Author: seanv2
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Long Run: The Gowanus Bridges
I’ve written before about my fascination with New York’s waterways and the bridges that cross them and I’ve got a special place in my heart for the Gowanus Canal and the small bridges that cross this polluted little slice of Brooklyn. A couple of weekends ago, I plotted out a 13 miler that crossed all five…
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Training Totals for the Week Ending 5.4.2014
Run Miles for the week: 16.1 in 2:24:00 Run Miles for the year: 283.7 Projected Total Miles for the Year: 828.4 Run Streak: 0 Prospect Park Loops: 18 Notes: Struggling. Major upheavals in my professional life have kept me from running when, really, I should be using running to handle these major upheavals. I’ve…
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Training Totals for the Week Ending 4.20.2014
Playing catch up here… Run Miles for the week: 27 in 4:15:00 Run Miles for the year: 252.5 Projected Total Miles for the Year: 837.8 Run Streak: 4 days, 24 total miles averaging 6/day Prospect Park Loops: 14 Notes: Another decent week, with a pretty fun (if slow) 13 miler on Saturday. In preparation…
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Meb!
What is there to say about Meb? Three years after Nike dropped him he has the run of his life. Just incredible. Sure the East African mafia would never had let a younger runner get that far out front, and sure Ryan Hall and the other Americans helped Meb by not pushing the pace. But…
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Burfoot On Training for Boston
In mid-March my Wesleyan track team took a spring training trip to Quantico, Virginia. With Boston a month away, I wanted to pile on the miles. The first morning, I was up early for a 17 miler. That afternoon I talked my teammate Bill Rodgers (yes that Bill Rodgers) into joining me for what promises…
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Like Brushing Your Teeth
“Dellinger was good in the running events. He’d tell his boys that when you get really fit, running’s easy, running’s like brushing your teeth” Bowerman said. “Of course, that wasn’t training. Training is like having your teeth cleaned an hour a day” – Bill Bowerman on Bill Dellinger from Kenny Moore’s 2006 Runner’s World…
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Training Totals for the Week Ending 4.13.2014
Run Miles for the week: 10.2 in 1:33:35 Run Miles for the year: 225.5 Projected Total Miles for the Year: 791.4 Run Streak: 0 Notes: A decent week of training followed by a shit week of training. The story of my running life. Note I actually took a step back in projected…
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The Long Run – The Park and the Bridge
I run for many reasons. To stay fit, to stay thin, to sleep at night, to have time to think, to work at the nearly impossible goal of becoming fast, and to explore. Exploration can come in different forms. It can be exploring new trails and road, or seeing old roads in a new way. …
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Training Total For the Week Ending 4.6.2014
Run Miles for the week: 34.9 in 5:27:22 Run Miles for the year: 215.3 Projected Total Miles for the Year: 818.6 Run Streak: 9 days; 52.5 total miles; 5.8 per day Notes: Another crap half marathon, this one in the park and on the roads, again in about 2:10:00, again, I’m unconcerned with the…
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Training Totals for the Week Ending 3.30.2014
Run Miles for the week: 28.6 in 4:39:05 Run Miles for the year: 180.4 Estimated Total Miles for the Year: 748.3 Run Streak: 2 days; 17.6 total miles; 8.8 / day Notes: Did my first half marathon of the year on Sunday, split into two parts — the first five with Joe in the…
Milo and the Calf 