Helen is in South Africa this week to run a race (in which she kicked ass, by the way), I have a ton of work to get done this weekend for one of my Ink Plant clients, and I was just plain tired from a long week, so I had absolutely no plans for my [...]
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I’ve been thinking about my running a lot lately. My goals, my training, my races. Albany shook things up a bit. I’ve taken a step back and reevaluated how I want the rest of the year to play out. Looking at my training log, I’ve come to realize that I can’t accomplish my [...] Thanks to yet another big snowstorm, NYC schools were closed yesterday which meant that Helen and I were able to head out for an afternoon run during my lunch break. (I still had to work; one of the few bummers about being able to work from home is that you never get snow days…) [...] My first marathon of the year is two days away. We’re headed up to Albany in less than an hour. That means it’s time to solidify goals. Gulp. The weather report for Sunday is looking almost perfect. It’s supposed to be a high of 37, cloudy, with only a 10% chance of [...] Helen and I headed up to her hometown in western Massachusetts this weekend. The trip went really well, nothing like Meet the Parents (phew…) and provided a nice escape from the city. We got in solid runs both days we were up there. The scenery was beautiful and the hills were intense. As we were getting [...] Considering that I don’t follow any formal training plan, it shouldn’t be a big surprise that I don’t have a scripted out taper plan ready for Albany. Instead, I have the basic tenets of the taper in my head, and am loosely following them while still listening to my body. From both reading literature and [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] |
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