Tag: prospect park
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100 Days of Milo: Day 38 — Prospect Park Legends
Here’s a page collecting the posts I write on well known or inspiring atheletes who frequent my local park, Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY.
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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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Prospect Park Legends – Felipe Vergara and the Power of Work
I’ve seen Felipe Vergara hundreds of times, but until I read this great article, I didn’t know his name. I didn’t know he was 49. I didn’t know that he ran for the elite local club, West Side Runners. I didn’t know that when I see him in the evenings, I’m seeing him clock his…
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2000 miles in Prospect Park
As I ease back into regular running, I’ve been trying to not obsess over the numbers. Sure I record the time and distance of my runs, but I haven’t really been digging into the numbers like I do when I am running seriously. So, today, when I was bored and checking my stats on runningahead…
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Park Legends: Luis Rios
Park Legends: Luis Rios Park Legends – An occasional series of posts on people I see often on my runs in Prospect Park. The first time I saw Luis Rios in Prospect Park, I wasn’t sure if he was a runner. Louis has a longish beard, and was, if memory serves, wearing jeans and a…
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Trail Running in Prospect Park
I’ve run well over a thousand miles in Prospect Park. Most of those have been on the outer loop. Lately, the loop has been getting a little dull, so yesterday I decided to switch it up. The idea for the run was to not run on the main loop at all, but keep entirely to…
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Trail Running in Prospect Park
I’ve run well over a thousand miles in Prospect Park. Most of those have been on the outer loop. Lately, the loop has been getting a little dull, so yesterday I decided to switch it up. The idea for the run was to not run on the main loop at all, but keep entirely to…
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1,000 Miles in Prospect Park
Last night, sometime right around the top of the hill, near the great lawn, I ran my 1,000th mile in Prospect Park. Ok, I have probably run more, in the early days of my running I didn’t keep very good track. When I started running in 2006, I put in my first miles in the…
Milo and the Calf 