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Team Eh Wins Muffins

Robert James Reese — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 23:46:20 +0000

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, [...]

Leadville Trail Marathon & Firecracker 5K

Robert James Reese — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:38:24 +0000

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 [...]

Life at 10,200

Robert James Reese — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:04:24 +0000

I’d been putting off looking into the details of tomorrow’s trail marathon until the last possible moment. I guess that was my way of avoiding the stress that knowing the course would bring. This morning, with the race less than 24 hours away, I figured I finally needed to quit putting it off.

The [...]

Mountain Run

Robert James Reese — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:20:21 +0000

I got to run 16 miles on my favorite stretch of road in the world today, but it wasn’t easy. I started in Rollinsville, Colorado at an elevation of 8,474 feet and ran the eight miles to the Moffat Tunnel, which sits at 9,197 feet. In addition to the steady climb, I [...]

Pelham Bay Park

Robert James Reese — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:11:42 +0000

This past weekend was my only weekend in New York this entire month. As such, I figured this would be the one weekend I’d get only pavement running in. Turns out, I was wrong. Sunday morning, Helen said she wanted to run trails so we hopped on the 6 and rode up [...]

Next Step

Robert James Reese — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:20:13 +0000

The 50 beat me up pretty bad. Today, five days after the race, I’m still grimacing whenever I go down stairs, and I still can’t seem to run more than a couple miles without getting winded. I went out for a 10 mile loop over the Triboro and Queensboro with Antonio yesterday and [...]

The Day Before 50 Miles

Robert James Reese — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:55:19 +0000

This time tomorrow, I’ll be almost four hours into a run. And I won’t even be halfway done yet. It’s a little tough to wrap my head around that. I’m more than nervous; I’m scared. But, it’s a good scared. Mostly. It’s venturing into the unknown, trying something new. [...]

Tendonitis

Robert James Reese — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:00:44 +0000

I took three unplanned days off because of tendonitis in my right foot where the big toe attaches to the metatarsal. It had been getting worse and worse, but I hoped it would go away and tried to ignore it. But by Saturday morning, my foot was all swollen and red and I [...]

Longer Run

Robert James Reese — Mon, 17 May 2010 01:05:31 +0000

Yesterday, I ran eight miles farther than I’ve ever run before. It went pretty well. Or, at least, as well as running 34 miles for the first time can go.

It started with Helen and I running quickly down from our place to the Upper West Side where Sarah was waiting patiently (despite the [...]

Speedwork

Robert James Reese — Wed, 12 May 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Antonio and I headed over to Riverbank this morning to get some speedwork in. The 3 mile warmup to get there felt tough, as most early morning runs do for me, and I was regretting my decision to stick a track workout in the schedule. Running is fun. Running painfully fast on the track, [...]