Zero to 100 MPH
Since Ironman NYC I have been kind of in a perpetual ‘off season.’ I mean, I run and occasionally ride my bike on the trainer, but for the most part I have been on triathlon vacation. I was really enjoying…
Category Fitness
The 3rd Annual Doughnut Run
How do you end the year? Do you eat doughnuts? Oh, maybe you’re one of those people who like to run? My crew combines the 2 into one harmonious blend of delicious exercise. We met on the coldest day of…
RACE REPORT: 086 Ted Corbitt Classic 15K – 58:59
I love a good 15K mainly because its such a freakish distance! I think I have run 3 in the last 4 years or something. They teeter right on the edge of, “Should I train for this” and “It’s only…
2nd Year on the Kompetitive Edge Team!
Never in 1,000 years did I ever think back in 2008 when I started running, that just a few years later I would have an athletic sponsor and be on one of the sickest triathlon teams in the country! I’m…
How to Kill a NYC Cockroach
It occurred to me tonight after giving my friend Claire strategic advice on how to kill a cockroach, that maybe this was information other people could use. Some of you readers at home might be asking, “Baker, what makes you…
Running with my racers
My weekend plans changed quite a bit. As I sat drinking my coffee I realized that the Knickerbocker 60K was going down and I had some crew racing it. Hmmm… I think I’ll go run and support my peeps! I…
Free Yourself from the Numbers
With each passing day I gain the new friendship of a runner or triathlete. Since my first race, the NYC Mary in 2008, my life has taken quite a turn and I love it. I honestly don’t know what I…
RACE REPORT: 085 Grete’s Gallop 1/2 Mary – 1:20:53
The mighty Grete Waitz (for those of you that don’t know) was a rock star of a woman, winning the NYC Mary 9 times. Whaaaaa?! She is also from Norway and based on a recent DNA test I found out…
Fall in New York… Run.
This weekend (for me) was not the end of Summer, but the start of what looks to be an amazing Fall. I had a manly steak dinner with my second youngest brother Jeff Friday night at Keen’s Steakhouse, one of…
‘Death Day’ Commentary
Today, as I was walking up Park Avenue running errands I saw a woman riding her bike with one hand, on the phone and helmet-less. Never mind the fact that she was in a dress, which both irritates me due…