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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. [...]

Al Gordon 4 Miler

Robert James Reese — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:26:36 +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 [...]

Triple the Long Run, Triple the Fun

Robert James Reese — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:45:05 +0000

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 [...]

Long Run, Brooklyn Style

Robert James Reese — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:09:38 +0000

My goal for yesterday’s run was to make it hurt. I succeeded. Far too often lately, I’ve been hanging inside of the comfort zone instead of pushing to the limit. Yesterday, I rectified that.

My original plan was to just do six laps of Prospect Park, but Helen convinced me that we should [...]

A Very Good Week

Robert James Reese — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:55:22 +0000

I’m sitting here, sipping some coffee with whiskey and trying to warm up from the final run in what has been an amazingly good week. At 61.4 miles, it wasn’t a particularly high volume week, and the 8:03 overall average pace certainly is nothing to write home about. So why so I say [...]

First Race of the Year

Robert James Reese — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:19:40 +0000

2010 is off to a splendid start. If today’s race results are any indication, the year is going to bring good things. I ran the 3.35 mile Harry’s Handicap in 20:08, a 6:00/mile pace, finishing 11th by clock time, and 3rd by net time. All the runners started according to predicted pace [...]

Cherry Tree 10 Miler

Robert James Reese — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:56:59 +0000

This morning’s run went much better than expected. I headed out to Prospect Park in Brooklyn with Antonio to run the Cherry Tree 10 Miler. On our way over, we talked about predicted finish times and I said that I just wanted to keep a 6:45 pace. His plan was to finish [...]

2008 Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis

Robert James Reese — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:19:04 +0000

I won! That pretty much sums up the whole race right there. Everything else is just details. Details are fun, though, so here goes:

Last night, I ended up going out with my friend in the Lower East Side. My foot was really hurting and so I had pretty much abandoned the [...]