Author: seanv2
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Book Review: Five Days At Memorial
We all remember Katrina. The natural disaster of the hurricane, and the piss-poor response from local, state and federal agencies in its aftermath, remains one of the low points of modern America. Like many, I was shocked, and ashamed, that anyone had to live through something so awful. And I was angry that so many…
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Training Totals for the Week Ending 7.20.2014
Run Miles for the week: 20.3 in 2:52:52 Run Miles for the year: 570.5 Projected total miles for the year: 1025.8 Run Streak: 0 Number of runs that were one stupid mile: 0 Number of days until I beat my old run streak: 114 Prospect Park loops for the week: 3 Prospect Park loops for…
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Kilian Jornet At Hardrock
This weekend, Kilian Jornet destroyed the course record at the legendary HardRock 100. He ran the famously “wild and tough” 100 mile race in a previously unheard of 22:41:33. In doing so, he cemented his reputation, at least in my mind, as the best mountain runner ever.* If you don’t follow the sport of ultrarunning,…
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On Not Running Every Day
After 46 days and some really, really stupid runs, life got the better of me and I broke my running streak. Here’s how it happened: Saturday, up at 5:30 am on the train at 7 to meet my parents for a car hand off so that carless seanv2 clan can make its annual pilgrimage…
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Training Totals Week Ending 7.13.2014
Run Miles for the week: 21.25 in 3:12:32 Run Miles for the year: 550.2 Projected total miles for the year: 1029.9 Run Streak: 0 Number of runs that were one stupid mile: 1 Number of days until I beat my old run streak: 114 Prospect Park loops for the week: 2 Prospect Park loops for…
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Hardrock
The Hardrock 100 is widely considered one of, if not the, hardest 100 mile race in the United States. It is surely the most beautiful and also wonderfully eccentric. Organized by a bunch of rocket scientists (seriously) and mountain weirdos, entry is determined through a complex lottery that rewards those who have finished the race…
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Bridges Project: The Pulaski and the Queensboro
Every time I head out, this bridge project gets just a little but harder. The Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges were an easy couple of miles from my home. So were the Gowanus Bridges. The Williamsburg was just a little bit further, but well within my running comfort zone. Now that I’m starting to go a…
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Training Totals for the Week Ending 7.6.2014
Run Miles for the week: 35.9 in 5:09:31 Run Miles for the year: 528.7 Projected total miles for the year: 1026.5 Run Streak: 40 Number of runs that were one stupid mile: 1 Number of days until I beat my old run streak: 74 Prospect Park loops for the week: 3 Prospect Park loops for…
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On Running Everyday
Yesterday was a tough one. Monday night, the little dude refused to sleep. He woke up at midnight, and again at three, and again at four thirty. Object permanence, they say. When my alarm went off at 5, instead of getting in a quick mile before heading out to travel to D.C., I hit snooze.…
Milo and the Calf 