Holy Hills, Batman! Good grief, I know I should have run those hills, but it never happened. Well those son of a biscuit eaters were run this morning. Up and up, around a corner and up and around more corners and hills. This is a local race that’s only a half mile from my […]
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 […]
One thing that I’m excited about and happy to announce is that as of this summer I became an official RRCA running coach (Road Runners Club of America). Yay! The two-day course was pretty extensive and detailed but was pretty easy to follow. Initially, I’m going to volunteer at a local club to get […]
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 […]
Now for a PSA: Memorial Day is a day of remembrance and honor, not one to celebrate happiness or vacationing. Saying ‘Happy Memorial Day’ could be deemed as disrespectful of the thousands that have given their lives for our freedoms (lately the few that we still have). It’s Medal/Coin Monday! Birthday race! Hot and humid. […]
These hills felt worse than the ones in Central Park. I’ll be testing that assumption tomorrow. Prospect Park is really a beautiful park. I have seen more of it with each visit recently. The wind: another challenging factor today. That wind had some bite to it. And it didn’t help that my legs felt as […]
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 […]
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