not going to write a long race report about today’s race. Instead, just a few notes… To sum it up quickly: Nothing went right. I missed my goal by 8 seconds, finishing in 24:28 (a 6:07 pace), but I feel like that was due to a lot of circumstances that were [...]

More Rain

I’m usually not one to complain about the weather, but this little bout of rain has really gotten to me. First of all, I want it to be snow and not rain. It has snowed for a total of about three-and-a-half minutes so far this year here in the city and that’s just [...]

Rain

This weather is just weird — I can’t believe how warm it was today. I was out running in shorts and a t-shirt and wasn’t chilly at all (I did have my gloves on though because my hands are always freezing.) We canceled Intervals Wednesday after seeing the forecast and realizing that running [...]

2008 Joe Kleinerman 10K

I did it. I broke the 40 minute barrier on the 10K. My official time was 39:04, a 6:18 pace. Yet, I don’t feel as happy about it as I thought I would. I think that’s because I know I could have pushed harder. I didn’t leave everything out on [...]