To Badwater

2010 Coogan’s 5K

Robert James Reese — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:24:52 +0000

Yesterday, my plan was to head out for a 23 miler. It didn’t happen. My knee was hurting, I was tired from Friday night’s too-fast workout, and I just didn’t feel like wasting the $20 entry fee for today’s race by tiring myself out the day before. So, I ended up only [...]

Friday Night Run

Robert James Reese — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:29:33 +0000

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 [...]

Big Changes

Robert James Reese — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:08:03 +0000

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 [...]

Al Gordon 4 Miler

Robert James Reese — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:26:36 +0000

I guess this is still a race report, even though I wasn’t really racing this morning. Helen wanted to run the Al Gordon 4 Miler and I agreed that it sounded like fun. I wasn’t sure when I signed up how seriously I’d take it, but by this morning there was no doubt [...]

Snow Day

Robert James Reese — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:24:03 +0000

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…) [...]

Fail: HMRRC Winter Marathon

Robert James Reese — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:45:38 +0000

I ran my fifth marathon today and ended up with my second worst time ever, a 3:07:14. Obviously, this is nowhere near my goal time of 2:55:00 but I’m not nearly as upset by it as you would think. I made some big mistakes today, but I learned a lot of good lessons [...]

2:55:00 Or Bust

Robert James Reese — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:19:34 +0000

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 [...]

Western Massachusetts

Robert James Reese — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:09:38 +0000

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 [...]

5:09.6

Robert James Reese — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:48:01 +0000

I wasn’t planning on running the mile again so soon. The last one took too much out of me — both mentally and physically. But, last night, riding the subway to Brooklyn, it suddenly seemed like a good idea to give it another shot. My legs were feeling good, I got in [...]

The Taper Starts

Robert James Reese — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:37:11 +0000

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 [...]