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Continue reading →: (NEW) United Airlines NYC Half Course Preview
this is a SHORT post because I just wanted to tell you guys back in November a few friends-coworkers, and I got up early, took the train to Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza and run SORT-OF the new course of the United Airlines NYC Half. I say sort-of because I couldn’t…
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Continue reading →: Abbott Dash 5K to the Finish Line – Race Report
oooops, how did I miss to write about this? Ah yeah, the TCS New York City Marathon was the next day and my brain is just now finding some empty space to process all the awesomeness that was November! I had never done the Dash, never, yes weird right? There…
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Continue reading →: September 2017 Recap
September Ooops. Forgot to post this last week! September had some ups and downs. I got sick and my runs suffered. I lost about 8 pounds in 4 days and I got really weak. Took me about 2 weeks to be able to eat normally and 3 weeks to feel…
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Continue reading →: Hudson Mohawk River Marathon Race Report: Last Marathon. In the bag.
Heeey! I run the Hudson Mohawk River Marathon today… let me make it short but show you a bit of the day (will update later with links and more pics!) At the Expo: After the expo we walked around downtown Albany for a bit with Juan. It was very quiet.…
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Continue reading →: marathon this weekend – what to do?
so… the hay is in the barn. But… it seems like the barn is about to be set on fire. The forecast for my Sunday marathon has been saying this –> 80s is too hot for me. heck, 70s is too hot for me. I did a 10 miler…
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Continue reading →: Guess my Finish Time at the Mohawk Hudson River Marathon
I am running a marathon this Sunday and because I am not stressed enough, I figured I’d see who has the most guts to dare guess a finish time. No real rules here and no prizes (as I’ve done for every race before this one) because I am in LAZY…
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Continue reading →: NYRR Bronx 10 Mile Race Report
Well, soooo, did I tell you I am training for a marathon? Same thing happened last year, I start training for a marathon and I totally don’t admit it to myself until a couple of weeks before when I decide I need to book a hotel or whatever and everything…
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Continue reading →: August 2017 Recap
August August was a whirlwind! I started a new job, that I am really excited about, and I am still training for a marathon. Those two things combined. plus working two weekends, plus coaching, plus all the summer plans, made the month feel a bit busy. Luckily things fell into…
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Continue reading →: Newport Half Marathon + Workouts that guarantee a PR
So, now that I am marathon training, I am happy to sign up to do a half marathon on my way there, to sharpen speed and practice a fueling strategy. A PR in the half is this close and I determined to make it happen! I just need to slice 5 seconds…
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Continue reading →: Percy Sutton 5K – Running around in Harlem
There is something special about racing in Harlem, which I don’t get to do very often, unfortunately. I really need to get out of Central Park a bit. All summer (the last few summers) I swore I would over the East River for one of the Wednesday Prospect Park Summer…
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Continue reading →: July 2017 Recap
July Well, first of all we had a run on Freshkills Park in Staten Island. The park is not open to the public yet (and I didn’t post about it!) and won’t open for a few years but NYRR got permission to bring some runners and walkers there for an…
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Continue reading →: NYRR R-U-N 5K Race Report
this one only took a week… but that’s not bad right? As usual, lots happening every single NY minute but I really want to stay on top of this! The R U N 5K is only two years old and I had never done. Yeah. Not sure why. I always…
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Continue reading →: NYRR Brooklyn R-U-N 5K Race Report
Another week another race! This past Monday was the firt R-U-N 5K in Brooklyn! Wohoo! Weekday races are the best! Also, it was on the hot side, hey, it’s mid-July but no matter. I am always game to race tempo in somewhere other than Central Park. I spend SO SO…
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Continue reading →: Tracktown 5K Summer Series at Icahn Stadium
Guys!!! If you haven’t been to Icahn Stadium, you have to check it out! I always love it there. I had been there a few times for the Adidas Grand Prix, or the Tuesday Night Series, or other events. For example, I was there the week before for the Strava…
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Continue reading →: June 2017 Recap
OMG HOW I LOVE THE SUMMER!! I can’t even do a tiny recap without getting excited about all the things that happen in the 2-3 hot months we get. June was a blur! I have a feeling I am gonna close my eyes and it’ll be October in a NY…
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Continue reading →: Achilles Hope and Possibility 4 Miler – tiny recap
(super quick recap because I am sooooooper behind, ooops) Not a lot to tell other than I have stopped looking at the weather. I have. It doesn’t help me to know how hot or humid it will be (as I run by effort anyway) and it won’t change what I…
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Continue reading →: TomTom Spark 3 Music+HR+GPS watch – Review and Video
there is a 8-minutes video where I show you the watch and how it works, here As you might have noticed, my GPS watch was about 8 years old and it needed to retire to a better life. A few months ago I started looking into what would be my…
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Continue reading →: 2017 Queens 10K Race Report
Well, I hadn’t raced in Queens in a LONG time… last time I did this race, it was a half marathon, in 2010!! I did another half there, not a NYRR race in 2013, also in Flushing Meadows, but it was in 2013, so I was long overdue to come…
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Continue reading →: 2017 Mini10K Race Report
Ay ay ay. It went down! I had done the Mini 10K 8 times in a row (from 2007 to 2014) and skipped all the last three years. The course has stayed the same, a loop of the park that starts with a fast mile on Central Park West. It…
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