Jon | March 15, 2010
Sunday I ran in the Celebrate Life Half Marathon in Rock Hill, NY. The weather was predicting awful things for us, but most of it came through during the night before. We stayed at the Lodge Motel in town (race headquarters) the night before to avoid the 2.5 hour drive in the morning.
The rain and [...]
Jon | March 13, 2010
I have a half marathon tomorrow. I am entirely unprepared. Two runs a week. Seriously? I don’t think I’ve ever been so unprepared, except for the 3 mile race I ran in High School, when the farthest I ever ran was one mile.
Its hard to believe that just one year ago I was running the [...]
Jon | December 20, 2009
I ran in the Albany Winterfest’s 5K last night. I never did get the hang of evening races. I never know how to time my meals, and when it starts getting dark, I start thinking about sleep.
My RP and I got there pretty early and spent the time deciding what to wear. I originally wore [...]
Jon | October 11, 2009
I spent the day chasing my running partner through two cities while she ran her first marathon and I did my first Sherpa duty and tried to be encouraging for her in the race.
First one point about me (because I’m selfish like that).
Let me say that I had no idea that this was such a [...]
Jon | October 10, 2009
My running partner is sleeping.
At least, she had better be. If she is reading this, she had better be sitting at breakfast and not be sitting up surfing the web the night before the marathon.
The weather channel says 40F at race start and 55F at the finish. Its going to be a glorious race. :)
We [...]
Jon | April 19, 2009
One of these is false:
1) I beat my 5K PR, taking 3rd in my age group
2) My running buddy beat her PR, taking 3rd in her age group
3) They had gooey chocolate cupcakes with thick fudge frosting at the end of the race
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Sadly, there were no cupcakes. :(
Fortunately, the running was very good. :)
We had [...]
Jon | April 18, 2009
Today is another 5K. I’m going to try and beat my old PR once again. I’ve done my speed work. I’ve lost some weight. I didn’t get the sleep I needed this week. :( We’ll see how it goes.
The weather forecast say 55 F by race time, which is bumming me out because all my [...]
Jon | March 13, 2009
See that gauntlet lying on the ground? Does that have my name on it? Should I be picking that up?
Not sure.
A friend of mine, whom I have run and raced with before, says he is planning on running a half marathon in May. Good for him, I say, because he has just started running recently [...]
Jon | March 8, 2009
I ran in the Celebrate Life Half Marathon this morning. Let me tell you, there are hills. Even though they give you the elevation profile (and it looks kinda flat), without comprehending the scale of the image and without actually being there, you really don’t grasp the amount of hills in this race.
That first big [...]
Jon | February 9, 2009
I ran the Polar Cap 4 Mile race in Lake George on Saturday with a couple running friends. Incredibly warm day. It was kinda windy too, but we had some sun and it was about 20F at the start of the race. And the start of the race itself, was a bit informal. I never [...]
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