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 [...]
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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 [...] 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 [...] I ended up with 75.9 miles this week, my highest weekly total yet. I’m sure someday (soon), I’ll look back and chuckle about 75 miles seeming like a big deal, but right now it does seem like a big deal. It’s exciting. It’s a move in the right direction. And, even though I’m definitely feeling [...] 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 [...] |
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