I normally don’t like to pay money to run around my backyard, but since my Aunt Marge (in charge), cousin Cat and Charla were coming in for the race, I was game. They all converged on my apartment around 6:30AM.…
I signed up for the Staten Island Half Marathon once I started running again. I had 6 weeks to go from zero miles to a marathon so this race fit right in. My friend Stephan was running it too and…
Last year I ran the New Jersey Marathon. It was 90 degrees and it looked like a battlefield by the end, bodies strewn all over lawns, ambulances everywhere. This year I would opt for the Half Marathon. — Becoming a…
The NYC Half Marathon is one of my favorite races. Home turf… good distance… and you get to run down the middle of Times Square without any tourists in your way! Last year I PR’d with a 1:20: 48 and…
What are you made of? SIDENOTE: This is a long story, grab a cup of coffee, a blanket and silence your cell phone. I signed up for the Goofy Challenge (a Half Marathon Saturday followed by a Full Mary Sunday)…
Sex/ Age Bib Overall Place Age Place Finish Time Pace/ Mile AG % M32 119 56 18 1:28:39 6:46 66.8 % In preparation for the Queens Half Marathon (and by preparation I mean ‘carb-o-loading’) Erika took me to her favorite…
Sex/ Age Bib Overall Place Gender Place Age Place Finish Time Pace/ Mile AG Gender Place AG % M31 27 96 91 14 1:25:00 6:29 154 69.6 % Friday night was my friend Brian’s birthday party at Bowery Electric where…
Sex/Age Bib Overall Place Gender Place AgePlace FinishTime Pace/Mile AGTime AG % M31 50 291 276 71 1:28:15 6:44 1:28:15 67.1 % The Brooklyn Half Marathon was to take place on a Saturday morning. My ritual, the night…