Tag: running
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Training Totals 9.4.2011
RECAP: Once again I didn’t hit all the goals, but I did make significant progress. 48 miles isn’t fifty, and nine hours isn’t ten, but neither is is bad. I had an excellent track work out, which I think shows that my 5k PR is soft, and I ran 15 miles on Friday night with…
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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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Some thoughts on Run Streaks.
A hearty congratulations to Jon Simpson who recently celebrated a running streak of forty years. Mr. Simpson is a big dog in the world of running streaks, only six other people in the United States have run everyday for forty years. It’s a serious feat. Jon Simpson Getting in the Miles I’m a bit…
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Training Totals 8.28.2011
RECAP: Another week in suck city. I had to have a routine medical procedure this week which laid me up for two days. Then there was a goddamn hurricane. All in all it sucked, and the less said about it the better. Alright, the numbers: Summary: Run Streak: 4 days Average Weight –186.7 Running Miles:…
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Long Run: Hurricane Loops
Continuing the parkway theme from last week, my original plan for this weekend’s long run was to run down Ocean Parkway to Coney Island, but then Hurricane Irene came along, they turned Coney Island into an evacuation zone, and E all but forbid me running down there. So loops in ProspectParkit was. Intermittent storms, a…
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Hurricane Loops
Continuing the parkway theme from last week, my original plan for this weekend’s long run was to run down Ocean Parkway to Coney Island, but then Hurricane Irene came along, they turned Coney Island into an evacuation zone, and E all but forbid me running down there. So loops in Prospect Park it was. Trucks…
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Training Totals Week Ending 4/3/2011
RECAP: This is the second week in a row over forty miles, this time with only five days of running. My legs are exhausted, but I feel good about the progress. Also for the second week in a row I took a rest day. I am not sure how much longer I’ll be taking a…
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Training Totals 3.27.2011
RECAP: Although I did not make many of my weekly goals, this was by far the best week of running I have had in months. 46 miles in six days of running, a bunch of 8 mile days, tired legs, but minimal foot pain. I feel like I am on the way back to health.…
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1000 miles in Prospect Park
Note: Originally written for another blog. Posted here for posterity. The “bearded guy” I have since found out is legendary local ultra runner Lois Rios. 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…
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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 