John is the brains of this operation (which makes me brawn? yikes.), so when I asked him Sunday, "light run or stationary bike?" and he said, "bike!," I listened. He's been very patiently listening to me fret and worry about some not insignificant leg...
Tonight we did column runs. "What is a column run," you might ask. Well, let me tell you. A group of runners lines up single file and begins to run. The runner at the head of the line shouts, "Go!" (or waves an arm, or calls...
oh my friends...
We were at mile 11 when the skies opened up, and within moments we were soaked through. Only 7 more miles to go. On the bridle trail. No escaping it - a few people ducked under sheltering branches, but the downpour was huge and unrelenting. We...
Thursday night's run was amazing, not for the assignment (hill repeats) necessarily, but for how good it felt. I warmed up on the reservoir, and then tackled the hill with which we start most weekday practices - my nemesis. Four repeats on the gravel trail...
Got up before the sun and hit the roads before the rains came in this morning. The forecast told me I had until 7:30a(ish), and the sky was foreboding. I wanted to have enough time to put in some miles and still make it back...
It's when 'Yes' arrives. It's when 'Yes' arrives, kicks open the door, unpacks its bags and sets up shop. It's when a kid's whole world is transformed through possibility. 14 weeks ago I started training with the Team for Kids (TFK) to run the NYC Marathon. Again. I...
Got some much needed rest this Labor Day weekend. Life went the way it will, and the running had to take a back seat for a bit. Which turned out to be a blessing - a chance to rest, heal, reflect on the last 14...
Speed work last Wednesday. Quality workouts have been focused on speed work for the last few weeks. Fartleks, 800m laps, and on Wednesday: time trials. We started the official training in June with a 5k time trial; on Wednesday, 14 weeks in, we did the same....
16 miles, baby!! 16 miles on a hazy, humid Saturday morning in Central Park and boy howdy was it goooood. Before the morning had barely begun, I'd finished 16 miles, my legs were coated in dust and dirt, my face was salty and my heart...