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57 miles in 3 days. That’s my plan for the weekend. And I’m 2/3 of the way there. Early in the week, I decided that I’d do double 20’s this weekend since it was my last chance before having to start the taper for the HMRRC Winter Marathon. I was a little worried [...] I made a discovery today: Running up 2,200 stairs hurts. A lot. I’m not sure why, but today’s stair workout was significantly more difficult than last week’s. I was already struggling by the time I made my third trip up. Only 17 to go… That made it worse. I started to focus on the “landmarks” [...] I registered for the New York City Marathon today, but it wasn’t because I qualified on time. That goal remains beyond my reach. Even though I have come tantalizingly close to both the full marathon requirement (2:57:52 to 2:55:00) and the half (1:23:46 to 1:23:00), I haven’t been able to cross that threshold [...] Wow. Today did not go as planned. I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to do it, but I managed to break the 1:27 barrier. 1:26, 1:25, and 1:24 too… I still can’t quite believe that I just ran a 1:23:46 half marathon, 6:23/mile overall. Especially after such a [...] My last race was a disaster. I went up to the Armory with unrealistic expectations and then got my ass handed to me in the mile. The disappointment of that took a lot out of me, so I’m going to do my best to avoid the same mistakes at this Sunday’s Manhattan Half [...] I am shocked by how improved today’s stair workout was over last week’s. A week ago, 10 trips up the 110 steps* left me hardly able to walk for a couple days. Today, I did 16 trips and now don’t have any pain in my legs at all. Crazy. Of course, it was [...] My goal for yesterday’s run was to make it hurt. I succeeded. Far too often lately, I’ve been hanging inside of the comfort zone instead of pushing to the limit. Yesterday, I rectified that. My original plan was to just do six laps of Prospect Park, but Helen convinced me that we should [...] Today was my first workout in preparation for the Empire State Building Run-up. I ran three miles up through Harlem into Washington Heights and to the base of a monster staircase at 155th Street. I looked up, took a big breath, and started charging. By the time I reached the top, I [...] On the running front, this week has been less than stellar. It started well, but went to shit when I decided to race the mile up at the Armory. Thanks to that, I finished with less than 47 miles for the week. Not where I need to be 6 weeks out from [...] I’m sitting here, sipping some coffee with whiskey and trying to warm up from the final run in what has been an amazingly good week. At 61.4 miles, it wasn’t a particularly high volume week, and the 8:03 overall average pace certainly is nothing to write home about. So why so I say [...] |
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