May 2010
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Running This Town: Astoria Branch
I moved to Astoria on Saturday. I got a dog on Sunday. And today, I ran for the first time in New York City. It was interesting.
Is That A Dead Baby?
I’ve never run in a city before. I mean, for the most part, I was a treadmill runner for my first two years (post-college). I ran a little cross country in high school and I had to run for crew/losing, I guess, beer weight in college.1...
1:36:24
First half-marathon race in the books, pretty happy with 7:21 average pace. Over 7000 finishers meant a pretty packed start in Prospect Park. Despite NYRR doing a great job separating the start corrals by pace, including color coding bib numbers, plenty of people started closer to the front than they should have been. At mile 1, an older woman who was cutting back into the still packed crowd after...
Brooklyn Half-Marathon Weekend
Check it out everyone, even if you are not participating in the race all kinds of businesses around Coney Island and Park Slope are having deals this weekend. Most involve a coupon from a book given out at the finish, but some are online coupon codes (like discount game tickets for the Brooklyn Cyclones! Woo minor league baseball games, hooray summer!).
Question for experienced marathon runners...THE...
runningthistown:
I’m doing a marathon in exactly one month. It’s my first time, and I keep hearing about hitting “The Wall” after Mile 20. Any suggestions on how to avoid this. Currently I drink water and eat a pack of sharkies at mile 13. Any other suggestions to avoid this?
During my first marathon I never really hit “the wall” because I had injured my achilles the week before...
Question for experienced marathon runners...THE...
I’m doing a marathon in exactly one month. It’s my first time, and I keep hearing about hitting “The Wall” after Mile 20. Any suggestions on how to avoid this. Currently I drink water and eat a pack of sharkies at mile 13. Any other suggestions to avoid this?
A reader writes:
“any pedometer advice? I really want one to measure distance, stride, calories, etc. I got one for free from itunes for my iphone but it doesn’t work and before I invest $1.99 for another non-working app, or worse, $more for an actually ped, I figured I would ask some runners.”
I’ve been using Runkeeper, which isn’t perfect, but I’m...
Got back into it tonight after the 5 Borough Bike Tour on Sunday and assorted other busy-ness (and business); the combination has meant I haven’t been running quite as much as I’ve been wanting to. Ran up to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, watched the sun go down over the skyline, gazed at the Brooklyn Bridge, saw some people walking their dogs and some taking pictures and some who...
michaelpop asked: Ran 4.5 miles last night and around mile 1.5 started feeling my calves tightening up. Instead of stretching them out I ran through it and by the end I was in serious pain. I stretched for a while afterward as best I could but it didn't help much. They're still sore today and I wonder when I'll be able to run again. Any suggestions on how to prevent or alleviate this kind of...
