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San Francisco Marathon

Robert James Reese — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:22:27 +0000

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 [...]

Run for Central Park

Robert James Reese — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:28:12 +0000

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 [...]

2010 Green Mountain Relay

Robert James Reese — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:12:58 +0000

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 50 Miler

Robert James Reese — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 02:17:51 +0000

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. [...]

5K in the Bronx & Some Big News

Robert James Reese — Fri, 28 May 2010 03:17:15 +0000

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 [...]

2010 Brooklyn Half Marathon

Robert James Reese — Sat, 22 May 2010 21:38:59 +0000

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. [...]

Tuesday Night Speed Series

Robert James Reese — Wed, 19 May 2010 12:50:44 +0000

I ran the mile on an outdoor track for the first time last night. I knew before we began that I didn’t have a legitimate shot at breaking 5 — it was windy and rainy and my legs were still super tired from the weekend. But still, we had a lot of fun and [...]

2010 New Jersey Marathon

Robert James Reese — Mon, 03 May 2010 11:59:55 +0000

Yesterday’s marathon was one of those races where the time doesn’t even come close to telling the whole story. I ran my second slowest time ever, a 3:13:16 (online results) but feel like I ran as well as I could have given the conditions and am really happy to have pushed through. And, [...]

Lincoln Tunnel 5K

Robert James Reese — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:52:05 +0000

This morning, on tired legs and little sleep, I somehow broke my 5K personal best by 28 seconds, running an 18:08, a 5:49/mile pace. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised by this turn of events. The weekend’s running as a whole was dramatically different than I imagined my weekend between the Boston [...]

2010 Boston Marathon

Robert James Reese — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:19:44 +0000

Yesterday’s run up in Boston went way better than what I was expecting, and even better than what I was hoping for. I finished in 2:53:57, a 6:38/mile pace and a personal best by almost four minutes. That was good enough for 713th out of 23,126 runners. Even more exciting was that I ran [...]