Comments on: Island Hopping

By: baker

baker — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:08:07 +0000

Happy Birthday Robert!
Ive been following the knee reports. glad you have been able to get out, hope that pan dissipates soon too. i hear Jameson’s is what they used back in he day…

By: Jake

Jake — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:06:07 +0000

i’ve always wanted to check out ward’s and randall’s islands, thanks for the route map so i know how to get there now!

anyone know if there’s a way to run across the triborough from queens?

By: Xenia

Xenia — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:26:02 +0000

Happy (belated) birthday!

By: JoeGarland

JoeGarland — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:43:52 +0000

It may be best to find the way from Manhattan to Randall’s. You go up the ramp on the southside of the ramp at 125th (closer to 124th) Street. It’ll lead you down near the driving range. I’ve used it often when racing at Icahn.

By: eliz

eliz — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:57:56 +0000

yey! that is a great birthday present, I am definitely stealing your route!

By: Flo

Flo — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:00:25 +0000

Happy Birthday! And what a present, diminishing ouches, congratulations on that in a major way. Too funny, you and I with our new pills, it’d be so great if they actually do something. :-). Here’s to a new birth year of fine running and a proper end to any and all IT/knee crap.

By: Robert James Reese

Robert James Reese — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:46:19 +0000

Joe, the photos on that link were fantastic. Thank you for sharing. And, thank you for calling it the Triborough. I refuse to call it the RFK no matter what the new signs say. Regardless of what you call it, I have to admit that I’ve never run over it. I poked around a bit today looking for an entrance but was unsuccessful. My runs on this side of the river usually just take me to the base (where there’s construction) and there’s no ramp there either. I’ll have to look at in on Google Maps or something.

On McDougall — it’s a very convincing argument. I was convinced. Even now, I’m not ready to completely refute his ideas. And, I’m guessing it was a barefoot-running coach.

By: JoeGarland

JoeGarland — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:27:35 +0000

That coding didn’t work. Here’s the link: http://theboweryboys.blogspot.com/2008/08/podcast-randall-island-and-1936-olympic.html

By: JoeGarland

JoeGarland — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:24:56 +0000

Good to hear. Keep it up. You can also run across the Triborough.

I’m afraid Tavia’s bridge is bigger than yours. Also, here’s a nice podcast on Randall’s and Ward’s Islands.

In that McDougall excerpt, does that last paragraph make any sense? (And is it a barefoot-running coach or a barefoot running-coach?)

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