Rough start this morning. I decided to run to the Art Museum from my hostel, which was 2.45 miles. Several of us were supposed to take a group picture. Somehow that didn’t happen. At least I was on time for the start (two blocks away). Then my Aftershokz wouldn’t connect to my phone. A restart […]
Wow, what a day! My Airbnb was less than two miles away from the race festival on the University of Wisconsin campus, so I opted to just run a casual pace to get there. However, I was not expecting four nice hills along the way. Anyway, once I arrived I was warmed up and I […]
An exciting and well run race (pun on words). It was great supporting another African American Founded and Operated organization. Not only that, they’re Nonprofit. Thanks, Pace Runs! NYPD forced part of the route cut, right when we were about to leave the Start line for some other event in the park. I should have […]
Sorry for posting this late. The race was in June. So many things have been on my plate lately. The latest is taking the RRCA Coaching Certification course. (I am in the process of taking the post-exam (100 questions of which you’ve got to get 85 correct to pass. Wish me luck!) Wow, so much […]
We did the damn thing! I’ve been saying whatever it takes and that was the rule for the day. When you’ve only had time to train for a half marathon and a full marathon is on your plate, what do you do? You suck it up and eat those miles. That was hard. After the […]
And the winner of the “hills challenge” is Prospect Park. Mind you, Central Park is still a challenging course, but it’s getting second place for now. Chilly morning, but very mild wind today. In mile three I had a bad fall when this “boy” (yes I demoted his stupid butt) crossed in front of me […]
What an amazing first meetup for us tonight. It was a joy getting to know everyone’s journey into the running world. Looking forward to making the 2019 Freep Ambassador team ROCK! In the end, with all of the challenges of getting into town, the experience was absolutely rewarding. The Sporting Statues Project A. Thomas Schomberg […]
I was already not feeling great about running this morning and the nine-mile bike ride to get to the race probably wrecked me even more. I was doing fine until mile seven and couldn’t draw my second wind. I guess it blew off somewhere with the cherry blossoms. After adding a couple walks and water […]
United Airlines NYC Half Marathon RECAP My watch stopped after mile six for some odd reason. It was right after crossing the Manhattan Bridge. So my Garmin gave me 12.1 miles. Very odd. I’m still counting this is 13.1. Anyway, on to the race. After a confusing wave start, we were off. Somehow I always […]
Little Rock Half Marathon RECAP Wind and rain tried to rule the day. The temperature was 36°F to start. I couldn’t get a ride to get to start on time. Kudos to my taxi driver for not charging me because he couldn’t get me to the convention center block. Good grief! My time was too […]
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