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Note: This was written Sunday evening, but I haven’t been able to post it until now because I’ve been in the Black Hills of South Dakota without internet access. For the first time ever yesterday, I didn’t finish a race that I started. I dropped out of the Lean Horse 100 just after mile 47. [...] This will be a quick recap because I’m not really in the writing mood. Still, I like looking back on these race notes, so I feel obligated to put something down. This morning’s NYRR Team Championships went just about exactly as planned for me. In an email volley earlier in the week, I told [...] I flew into San Francisco on Saturday afternoon and headed straight from the airport to the expo with my cousin and her son. We got my bib and then stopped by the Runner’s World booth so I could say hi to my buddy Jeff. He and I chatted for a bit and realized [...] I ran a lousy race this morning. It was hot, I was short on sleep, and I started out too quick. That trifecta led to a 24:50 four miler, a 6:12/mile pace — slower than my 10K pace and only 7 seconds per mile off my half marathon pace. Helen and I met up [...] Helen and I trekked up to the Bronx on Thursday after work to race in VCTC’s Summer X-C Relay. It was worth the trip. The race was fun and we won some muffins. We ran as Team Eh, a tribute to our neighborhood (think acronym). The course was similar to the 5K course, [...] Me climbing Ball Moutain (I’m the one on the left.) Note Mosquito Pass winding up the mountain in the background. We climbed that… You can click to enlarge the photo. On Saturday, I barely went sub-5 in a marathon, yet I was more proud of that result than the times I’ve gone sub-3. I [...] It’s crazy how much things can change in a year. Like we did last June, Helen and I headed up to Vermont this weekend to run the Green Mountain Relay with our respective teams. Only, this year, everything was different. And so much better. But this is a running blog and not a [...] My first ultra is in the books. That feels good. I ran the 50 miles in 8 hours, 37 minutes, and two seconds. That got 15th place out of 203 runners. Considering the conditions and the challenges of the trail, I’m very happy with my time. There was some major talent in the race today. [...] I don’t know whether to be happy with today’s race result or not. I finished the 5K up at Van Cortlandt Park in 19:29, over a minute-and-a-half faster than last summer and finished 11th out of 146. But at 6:15/mile, that’s a minute-twenty slower than my personal best. True, the course is [...] I ran a 1:22:57 half marathon out in Brooklyn this morning. That 6:19/mile overall pace was good enough for 75th out of 7,006. It was also a new personal best and a NYCM qualifier. The race was far from smooth sailing though. I really, really didn’t want to wake up this morning. [...] |
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